The Met Breuer is a building near the Metropolitan Museum of Art that showcases works from the Met's collection that are "thematic". The building was designed by Marcel Breuer in 1966.
The exhibit featured over a hundred items spanning the last 60 years of his work. Many of the studies included pieces of antique dollhouse parts and dollhouse furniture. One description noted that Armajani's pieces are not designed for habitation, instead, they articulate various ways of mapping site and location in time and space.
This piece is called The First House (1970)
Other pieces like this one, entitled Gazebo for One Anarchist: Luigi Galleani was made from balsa wood. (1991)
This piece called Persian Garden #1 (1983), was constructed of wood, paint, flocking paper and transfer type letters.
This piece is called Bridge Over Tree (1970) and a full scale piece is currently on display in Brooklyn Bridge Park to coincide with the exhibition
Click HERE to see a short video about the exhibition and the building of the bridge piece or click below:
Que interesante y original exposición! Muchas gracias por compartir las fotografías!
ReplyDeleteBesos.
Wow! It's always so interesting to see how different artists look at the world and how they interpret that vision into minis.
ReplyDeleteGracias por compartir esas maravillas con todos nosotros.
ReplyDeleteEs una original exposición.
Un saludo
Gracias por acercarnos esas maravillas, con este fantástico reportaje:-)
ReplyDeleteSo very interesting, Troy! Thanks for bringing a little culture back for all of us!
ReplyDeleteHi, Troy - It's so wonderful that you could experience the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Met Breuer. The displays are unique; I'm always amazed to learn how very individual are the various expressions of art. Thanks for the wonderful photos.
ReplyDeleteMarjorie
It's amazing how often mininatures are incorporated into art. Great exhibition
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