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Clocks and Clouds : The Architecture of Escher GuneWardena / ed. by Lilian Pfaff.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Basel : Birkhäuser, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783035611717
  • 9783035611724
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 720.922
LOC classification:
  • NA737.E82 .C563 2017
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- INTERVIEW BY LILIAN PFAFF WITH FRANK ESCHER AND RAVI GUNEWARDENA / PART I : CLOCKS AND CLOUDS -- COMPLETE WORKS -- READING THE PAST -- HISTORY AND PRESERVATION: FOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PAST -- INTERVIEW BY LILIAN PFAFF WITH FRANK ESCHER AND RAVI GUNEWARDENA / PART II:BEGINNINGS AND COLLABORATIONS -- SPACES FOR LIVING -- AGAINST NATURE -- INTERVIEW BY LILIAN PFAFF WITH FRANK ESCHER AND RAVI GUNEWARDENA / PART III:THE THEN AND THE NOW -- LANDSCAPES OF REFLECTION -- SPACE BECOMES TIME: LANDSCAPES OF REFLECTION AND RECONCILIATION -- MAKING OF PLACE -- ATMOSPHERES, EXHIBITIONS, AND CATOPTRIC BOXES -- RELATING TO ART -- THE ART OF EXHIBITION -- INTERVIEW BY LILIAN PFAFF WITH FRANK ESCHER AND RAVI GUNEWARDENA / PART IV: MOVEMENT AND STILLNESS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- SELECTED PUBLICATIONS -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS -- IMAGE CREDITS
Summary: Das Büro Escher GuneWardena wurde 1996 in Los Angeles gegründet und hat sich seitdem in verschiedenen Bereichen international einen Namen gemacht: Geschäftsräume werden wie konzeptuelle Kunst behandelt; ihre Wohnhäuser am Hang wirken als poetische Antworten auf die örtlichen Bedingungen; und ihre denkmalgerechten Umbauten galten so sensiblen Ikonen der Moderne wie dem Haus Eames oder der Chemosphere von John Lautner, beide in Los Angeles. Die Zusammenarbeit mit Künstlern wie Sharon Lockhart, Mike Kelley und Stephen Prina bestätigt ihre Bedeutung in der Kunstwelt. Das Buch dokumentiert 28 ausgewählte Projekte, darunter auch Ausstellungsdesign und Kunstinstallationen.Summary: Escher GuneWardena, founded in Los Angeles in 1996, reached international recognition through a range of projects: commercial spaces treated as conceptual art works; hillside residences representing poetic responses to particular site conditions; work in historic preservation including such icons as the Eames House and John Lautner's Chemosphere in Los Angeles. Their collaborations with artists such as Sharon Lockhart, Mike Kelley and Stephen Prina testify to their presence in the art world. "[Frank Escher and Ravi GuneWardena] are, in part, scholars, artists, architectural historians, designers and architects" Don Albrecht, Curator of Architecture and Design, Museum of the City of New York.
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Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- INTERVIEW BY LILIAN PFAFF WITH FRANK ESCHER AND RAVI GUNEWARDENA / PART I : CLOCKS AND CLOUDS -- COMPLETE WORKS -- READING THE PAST -- HISTORY AND PRESERVATION: FOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PAST -- INTERVIEW BY LILIAN PFAFF WITH FRANK ESCHER AND RAVI GUNEWARDENA / PART II:BEGINNINGS AND COLLABORATIONS -- SPACES FOR LIVING -- AGAINST NATURE -- INTERVIEW BY LILIAN PFAFF WITH FRANK ESCHER AND RAVI GUNEWARDENA / PART III:THE THEN AND THE NOW -- LANDSCAPES OF REFLECTION -- SPACE BECOMES TIME: LANDSCAPES OF REFLECTION AND RECONCILIATION -- MAKING OF PLACE -- ATMOSPHERES, EXHIBITIONS, AND CATOPTRIC BOXES -- RELATING TO ART -- THE ART OF EXHIBITION -- INTERVIEW BY LILIAN PFAFF WITH FRANK ESCHER AND RAVI GUNEWARDENA / PART IV: MOVEMENT AND STILLNESS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- SELECTED PUBLICATIONS -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS -- IMAGE CREDITS

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Das Büro Escher GuneWardena wurde 1996 in Los Angeles gegründet und hat sich seitdem in verschiedenen Bereichen international einen Namen gemacht: Geschäftsräume werden wie konzeptuelle Kunst behandelt; ihre Wohnhäuser am Hang wirken als poetische Antworten auf die örtlichen Bedingungen; und ihre denkmalgerechten Umbauten galten so sensiblen Ikonen der Moderne wie dem Haus Eames oder der Chemosphere von John Lautner, beide in Los Angeles. Die Zusammenarbeit mit Künstlern wie Sharon Lockhart, Mike Kelley und Stephen Prina bestätigt ihre Bedeutung in der Kunstwelt. Das Buch dokumentiert 28 ausgewählte Projekte, darunter auch Ausstellungsdesign und Kunstinstallationen.

Escher GuneWardena, founded in Los Angeles in 1996, reached international recognition through a range of projects: commercial spaces treated as conceptual art works; hillside residences representing poetic responses to particular site conditions; work in historic preservation including such icons as the Eames House and John Lautner's Chemosphere in Los Angeles. Their collaborations with artists such as Sharon Lockhart, Mike Kelley and Stephen Prina testify to their presence in the art world. "[Frank Escher and Ravi GuneWardena] are, in part, scholars, artists, architectural historians, designers and architects" Don Albrecht, Curator of Architecture and Design, Museum of the City of New York.

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