The Blackstone Hotel in Chicago hired Joel Straus Consulting in 2006 to design and implement an art program for the hotel. The program incorporates new media works, photography, painting and graphics by renowned artists. The goal is to highlight Chicago's urban landscape and reflect on the hotel's history. Works were selected for public spaces, meeting rooms, guest rooms and suites to both modernize the historic property and emphasize its original features.
John Lewis designs and creates unique glass art and lighting at his New England studio, including lamp sculptures, lamps made of stainless steel and blown glass, and blown glass garden sculptures, which he sells through his website www.johnlewislights.com.
The series ''Golden Scars" came as inspiration from Kintsukuroi, Japanese art of repairing
pottery with gold or silver lacquer and understanding that the piece is more beautiful for
having been broken.
Buffalo: The Provincial as Providential (Pt. 2)Liz Flyntz
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery has a long history dating back to 1862, with significant additions and acquisitions over time that have transformed its collection focus. Notable acquisitions include works by Picasso, Gauguin, and Jasper Johns. In 1962, a new wing designed by Gordon Bunshaft opened, changing the institutional name and refocusing its mission on contemporary art. However, in recent decades some works were auctioned to support this contemporary focus, generating controversy.
Experimental photographers like Robert Heinecken, David Hockney, and John Stezaker pioneered unconventional techniques. Heinecken combined and overlaid images and added text to photographs. Hockney created photomontages by gluing together Polaroid photos and photo collages that showed scenes from different angles. Stezaker overlaid old photographs and added painted details, creating surreal pieces. These artists challenged conventions and expanded the boundaries of the photographic medium.
Luis Barragán was a Mexican architect known for his use of color, light, and connection to the regional culture and environment in his designs. This document discusses his studio home and the Chapel of the Capuchinas as examples of his work. It describes the forms, functions, materials, and use of color and light in his projects to create a sense of spirituality and calm. Barragán drew from Mexican traditions but created a modern aesthetic through his manipulation of natural elements and spatial experiences.
The Sculpture Collection at Bergen Community College includes materials from two sculpture exhibitions held in 1971 and 1974 at Van Saun Park in Paramus, NJ. After the sculptures were vandalized, some were moved to Bergen Community College. The collection contains brochures, correspondence, news articles, photographs, and information about the 13 sculptures currently on campus by artists such as Carol Bacon, Joseph Calabrese, Peter Forakis, and others. The materials are arranged in 12 series providing documentation on the exhibits and individual artworks.
This document summarizes the historical development of Philippine architecture after World War II. It discusses how the modern era began using the International Style and then evolved through filipinization in the 1970s which incorporated traditional motifs. Postmodernism emerged in the 1980s. Key architects and structures are mentioned like Leandro Locsin, the Cultural Center of the Philippines complex, and the Philippine Arena. Various architectural styles and materials used are also defined.
Architecture is the art and science of designing and constructing buildings and other structures. Some key materials used in architecture include stone, brick, wood, cast iron, steel, concrete, and shell structures. Common architectural styles include post-and-lintel, arches, vaults, trusses, domes, and buttresses. Sculpture is the art of shaping figures out of materials like marble, bronze, wood, ivory, and terra cotta using techniques such as carving, modeling, casting, construction, and assemblage. Common sculptural forms include relief sculptures, free-standing sculptures, kinetic sculptures, and assemblage sculptures.
John Lewis designs and creates unique glass art and lighting at his New England studio, including lamp sculptures, lamps made of stainless steel and blown glass, and blown glass garden sculptures, which he sells through his website www.johnlewislights.com.
The series ''Golden Scars" came as inspiration from Kintsukuroi, Japanese art of repairing
pottery with gold or silver lacquer and understanding that the piece is more beautiful for
having been broken.
Buffalo: The Provincial as Providential (Pt. 2)Liz Flyntz
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery has a long history dating back to 1862, with significant additions and acquisitions over time that have transformed its collection focus. Notable acquisitions include works by Picasso, Gauguin, and Jasper Johns. In 1962, a new wing designed by Gordon Bunshaft opened, changing the institutional name and refocusing its mission on contemporary art. However, in recent decades some works were auctioned to support this contemporary focus, generating controversy.
Experimental photographers like Robert Heinecken, David Hockney, and John Stezaker pioneered unconventional techniques. Heinecken combined and overlaid images and added text to photographs. Hockney created photomontages by gluing together Polaroid photos and photo collages that showed scenes from different angles. Stezaker overlaid old photographs and added painted details, creating surreal pieces. These artists challenged conventions and expanded the boundaries of the photographic medium.
Luis Barragán was a Mexican architect known for his use of color, light, and connection to the regional culture and environment in his designs. This document discusses his studio home and the Chapel of the Capuchinas as examples of his work. It describes the forms, functions, materials, and use of color and light in his projects to create a sense of spirituality and calm. Barragán drew from Mexican traditions but created a modern aesthetic through his manipulation of natural elements and spatial experiences.
The Sculpture Collection at Bergen Community College includes materials from two sculpture exhibitions held in 1971 and 1974 at Van Saun Park in Paramus, NJ. After the sculptures were vandalized, some were moved to Bergen Community College. The collection contains brochures, correspondence, news articles, photographs, and information about the 13 sculptures currently on campus by artists such as Carol Bacon, Joseph Calabrese, Peter Forakis, and others. The materials are arranged in 12 series providing documentation on the exhibits and individual artworks.
This document summarizes the historical development of Philippine architecture after World War II. It discusses how the modern era began using the International Style and then evolved through filipinization in the 1970s which incorporated traditional motifs. Postmodernism emerged in the 1980s. Key architects and structures are mentioned like Leandro Locsin, the Cultural Center of the Philippines complex, and the Philippine Arena. Various architectural styles and materials used are also defined.
Architecture is the art and science of designing and constructing buildings and other structures. Some key materials used in architecture include stone, brick, wood, cast iron, steel, concrete, and shell structures. Common architectural styles include post-and-lintel, arches, vaults, trusses, domes, and buttresses. Sculpture is the art of shaping figures out of materials like marble, bronze, wood, ivory, and terra cotta using techniques such as carving, modeling, casting, construction, and assemblage. Common sculptural forms include relief sculptures, free-standing sculptures, kinetic sculptures, and assemblage sculptures.
