The air is blue : insights on art & architecture : Luis Barrágan revisited / edited by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Pedro Reyes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Obrist, Hans Ulrich.

Reyes, Pedro.

LAR (Firm)

Romero, Fernando, 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Barragán, Luis, 1902-1988--Exhibitions.

Barragán, Luis.

Barragán, Luis, 1902-1988.

Architecture--Mexico--20th century--Exhibitions.

Architecture.

Art, Mexican--20th century--Exhibitions.

Art, Mexican.

Mexico.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : D.A.P. ; Mexico : Trilce, 2006.

Summary:

When architect Luis Barrag n (1902-1988) won the Pritzker Prize in 1980, he marveled that "publications devoted to architecture have banished from their pages the words Beauty, Inspiration, Magic, Spellbound, Enchantment, as well as the concepts of Serenity, Silence, Intimacy and Amazement.... though I am fully aware that I have not done them complete justice in my work, they have never ceased to be my guiding lights." Barrag n's aesthetic makes him colossally relevant in an art world rediscovering beauty. Here critic and curator Hans Ulrich Obrist has gathered 30 of today's most interesting and relevant artists and architects to interpret Barrag n's work from every angle: Contributors include Gilbert & George, Olafur Eliasson, Fischli & Weiss, Liam Gillick, Douglas Gordon, Roni Horn, Rem Koolhaas, Ed Ruscha and Rirkrit Tiravanija.

Contents:

Francis Alys, Cuauhtemoc Medina Soft architecture 34

/ Emilio Ambasz Spiritual retreat house (Cordoba house) 36

/ Petra Blaisse 38

/ Inaki Bonillas A Project for the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona 40

/ Daniel Buren In conversation HUO (fragment) Istanbul-Paris, april 2004 42

/ Carlos Cruz-Diez Chromosaturation 46

/ Olafur Eliasson The Barragan's house kaleidoscope 50

/ Carla Fernandez Beding 54

/ Claudia Fernandez Ideal space 58

/ Peter Fischli, David Weiss 12 Apartments 64

/ Pedro Friedeberg 68

/ Yona Friedman Crumpled sheets 72

/ Gilbert, George About a love letter 74

/ Liam Gillick 78

/ Dominque Gonzalez-Foerster Exoplanet 80

/ Douglas Gordon The air is blue 84

/ Terence Gower The redwall 86

/ Dan Graham Two-way mirror hedge labyrinth-water basin version 90

/ Joseph Grigely, Dianna Frid B&B: an e-mail exchange 92

/ Juan Herreros The reason behind some photographs 96

/ Steven Holl Barragan in black & white 107

/ Roni Horn Excerpt from "Saying water", a monologue 110

/ Koojeong-A 114

/ Rem Koolhaas Comment retrieved from Casa Barragan's guest book 119

/ Pablo Leon de la Barra Forgetting Barragan 120

/ Armin Linke Bagdad panorama, view from Sheraton Hotel 125

/ Dorit Margreiter Houses With Horses 126

/ Carlos Monsivais Autumn pause, powerful and slow (Chronicle of Luis Barragan) 128

/ Damian Ortega Visiting Casa Barragan 135

/ Lygia Pape Tteia 138

/ Philippe Parreno The battle of the ducks 146

/ Carlos Payan About Casa Barragan 147

/ Hani Rashid The air is virtual blue 155

/ Pedro Reyes Un ciclope tuerto 156

/ Fernando Romero Villa S Lar vs. Casa Barragan 166

/ Ed Ruscha Imaginary architecture 170

/ Raymund Ryan In search of Barragan 174

/ Anri Sala No Barragan, no cry 176

/ Markus Schinwald Diaries (Barragan) 178

/ Kazuyo Sejima, Ryue Nishizawa Mirror chairs 182

/ Juan Soriano Interviewed by Hans Ulrich Obrist 184

/ Ettore Sottsass 195

/ Rirkrit Tiravanija Barragan's Cadillac 196

/ Niele Toroni Casa-giardino 200

/ Cerith Wyn Evans Barragan's jukebox 205

/ Hector Zamora House-Wall 222

Artist profiles 225.

Notes:

"An exhibition curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, conceived by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Pedro Reyes, produced by LAR / Fernando Romero."

ISBN:

9781933045597

1933045590

9789686842951

9686842950

OCLC:

148853930