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Marc Henrich: Sunday in Vientiane
June 6, 2009 – 12:05 am
Ban Sissavath, Street 7, Vientiane, 2009 [from "Sunday in Vientiane"] © Marc Henrich Marc Henrich wrote to tell me about his latest project entitled Sunday in Vientiane, which he describes in these words: Taken mostly on Sundays, when the town is resting, these images of buildings in and around Vientiane, Laos present an unsentimental view [...]
Toshio Shibata: Prefectures
November 16, 2008 – 10:19 pm
The work of Japanese photographer Toshio Shibata was unknown to me until recently when I had the pleasure of viewing one his large-scale photographs up close and personal, pulled from the MFA‘s collection here in Boston. His black and white images of “Prefectures” are beautifully seen. Yunotani Village, Niigata Prefecture, 1989 © Toshio Shibata Ootaki [...]
Alec Soth: Thirty-three Theatres and a Funeral Home
September 24, 2008 – 7:59 pm
Lynn Theater, Gonzalez, Texas, 2006 © Alec Soth Alec Soth recently updated his website with a body of work that was commissioned by Magnum in 2006, entitled Thirty-three Theatres and a Funeral Home – a series of photographs exploring the architecture of abandoned movie theaters in Texas, inspired by the films of of Wim Wenders. [...]
Georges Rousse: Bending Space
August 18, 2008 – 11:59 pm
I was chatting with Michael Bühler-Rose (who, if you haven’t noticed, is currently holding down the fort for Laurel) and we got to talking about this installation piece posted on VVORK. “You just can’t look away,” Michael said. Seeing Mai Hofstad Gunnes‘ piece made me think of the work of French photographer George Rousse. Which [...]
David Byrne: Playing the Building
June 1, 2008 – 2:42 pm
David Byrne’s Playing the Building, 2008 © Justin Ouellette To say that David Byrne is a prolific artist is an understatement. The work just keeps coming. His latest piece, a 9,000-square-foot, interactive, site-specific installation entitled Playing the Building, “transforms the interior of the landmark Battery Maritime Building in Lower Manhattan into a massive sound sculpture [...]
Andy Freeberg: Sentry
November 1, 2007 – 10:50 pm
Mitchell Innes & Nash, 2006 (from “Sentry”) © Andy Freeberg Andy Freeberg‘s Sentry captures what was, for me, the very feeling I had when I first visited the galleries in Chelsea. With these photographs, he addresses the intersection of art and architecture (specifically in its relation to the human presence and communication). He writes about [...]
Jim Dow’s “Capital Architectures” Opens Tonight
September 25, 2007 – 4:20 pm
L: Entrance to Women’s Bathroom, Mercado Flores Magón, Naucalpan, Mexico State, 2005 R: Entrance to Men’s Bathroom, Retiro Train Station, Recoleta, Beuneos Aires, 1987 © Jim Dow If you’re in the Boston area tonight, don’t miss photographer and Museum School professor Jim Dow‘s opening for Capital Architectures, photographs from Buenos Aires and Mexico City. Jim [...]
Michel Bonvin: Confession
September 6, 2007 – 10:16 pm
Untitled, 2004 (from “Confession”) © Michel Bonvin Michel Bonvin has lots of good work, but I’d recommend looking at Confession, Michel’s images of confession booth design.
Ryan Boatright: Exurbia
July 16, 2007 – 6:38 pm
(from “Exurbia”), 2005 © Ryan Boatright (from “Exurbia”), 2005 © Ryan Boatright Ryan Boatright‘s project entitled Exurbia considers the formal commonnality of design inherent in the architecture of middle to upper-middle class American houses. Ryan refers to these structures are being “fortress-like,” and is interested in how the builders construct homes of similar design for [...]