The document provides information about artist Dale Chihuly and his glass artwork called macchia. It discusses Chihuly's career transition from glassblowing to collaborating on glass installations after injuries. It also defines the term "macchia" as a stain, smear, or spot. The document encourages students to create their own mixed media sketches and macchia in Chihuly's style using principles of art like pattern. The teacher's goals are to study Chihuly, identify macchia, apply vocabulary, and have students make their own creative decisions.
Historically, art and spirituality have often reinforced each other through shared belief systems expressed in works. Contemporary art increasingly draws from global cultures and non-Western motifs to represent diverse beliefs. Bill Viola's video installation The Crossing depicts the need for art to help reclaim time for stillness and contemplation.
Sculpture and 3D assemblage involve creating three-dimensional artwork using various materials and techniques. Sculpture has been an important part of religious and political expression throughout history in many cultures. Notable sculptors mentioned include Napoleon Abueva, Arturo Luz, Guillermo Tolentino, and Abdulmari Asia Imao, known for their sculptures highlighting Filipino culture and history. 3D assemblage involves combining found objects into artistic compositions and originated in the early 20th century works of artists like Picasso, Duchamp, and Rauschenberg.
This document discusses themes related to belief systems in contemporary visual art after 1980. It provides examples of artists who incorporate spirituality and religion into their work from a variety of cultural traditions. The document examines how artists express their own belief systems and values through their work, and how globalization has influenced the incorporation of non-Western religious motifs and practices. It highlights several artists such as Bill Viola, Shirazeh Houshiary, and Angelica Mesiti who reflect on themes of faith, ritual, and culture in their multimedia installations and videos.
This document discusses themes of time and memory in contemporary visual art after 1980. It provides examples of artworks that engage with these themes in different ways, such as indexical traces of time in materials, temporality as an active element, histories and their social impacts, and intergenerational dialogue through biography and autobiography. The document also includes reflection questions on how different artists evoke notions of time and memory through their works.
This document discusses the theme of place in contemporary visual art. It provides examples of artists who address place in their work in different ways:
- Some artists respond to specific environments, scenes, or ecosystems to capture the appearance or feeling of real places through memory or imagination.
- Others grapple with ideas of place in a more conceptual manner.
- The document lists several artists who explore place in their work, such as Mark DION, Robert SMITHSON, Michael ASHER, Julie MEHRETU, and Doris SALCEDO.
- It also presents questions for reflection on how place informs artistic approaches and how artworks can reflect multiple places.
David Hockney is an English painter known for his Pop Art style. He became famous for his 1972 painting "Portrait of an artist (pool with two figures)," which sold at auction for $90 million. Hockney studied at the Bradford School of Art and moved to California in 1964, where he developed a realistic style using acrylic paint. In the 1990s he returned to England and found inspiration in painting landscapes. While continuing to work primarily with acrylic paint, in 2010-2011 Hockney created 28 iPad drawings for an exhibition, showing his embrace of new digital media.
This document discusses how artists have used the body as a theme in visual art after 1980. It covers topics like beauty and the grotesque, performance, and the posthuman. It provides examples of works by artists from different time periods, cultures and backgrounds that reference the body in various ways. Some key works mentioned include Antony Gormley's Still Standing intervention at the Hermitage Museum, Wangechi Mutu's Lizard Love installation, and Hannah Bronte's Heala mixed media piece. The document suggests assignments for students to consider the body and produce works derived from bodily actions or cultural backgrounds.
ABCDF: Portraits of Mexico City is a visual dictionary project featuring over 2,000 images of Mexico City organized alphabetically. In October 2005, monumental projections of images from the dictionary will be displayed on 10 buildings in New York City, reaching a large audience. The Queens Museum of Art will host an accompanying installation from October to December 2005, and interactive stations around Manhattan will allow people to learn about the project.
This document provides 10 examples of public art integrated into the built environment beyond traditional museums. It summarizes each example in 1-3 sentences, highlighting the location, artist(s), and how the art engages with or reflects its surroundings. The examples showcase how public art can enhance cities, infrastructure, and private developments through site-specific commissions that involve meaningful community input. Rather than simply fulfilling quotas, these projects chose artists and artworks that dialogue with the physical, historic, or cultural aspects of the places.
This article summarizes several art installations on display in New York City. It describes Grimanesa Amorós's LED "Bubbles" sculpture in the windows of 125 Maiden Lane, which features undulating LED tubing composed to look like bubbles. It also mentions Smiljan Radic's installation "Underground Passages" at the Queens Museum, consisting of tunnels and rooms below ground level for visitors to walk through. Finally, it briefly references an exhibition of works by Jesús Rafael Soto at the Whitney Museum of American Art, known for his works incorporating movement and light.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art developed an internal digital asset management system in 2007 to organize their growing collection of digital images. This led to the Visual History Project to digitize analog images from their photo archives and collaborate with ARTstor and NYU to make these images accessible online. Over 35,000 slides were digitized from collections documenting the Museum's buildings, exhibitions, and William Keighley's photographs of art and architecture. Metadata was added and the digital files were ingested into the Museum's database and shared on ARTstor for educational use.
Lakeside Amusement Park - A fun ride through the history of expressive archit...Rick Hill
Lakeside Amusement Park in Denver, Colorado is one of the oldest continuously operating amusement parks in the United States. It opened in 1908 as White City and has since evolved, expanding over 50 years to reflect different architectural styles like Beaux Arts, Art Deco, and Mid-Century Modern. The park took design inspiration from world expositions and fairs, mimicking iconic structures. It has been owned by the Krasner family for generations who have preserved the park and its reflection of American popular culture over time.
The document discusses the Leg Splint designed by Charles and Ray Eames during World War II for the U.S. Navy. The Eames were commissioned to create a lightweight splint that was more comfortable for wounded soldiers. Their solution used molded plywood, which allowed compound curves that were flexible but strong. Mastering this molding technique led directly to their influential molded plastic chairs and other mid-century designs. The leg splint pioneered a new approach to furniture design focused on ergonomics, materials, and mass production.
