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Yesterday's Tomorrows (English / French Edition)
Yesterday's Tomorrows - English / French Edition Author:Lesley Johnstone, Philip Ursprung CONTEMPORARY ART AND MODERNIST ASPIRATIONS. Why have so many contemporary artists returned to the forms, ideas and aspirations of Modernist architecture and design? This original publication explores the work of international artists who tackle Modernism by engaging in a dialogue with a specific designer, architect or work from this pivotal peri... more »od of the twentieth century. Constructed as conversions between the past and the present, ten artists look into the future through the media of video, painting, sculpture, installation and photography. Paulette Phillips examines architect Eileen Gray's villa E-1027; Dorit Margreiter, one of John Lautner's houses; Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House; Simon Starling, the lamps of Danish designer Poul Henningsen; Toby Paterson, Basil Spence's British Pavilion for Expo 67; Arni Haraldsson, Erno Goldfinger's buildings; Tobias Putrih, Buckminster Fuller's geodesic spheres; David Tomas, a house designed by Ludwig Wittgenstein; Nairy Baghramian, furniture designer Janette Laverriere; and John Massey, a house designed by his father, Hart Massey.« less