This document provides information about a sculpture exhibition taking place at Brecknock Hall in Greenport, New York from July 17, 2010. It includes details about the hosting organizations, Peconic Landing and the East End Arts Council. Over a dozen sculptors will be featured with works displayed throughout the sculpture garden and grounds of Brecknock Hall. The exhibition is supported by Suffolk County. Biographies and descriptions are provided for several of the sculptors and their works.
The Chicago School of Architecture emerged in the late 19th century in response to Chicago's rapid growth as an industrial center following the 1871 fire. Architects developed new construction techniques like the steel skeleton frame, allowing taller buildings. They also rejected historical styles, seeking forms more reflective of modern life. The Chicago School produced innovations in both skyscrapers and residential design, anticipating modern architecture worldwide. Significant surviving examples illustrate the evolution of these styles.
The document provides information about the postmodern art movement, including its characteristics and influence on other fields. It discusses key postmodern art styles like conceptual art, installation art, and deconstruction. It also examines how postmodernism impacted architecture, design, fashion, music, urban planning, and politics by rejecting modernism's utopian visions and universal ideals in favor of a more flexible and contextual approach.
The document provides information about Pecha Kucha, a presentation format originated in Tokyo in 2003 for designers to showcase their work. Pecha Kucha uses a simple format of 20 images shown for 20 seconds each, keeping presentations short and moving at a rapid pace. The format has grown into a global event inspiring creatives worldwide through concise sharing of ideas.
Philip johnson- history of architectureSelf employed
ACCORDING TO PHILIP JOHNSON ‘CRUTCHES’ BY WHICH ARCHITECTS EVADE THEIR REAL RESPONSIBILITIES ARE:
HISTORY - JUSTIFYING ELEMENTS WHICH ARE EARLIER USED.
UTILITY - IF UTILITY OF A BUILDING OVERCOMES ARTISTIC INVENTIONS ,THEN IT IS MERELY AN ASSEMBLAGE OF USEFUL PARTS.
DESIGN ACCORDING TO HIS BELIEF – “ TO GO AGAINST THE GRAIN”
DECONSTRUCTIVIST ARCHITECTURE – “ HE PRESENTED DESIGN ISSUE IN STRICTLY STYLISTIC TERMS.”
The Rise of Installation Art - written by Prof. David ClarkeVincentKwunLeungLee
Prof. Frank Vigneron's Contemporary Art course at CUHK Fine Arts - An individual presentation on a piece of academic essay written by Prof. David Clarke, Former Chair Professor at HKU Department of Fine Arts
case studies (BIG ARCHITECTS, DANIEL LIBESKIND).pptxDeeshaKhamar1
The document discusses 3 urban project case studies: The Grove at Grand Bay residential towers in Miami designed by BIG to incorporate landscaping and unique views; the 8 House development in Copenhagen comprising 476 residences designed by BIG; and the Jewish Museum in Berlin and Felix Nussbaum Museum in Germany both designed by Daniel Libeskind to represent Jewish culture through their architectural forms and use of void spaces.
The document provides information about artist Dale Chihuly and his glass artwork called macchia. It discusses Chihuly's career transition from glassblowing to collaborating on glass installations after injuries. It also defines the term "macchia" as a stain, smear, or spot. The document encourages students to create their own mixed media sketches and macchia in Chihuly's style using principles of art like pattern. The teacher's goals are to study Chihuly, identify macchia, apply vocabulary, and have students make their own creative decisions.
Historically, art and spirituality have often reinforced each other through shared belief systems expressed in works. Contemporary art increasingly draws from global cultures and non-Western motifs to represent diverse beliefs. Bill Viola's video installation The Crossing depicts the need for art to help reclaim time for stillness and contemplation.
Sculpture and 3D assemblage involve creating three-dimensional artwork using various materials and techniques. Sculpture has been an important part of religious and political expression throughout history in many cultures. Notable sculptors mentioned include Napoleon Abueva, Arturo Luz, Guillermo Tolentino, and Abdulmari Asia Imao, known for their sculptures highlighting Filipino culture and history. 3D assemblage involves combining found objects into artistic compositions and originated in the early 20th century works of artists like Picasso, Duchamp, and Rauschenberg.
This document discusses themes related to belief systems in contemporary visual art after 1980. It provides examples of artists who incorporate spirituality and religion into their work from a variety of cultural traditions. The document examines how artists express their own belief systems and values through their work, and how globalization has influenced the incorporation of non-Western religious motifs and practices. It highlights several artists such as Bill Viola, Shirazeh Houshiary, and Angelica Mesiti who reflect on themes of faith, ritual, and culture in their multimedia installations and videos.
This document discusses themes of time and memory in contemporary visual art after 1980. It provides examples of artworks that engage with these themes in different ways, such as indexical traces of time in materials, temporality as an active element, histories and their social impacts, and intergenerational dialogue through biography and autobiography. The document also includes reflection questions on how different artists evoke notions of time and memory through their works.
This document discusses the theme of place in contemporary visual art. It provides examples of artists who address place in their work in different ways:
- Some artists respond to specific environments, scenes, or ecosystems to capture the appearance or feeling of real places through memory or imagination.
- Others grapple with ideas of place in a more conceptual manner.
- The document lists several artists who explore place in their work, such as Mark DION, Robert SMITHSON, Michael ASHER, Julie MEHRETU, and Doris SALCEDO.
- It also presents questions for reflection on how place informs artistic approaches and how artworks can reflect multiple places.
David Hockney is an English painter known for his Pop Art style. He became famous for his 1972 painting "Portrait of an artist (pool with two figures)," which sold at auction for $90 million. Hockney studied at the Bradford School of Art and moved to California in 1964, where he developed a realistic style using acrylic paint. In the 1990s he returned to England and found inspiration in painting landscapes. While continuing to work primarily with acrylic paint, in 2010-2011 Hockney created 28 iPad drawings for an exhibition, showing his embrace of new digital media.
This document discusses how artists have used the body as a theme in visual art after 1980. It covers topics like beauty and the grotesque, performance, and the posthuman. It provides examples of works by artists from different time periods, cultures and backgrounds that reference the body in various ways. Some key works mentioned include Antony Gormley's Still Standing intervention at the Hermitage Museum, Wangechi Mutu's Lizard Love installation, and Hannah Bronte's Heala mixed media piece. The document suggests assignments for students to consider the body and produce works derived from bodily actions or cultural backgrounds.
ABCDF: Portraits of Mexico City is a visual dictionary project featuring over 2,000 images of Mexico City organized alphabetically. In October 2005, monumental projections of images from the dictionary will be displayed on 10 buildings in New York City, reaching a large audience. The Queens Museum of Art will host an accompanying installation from October to December 2005, and interactive stations around Manhattan will allow people to learn about the project.
This document provides 10 examples of public art integrated into the built environment beyond traditional museums. It summarizes each example in 1-3 sentences, highlighting the location, artist(s), and how the art engages with or reflects its surroundings. The examples showcase how public art can enhance cities, infrastructure, and private developments through site-specific commissions that involve meaningful community input. Rather than simply fulfilling quotas, these projects chose artists and artworks that dialogue with the physical, historic, or cultural aspects of the places.
This article summarizes several art installations on display in New York City. It describes Grimanesa Amorós's LED "Bubbles" sculpture in the windows of 125 Maiden Lane, which features undulating LED tubing composed to look like bubbles. It also mentions Smiljan Radic's installation "Underground Passages" at the Queens Museum, consisting of tunnels and rooms below ground level for visitors to walk through. Finally, it briefly references an exhibition of works by Jesús Rafael Soto at the Whitney Museum of American Art, known for his works incorporating movement and light.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art developed an internal digital asset management system in 2007 to organize their growing collection of digital images. This led to the Visual History Project to digitize analog images from their photo archives and collaborate with ARTstor and NYU to make these images accessible online. Over 35,000 slides were digitized from collections documenting the Museum's buildings, exhibitions, and William Keighley's photographs of art and architecture. Metadata was added and the digital files were ingested into the Museum's database and shared on ARTstor for educational use.
Lakeside Amusement Park - A fun ride through the history of expressive archit...Rick Hill
Lakeside Amusement Park in Denver, Colorado is one of the oldest continuously operating amusement parks in the United States. It opened in 1908 as White City and has since evolved, expanding over 50 years to reflect different architectural styles like Beaux Arts, Art Deco, and Mid-Century Modern. The park took design inspiration from world expositions and fairs, mimicking iconic structures. It has been owned by the Krasner family for generations who have preserved the park and its reflection of American popular culture over time.
The document discusses the Leg Splint designed by Charles and Ray Eames during World War II for the U.S. Navy. The Eames were commissioned to create a lightweight splint that was more comfortable for wounded soldiers. Their solution used molded plywood, which allowed compound curves that were flexible but strong. Mastering this molding technique led directly to their influential molded plastic chairs and other mid-century designs. The leg splint pioneered a new approach to furniture design focused on ergonomics, materials, and mass production.
This document provides information about a sculpture exhibition taking place at Brecknock Hall in Greenport, New York from July 17, 2010. It includes details about the hosting organizations, Peconic Landing and the East End Arts Council. Over a dozen sculptors will be featured with works displayed throughout the sculpture garden and grounds of Brecknock Hall. The exhibition is supported by Suffolk County. Biographies and descriptions are provided for several of the sculptors and their works.
The Chicago School of Architecture emerged in the late 19th century in response to Chicago's rapid growth as an industrial center following the 1871 fire. Architects developed new construction techniques like the steel skeleton frame, allowing taller buildings. They also rejected historical styles, seeking forms more reflective of modern life. The Chicago School produced innovations in both skyscrapers and residential design, anticipating modern architecture worldwide. Significant surviving examples illustrate the evolution of these styles.
The document provides information about the postmodern art movement, including its characteristics and influence on other fields. It discusses key postmodern art styles like conceptual art, installation art, and deconstruction. It also examines how postmodernism impacted architecture, design, fashion, music, urban planning, and politics by rejecting modernism's utopian visions and universal ideals in favor of a more flexible and contextual approach.
The document provides information about Pecha Kucha, a presentation format originated in Tokyo in 2003 for designers to showcase their work. Pecha Kucha uses a simple format of 20 images shown for 20 seconds each, keeping presentations short and moving at a rapid pace. The format has grown into a global event inspiring creatives worldwide through concise sharing of ideas.
Philip johnson- history of architectureSelf employed
ACCORDING TO PHILIP JOHNSON ‘CRUTCHES’ BY WHICH ARCHITECTS EVADE THEIR REAL RESPONSIBILITIES ARE:
HISTORY - JUSTIFYING ELEMENTS WHICH ARE EARLIER USED.
UTILITY - IF UTILITY OF A BUILDING OVERCOMES ARTISTIC INVENTIONS ,THEN IT IS MERELY AN ASSEMBLAGE OF USEFUL PARTS.
DESIGN ACCORDING TO HIS BELIEF – “ TO GO AGAINST THE GRAIN”
DECONSTRUCTIVIST ARCHITECTURE – “ HE PRESENTED DESIGN ISSUE IN STRICTLY STYLISTIC TERMS.”
The Rise of Installation Art - written by Prof. David ClarkeVincentKwunLeungLee
Prof. Frank Vigneron's Contemporary Art course at CUHK Fine Arts - An individual presentation on a piece of academic essay written by Prof. David Clarke, Former Chair Professor at HKU Department of Fine Arts
case studies (BIG ARCHITECTS, DANIEL LIBESKIND).pptxDeeshaKhamar1
The document discusses 3 urban project case studies: The Grove at Grand Bay residential towers in Miami designed by BIG to incorporate landscaping and unique views; the 8 House development in Copenhagen comprising 476 residences designed by BIG; and the Jewish Museum in Berlin and Felix Nussbaum Museum in Germany both designed by Daniel Libeskind to represent Jewish culture through their architectural forms and use of void spaces.
Louis Isadore Kahn (Life & Architecture, Quotes & Works)Nabadeep Kakati
This is a Presentation prepared by me for 6th Sem B.Arch assignment for Contemporary Architecture.
The SlideShare includes his life, Awards, Building Techniques, Quotes & Works of Louis Isadore Kahn
Angela Chen Baltimore Murals Woodrow Wilson 5-8-06Angela Chen
This document provides background information on the Baltimore Mural Program (BMP). It discusses the history and tradition of murals, notable Baltimore artists, BMP operations, funding sources, and compares BMP to other mural programs. The BMP began in 1975 and is now coordinated by the Baltimore Office of Promotion and Arts. It employs local artists to create murals that beautify neighborhoods and engage community members. However, budget cuts have limited the program, completing around 120 murals since 1974 compared to Philadelphia's 2,500.
Exploring Wall Plaques in San Francisco's Artistic TapestryA Silvestri CO
San Francisco's wall plaques capture the city's diverse cultures and history. The plaques reflect the stories of the neighborhoods and commemorate important events and people. They are works of art made by local artisans in different mediums like wood and metal. Wall plaques can be found throughout the neighborhoods, parks, and public spaces of San Francisco, narrating the city's rich artistic tapestry.
Daniel Libeskind is a Polish-American architect known for his deconstructivist style characterized by angular forms and intersecting planes. He is renowned for designing the Jewish Museum in Berlin, which uses architecture to express feelings of absence and disappearance of Jewish culture through its zigzag layout. Libeskind's philosophy is to make architecture reflect human experiences through concepts like "memory construction" and he is influenced by art, music, and poetry in his designs.
Placemaking strengthens the connection between people and the places we share. Interested in learning how you can participate in this project? Please visit www.jhpublicart.org
Discovering The Artistry of Wall Plaques in San FranciscoA Silvestri CO
Wall plaques in San Francisco have a rich history, reflecting the city's diverse cultural influences and marking significant events. They range in style from Victorian-era designs to Art Deco and contemporary works, commemorating everything from the 1906 earthquake to the Beat poetry movement. Today, plaques continue to tell the stories of the city's communities and foster a sense of shared identity and connection for residents and tourists alike. Organizations work to preserve plaques and engage the public in wall art that shapes San Francisco's evolving character.
The document discusses two famous museums designed by famous architects - the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao designed by Frank Gehry, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It provides background on how the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao came to be built in a former industrial wasteland in Bilbao, Spain, and highlights how Gehry's distinctive architecture made use of unusual shapes and angles. It also briefly mentions Wright's design of the original Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
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This tutorial offers a step-by-step guide on how to effectively use Pinterest. It covers the basics such as account creation and navigation, as well as advanced techniques including creating eye-catching pins and optimizing your profile. The tutorial also explores collaboration and networking on the platform. With visual illustrations and clear instructions, this tutorial will equip you with the skills to navigate Pinterest confidently and achieve your goals.
Hadj Ounis's most notable work is his sculpture titled "Metamorphosis." This piece showcases Ounis's mastery of form and texture, as he seamlessly combines metal and wood to create a dynamic and visually striking composition. The juxtaposition of the two materials creates a sense of tension and harmony, inviting viewers to contemplate the relationship between nature and industry.
Fashionista Chic Couture Maze & Coloring Adventures is a coloring and activity book filled with many maze games and coloring activities designed to delight and engage young fashion enthusiasts. Each page offers a unique blend of fashion-themed mazes and stylish illustrations to color, inspiring creativity and problem-solving skills in children.
Heart Touching Romantic Love Shayari In English with ImagesShort Good Quotes
Explore our beautiful collection of Romantic Love Shayari in English to express your love. These heartfelt shayaris are perfect for sharing with your loved one. Get the best words to show your love and care.
Boudoir photography, a genre that captures intimate and sensual images of individuals, has experienced significant transformation over the years, particularly in New York City (NYC). Known for its diversity and vibrant arts scene, NYC has been a hub for the evolution of various art forms, including boudoir photography. This article delves into the historical background, cultural significance, technological advancements, and the contemporary landscape of boudoir photography in NYC.
2. Blackstone Hotel Art Program
Beginning in 2006, Joel Straus Consulting (JSC) was selected to design and implement
the art program for the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. The Blackstone Hotel,
owned by Sage Hospitality Resources, a privately held hotel and restaurant company
based in Denver and renovated by architects Lucien Lagrange and the Gettys Group, is
centrally located on Michigan Avenue in Chicago’s downtown Loop district.
JSC customized the Blackstone Hotel’s art program, incorporating cutting-edge new
media work, contemporary photography and painting, and high-quality graphics by
world renowned artists. JSC’s intent is to illuminate Chicago’s urban landscape and play
off of the Blackstone Hotel’s rich history.
JSC’s unique program incorporates cutting-edge new media work, stimulating
photography, contemporary painting and high quality graphics. JSC’s intent is to
emphasize Chicago’s powerful urban landscape and play off of the Blackstone Hotel’s
colorful history.
The Blackstone Hotel is located on the corner of Michigan Avenue and Balbo Street in
the heart of historic downtown Chicago. This 23-story hotel was built from 1908 to
1910 and designed by Marshall and Fox. The hotel was named for Timothy Blackstone, a
noted Chicago business executive and politician, who served as the founding president
of the Union Stock Yards, president of the Chicago and Alton Railroad, and mayor of La
Salle, Illinois.
For the Blackstone’s guestrooms, suites, public spaces, and corridors, JSC combined the contemporary with the historic, carefully selecting
unique, contemporary urban images to integrate the past and the present.
3. Public Spaces
Considered the city's best example of a turn-of-the-century luxury hotel, the Blackstone represents an excellent and rare example of the
Modern French style of Beaux-Arts architecture. In the recent renovation, many of the Blackstone’s unique public areas have been faith-
fully restored. JSC’s art program plays upon the ornate, decorative elements of the original architecture, embellishing them with contempo-
rary urban imagery and video art. JSC chose pieces and frames which enhance the traditional spaces, modernizing and emphasizing their
original features. For example, JSC incorporates a contemporary visual component into the Blackstone’s elegant lobby using the stunning,
thoughtful photographs of Chicago artist, Accra Shepp. Shepp’s powerful urban triptych brings a modern visual language into a traditional
space.
Similarly, JSC enhances the Blackstone lobby by featuring a cutting-edge video- generated computer art piece by new media artist, Lincoln
Schatz. Using a video camera mounted on top of the hotel, Schatz’ work presents exquisitely composed and perpetually changing views of
Chicago’s lakefront. These images are collaged using Schatz’s custom software and displayed on plasma television screens installed behind
the lobby reception desk. The overlapping film captures images Chicago’s lakefront and parks and the footage is saved, reassembled, and
replayed, creating an endless visual memory.
Also in the Blackstone lobby, JSC highlighted the large, historic fireplace and mantle by installing the exquisite book excavations or Brian
Dettmer. Three intricately carved Chicago Architecture books are affixed to the mantle, bringing another modern element to the grand
Blackstone lobby.
Meeting Rooms
The Blackstone was designed with the corporate sector in mind and therefore features numerous multipurpose meeting rooms on its many
levels. Joel Straus Consulting specially designed each meeting room using eclectic works which enhance the conference environment. The
meeting room art program includes a humorous “pill cure” series by Dana Wyse, an exquisite Illinois photograph series by Mark DeBer-
nardi, the remarkably vivid flower series by Marco Ambrosi, scientific photographic imagery by Audrius Plioplys, and a stunning Liquid
Landscape series by Liz Nielsen. Each meeting room has a unique feel and offers a stimulating work environment.
4. The Art Hall
Historically, The Blackstone Hotel exhibited local artists in its ornate fifth floor Art Hall. The new Blackstone Renaissance Hotel revives this
tradition of rotating art exhibitions by showing, biannually, a series of artworks by students and alumni from Chicago’s Columbia College.
For this innovative, community-based endeavor, the Blackstone commissioned Joel Straus Consulting to select a local arts school and to cu-
rate the first exhibition. The Blackstone, literally surrounded by Columbia College’s urban campus, seeks to engage Chicago’s rich arts
community within its walls, embellishing its traditional architecture with contemporary student artwork.
Guestrooms
The Blackstone guestrooms feature works by visual satirist Michael Hernandez de Luna. JSC commissioned De
Luna to create a series of large-scale, perforated stamp-sheet pieces which cleverly reference the Blackstone
Hotel’s history as the "Hotel of Presidents." De Luna’s work ironically references the rich political history of the
Blackstone Hotel and wryly highlights the venue’s cultural contribution to Chicago.
The guest rooms vary from one another offering diverse De Luna images and combinations. The club guest-
rooms, for example, feature their own Hernandez de Luna program. Each guestroom also offers innovative im-
ages created by Chicago based artists. These include complex topiary pieces by David Lefkowitz, vivid abstract
images by Richard Hull and comical figurative works by Mark Crisanti.
Guest Suites
The hotel’s suites are known for hosting numerous U.S. Presidents including Woodrow Wilson, Theodore
and Franklin D. Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy, These culturally significant rooms feature an exciting and
diverse combination of Hernandez de Luna stamp-sheet works. One suite in particular, the famous
"Smoke-Filled Room," where Warren G. Harding was chosen as the compromise Republican nominee for
President in 1920, features a specific politically satirical Hernandez de Luna series.
6. Lincoln Schatz received his BA from Bennington College
in 1986 and is the recipient of a CORE fellowship to the
Glassell School of Art at the Museum of Fine Arts in
Houston.
Through his custom software, Schatz selectively records and dis-
plays video images culled from specific environments to create
generative portraits. Most recently, Schatz has created video
works that collect, store and display more than eight years of
video memory. From its start date, each piece collects video from
its environment daily, amassing thin slices of video/time. On-
screen those slices overlap and juxtapose with images from cur-
rent time.
For the Blackstone Schatz presents constantly changing compositions of Chicago’s lakefront. These images collage on plasma television
screens installed behind the lobby reception desk. The overlapping video captures images of Chicago’s lakefront and parks and the foot-
age is saved, reassembled, and manipulated, creating an endless visual memory.
Location: Historic Lobby
Lincoln Schatz
Video Installation, Two 50” Plasma Television Screens
Installation View
7. For the Blackstone Shepp created a photographic triptych of Chicago’s Michigan Avenue Bridge. Mounted above the elevators in the ho-
tel’s historic lobby, these stunning pieces introduce a strong urban language into a traditional space.
Accra Shepp received his BA in Art History
and Studio art from Princeton University and
Location: Historic Lobby
Accra Shepp
In 1997, he had a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art en-
titled, "Tunnel Visions", and in 1999, he completed a Fulbright Fellowship in
Indonesia. His work has been exhibited throughout the world and his photo-
graphs are included in the collections of renowned museums such as The Mu-
seum of Modern Art in New York and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston,
Texas.
Chicago River at Michigan Avenue, Panel 1 and Panel 3: 56.25 x 45,” Panel 2: 56.25” x 90”, 56.25” x 45”
Installation View
8. Brian Dettmer, born in 1974, was raised just outside Chicago, Illinois. He earned his BA from Columbia College in 1997.
A significant and notable body of Dettmer's work is created by excavating books without inserting or moving any of the books' contents.
Dettmer seals, then slices and carves into older textbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, medical guides, science books, engineering
books, history books, comic books, and others, exposing select images and text revealing new or alternative interpretations of the books.
For the Blackstone Dettmer was commissioned to excavate three coffee table scaled books on Chicago Architecture that will be mounted
on the mantle of the fireplace in the historic reception area.
Location: Historic Lobby
Brian Dettmer
Chicago Architecture Club, 12” x 10” x 1.5”
Frank Lloyd Wright, 12” x 9” x 2”
Chicago Architecture and Design,
12.5” x 9” x 1.5”
10. Artist and art critic Harold Haydon (1909-1994) lived and worked in Chicago.
Haydon developed a remarkably original and unusual theory of painting based on optics and visual perception. The lifelong Chicagoan’s
“binocular paintings,” as Haydon referred to them, are related to the Cubist notion of multiple-point perspective. They are relatively real-
istic but their disorienting and disquieting effects confuse one’s vision through their stylistic juxtaposition of images. His street scenes
and images of city life are painted in a manner unlike anything else in modern American painting.
The Blackstone will display three images of Haydon’s paintings in the Club Level lobby.
Location: Club Level
Harold Haydon
Traffic, 34” x 39”
Variety, 38” x 32”
Corner of 57th and Harper, 33” x 39”
11. Dimitre was born in 1965 and is an established commercial and fine art photographer based in Chicago.
Dimtre works both as a fine arts and a commercial photographer and his images are unsentimental renderings of the urban environment.
Though exquisitely beautiful, his photographs are not facile post card images rather they portray a brawny almost acidic portrait of Chi-
cago.
The Blackstone will display Dimitre’s images on the Club level. They will be the first images seen as one descends the main staircase.
Location: Club Level
Dimitre
Skyline 9, 23” x 30.5” Skyline 37, 23” x 30.5”
12. Location: Third Floor Pre-function Area
Jackie Kazarian
Jackie Kazarian was born in 1959. She earned her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1989. She currently lives and
works in Chicago.
Kazarian is a painter, video and installation artist whose intense colors and complex surfaces explore utopian impulses in the face of
emotional and physical upheaval. Her visually challenging and kinetic landscapes integrate different languages of painting and drawing
with screen-printing, stamping, flocking and collage. In her paintings on paper, she collages vintage wall paper in rich and saturated
landscapes.
Impasse 1, 23 “x 29” Impasse 2, 23 “x 29”
13. Location: Third Floor Pre-function Area
Ann Worthing
Ann Worthing was born in 1958 and raised in Wharton, Texas. She currently lives and works in Chicago, Illinois.
Worthing’s paintings display a huge range of hue within a limited palette. She paints with subtlety and finesse depicting very simple
scenes where common objects are transformed by paint and composition. Her painting “Backyard” comes from a series she produced
from looking out her window where she parsed nature from the urban environment.
The Blackstone will display Ann Worthing’s painting in the restored third floor lobby.
Backyard: Chicago, 24 “x 48”
14. Robert Donley was born in 1934 and received BFA and MFA degrees from the School of the Art Institute in the 1940’s. He has been
a professor of art at DePaul University in Chicago since 1967.
Donley’s recent work investigates ideas of re-imagining and dissecting urban space. With a style, both sophisticated and crude, Don-
ley lays down a fantastic cityscape with extraordinary detail. Though usually taking an aerial perspective, his paintings exhibit a fas-
cination with minute street-level phenomena and relationships.
The Blackstone will display Donley’s pieces in the restored fourth floor lobby.
Location: Fourth Floor Prefunction Area
Robert Donley
Edge of Town, 30 “x 38”
15. Location: Fourth Floor Pre-function Area
Robert Donley
The Argonauts, 30 “x 38” Harbor, 30 “x 38”
17. Dana Wyse was born in Canada in 1965 and now lives and works in Paris.
Dana Wyse produces pill cures are designed to solve our human problems and help us achieve our most secret aspirations. They mimic
convenience store products, designed to give us energy, restore our vitamin levels and help with altitude. Wyse’s sardonic pill packets
poke fun at the notion that our most basic human problems can be cured with a pill.
With a note of irony and humor, the Blackstone will display 40 of Dana Wyse’s pill cures in the Club Level meeting rooms.
Pill Cures, Series of 10, 18” x 32”
Location: Club Level Meeting Rooms
Dana Wyse
18. Location: Club Level Barbershop Meeting Room and Guestroom Suites
Karen Savage
Karen Savage was born in 1948. She currently lives in Chicago, Illinois.
Delicate vintage gloves worn to a debutante ball and wedding bouquets are the subjects of Savage’s brilliant photograms -- stark images
of objects placed over photographic paper and exposed to light. Seemingly like x-rays, they are opaque, transparent and translucent. Sav-
ages series of women’s gloves is representative of past formalities and speak to the societal standards and established gender roles of the
day. Savages series of flower bouquets represent the spectacle of the wedding as an event of the past.
The Blackstone will display Savage’s glove photograms in the historic and exquisitely restored Barber Shop. Her bouquets will be dis-
played in triptych- a series of three images. They will grace the two historic suites and one of the 23rd
floor guest suites.
Gloves Series, 24 “x 21” Each
Flower Triptychs, 28 “x 59”
19. Location: Third Floor Meeting Room
Mark DeBernardi
Mark DeBernardi was born in 1960. He currently lives and works in Evanston, Illinois.
In his series “From Here to Cairo (IL),” DeBernardi has chronicled important but overlooked historic locations in Illinois. The photo-
graphs have a vintage, sepia appearance and create a sense of intrigue. For example, what is important about a cabin in the woods?
One soon discovers that this log cabin is an image of the reproduction of the two-room home that was the last Lincoln shared with
his father and stepmother.
The Blackstone will display a group of these stunning photographs in the third floor meeting room.
The Chatsworth Wreck, 21” x 25” Lincoln’s Log Cabin, 21” x 25”
20. Location: Fourth Floor Meeting Room
Marco Ambrosi
Marco Ambrosi was born in 1959. He currently lives and works in Verona, Italy.
Marco Ambrosi is self-taught and is both a commercial and fine arts photographer. In his Bios series, Ambrosi intentionally hypes the ar-
tificiality of floral compositions rather than creating sentimental flower arrangements. By digital enhancing the images, he distorts colors
and forms to create powerfully suggestive images.
The Blackstone will display Ambrosi’s photographs in the fourth floor meeting room.
Bios, 23” x 37” Bios, 23” x 37”
21. Location: Fifth Floor Meeting Room
Audrius Plioplys
Audrius Plioplys was born in 1951. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1971 and earned his MD degree from the Pritzker
School of Medicine University of Chicago in 1975. Among other positions, he is currently a member of the Neurology Staff at Mercy Hos-
pital in Chicago.
A neurological scientist first and artist second, Plioplys creates archival digital prints photographically overlaid by the drawings of Cajal,
an early neurological researcher whose images match current brain scans almost perfectly. The photographs behind the drawings (actually
the negatives of the drawings) are of places Plioplys has gone that provoked thought. Therefore, he is aligning his thoughts with what the
thought might look like in the brain. His series is called “Thoughts on Cajal.”
Solstice, 13” x 36” Neural Symphony, 13” x 36”
22. Location: Twenty-Third Floor Meeting and Board Rooms
Liz Nielsen
Liz Nielsen was born in 1975. She earned her BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, in 2002 and her M.F.A. from the Uni-
versity of Illinois at Chicago in 2004. She currently lives and works in Chicago.
Liz Nielsen’s photographs create atmospheres that appear to be either extraterrestrial or submarine. She photographs multi-colored ink
droplets floating in bottles of water under high magnification to produce mini-environments and fantastical landscapes.
The Blackstone will display a series of Nielsen’s images in the twenty-third floor boardrooms.
Liquid Landscapes, 13” x 36”
24. Location: Guestroom Headboard
David Lefkowitz
David Lefkowitz was born in 1962 and currently lives
and works in St. Paul, Minnesota. He earned his BA from
Carlton College in 1985 and his MFA from the University
of Illinois, Chicago, in 1990. He currently works as the
Assistant Professor of Art at Carlton College.
Lefkowitz seeks inspiration from art history, travel and
the idiosyncrasies of daily life. He is not limited to tradi-
tional art materials in the work he creates, often recycling
cardboard, wood scraps and even Styrofoam. Mostly con-
sidered a painter, he frequently crosses over into sculp-
ture either in relief or, occasionally, freestanding objects
that often become part of an installation. His sense of hu-
mor and regard for the environment are almost always
present in his multi-dimensional repertoire.
Financial District, 33” x 33”
26. Location: Guestroom Accent Walls
Michael Hernandez de Luna
Visual satirist Michael Hernandez de Luna was born
in Chicago, in 1957. He earned his BFA from the
School of the Art Institute in 1983 and then attended
Columbia College between 1976 and 1978.
Primarily known for creating and producing
“counterfeit” postage stamps, for the Blackstone Ho-
tel, Hernandez de Luna created a unique series of
large-scale, perforated stamp-sheet pieces which
cleverly reference the Blackstone Hotel’s legacy as
the "Hotel of Presidents." Hernandez de Luna’s
pieces make ironic references to the hotel’s rich po-
litical history, appropriating historic photographs
and iconic images.
The Smoke Filled Room, 30” x 30”
27. Location: Guestroom Accent Walls
Michael Hernandez de Luna
William Hale Thomson, 30” x 30”The Checker Cab, 30” x 30”
31. Location: Bathrooms
Mark Crisanti
Local artist Mark Crisanti was born in 1964. He stud-
ied at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, Illi-
nois.
Crisanti’s collage paintings address evolution and exis-
tence. In each piece, Crisanti attaches a bird head to a
human body blurring the viewer’s perceptions of man
and animal. The blank stare of each bird, amidst daily
vices and activities confronts viewers with the irony of
their own human actions. Crisanti uses various ephem-
era as backgrounds-dictionary pages, S & H green
stamps, game boards, and manuals to enrich his con-
frontations.
Illusion and Camouflage, 20” x 20”
32. Location: Concierge Bathrooms
Richard Hull
Richard Hull was born in 1955 and raised in
Oklahoma City. In 1978, after graduating from
the Kansas City Art Institute, Hull moved to Chi-
cago for his graduate work at the School of the
Art Institute of Chicago, where he currently
teaches.
Hull's current work decomposes and recomposes
figurative and abstract elements. His figures are
stripped of any figural function and he creates
circular, organic forms with odd futuristic exten-
sions adding interior lines that carry a sensation
of carved architectural past. Hull works with a
variety of materials including oil, wax and char-
coal, as well as ordinary materials such as Cray-
Last, 14.5” x 17.5”
36. Location: Corridor
Tom Denlinger
Tom Denlinger was born in 1953. He received his MFA
from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL,
in 1982. He has had many solo exhibitions and his work has
been featured in numerous group shows world-wide.
Denlinger’s new photography series, “Intersections,” pre-
sents a unique view of Chicago. Each photograph, taken
from a busy downtown intersection, imparts a view up-
wards, skillfully illuminating Chicago’s stellar architectural
landscape. The black and white building outlines which
prod the borders of each composition, create abstract shapes
and unique designs in the sky-scape and encourage viewers
to contemplate Chicago from a different perspective.
Intersections, 20” x 20” each
39. Historic Art Hall
Historically, The Blackstone Hotel exhibited lo-
cal artists in its ornate fifth floor Art Hall. The
new Blackstone Renaissance Hotel revives this
tradition of rotating art exhibitions by showing,
biannually, a series of artworks by students and
alumni from Chicago’s Columbia College.
For this innovative, community-based en-
deavor, the Blackstone commissioned Joel
Straus Consulting to select a local arts school
and to curate the first exhibition. The Black-
stone, literally surrounded by Columbia Col-
lege’s urban campus, seeks to engage Chicago’s
rich arts community within its walls, embellish-
ing its traditional architecture with contempo-
rary student artwork.
40. Joel Straus Consulting
Founded in 1996, Joel Straus Consulting designs art programs and creates high impact, international art collections for clients in both
public and private arenas. JSC is a collaborative association of art consultants, architects and urban planners, with expertise in designing
art master plans and art programs that focus on the interplay and integration of art in urban environments. Joel Straus acts as an inde-
pendent consultant to numerous private collectors as well as foundations and major municipal projects throughout the country. His di-
verse range of clients include: Sage Hospitality, the Washington, D.C. Convention Center, the McCormick Convention Center, the City
of Palm Beach Gardens, and the Midland Foundation’s Dow Centennial Garden Committee.
Joel Straus earned his Bachelor of Arts degree and graduated Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Wake Forest University in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1984. Straus began his career at Chicago’s Richard Gray Gallery. Over 11 years he worked in various
capacities, eventually becoming the gallery’s Assistant Director.
Joel Straus Consulting’s programs receive enthusiastic response from critics and public alike. Two recent projects, the D.C. Convention
Center Art Collection and the Palm Beach Gardens exterior project, were recognized as “The most successful, innovative, and exciting
public art projects of the year” by Americans for the Arts in the 2004 Year in Review.
42. Credits:
All Images Copyright of each Artist.
Courtesy of David Lefkowitz, Aron Packer of Packer Schopf Gallery, Richard Hull, Michael Hernandez de
Luna, Mark Crisanti, Accra Shepp, Lincoln Schatz, Brian Dettmer, Karen Savage, Flatfile Galleries, Dimitre,
Mark DeBernardi, Liz Nielsen, Marco Ambrosi, Audrius Plioiplys, Torch Gallery, Dana Wyse, Corbett vs.
Dempsey Gallery, Robert Donely, The Harold Haydon Estate, Joel Straus Consulting and The Blackstone
Renaissance Hotel.
Architectural Drawings Copyright Getty’s Group.