9+1 Ways of Being Political
21/10/2012.
MoMA. [NY] USA 19/09/2012 - 25/03/2012 [VIDEO]
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA
The latest exhibition at MoMA on architecture and the first of its new architecture curator Peter Gadanho, entitled: “9 + 1 Ways of Being Political: 50 Years of Political Stances in Architecture and Urban Design” is now open to the public and will run through March 25, 2013.
Jason Crum (American, 1935-2004). Project for a Painted Wall, New York City, New York. Perspective. 1969. Gouache on photograph. 30 x 20″ (76.2 x 50.8 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase, 1969
Jason Crum (American, 1935–2004). Project for a Painted Wall, Hartford, Connecticut. Perspective. 1969. Gouache on photograph. 13 3/4 x 16 7/8″ (34.9 x 42.9 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase, 1969.
Hans Hollein. Aircraft Carrier City in Landscape, project. Exterior perspective. 1964. Cut-and-pasted printed paper on gelatin silver photographs mounted on board, 8 1/2 x 39 3/8″ (21.6 x 100 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Philip Johnson Fund, 1967
Hans Hollein. Highrise Building, Sparkplug, project. Exterior perspective. 1964. Cut-and-pasted printed paper on gelatin silver photograph, 4 3/4 x 7 1/4″ (12.1 x 18.4 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Philip Johnson Fund, 1967
REM KOOLHAAS (Dutch, born 1944) and ELIA ZENGHELIS (British, born Greece 1937) with MADELON VRIESENDORP (Dutch, born 1945) and ZOE ZENGHELIS (British, born Greece 1937). Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture. The Reception Area, project 1972. Gelatin silver photograph with color ink 10 1/2 x 14 1/2″ (26.7 x 36.8 cm) Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Takeo Ohbayashi Purchase Fund, and Susan de Menil Purchase Fund
AI WEIWEI (Chinese, born 1957). Study of Perspective – Tiananmen Square 1995-2003. Gelatin silver print 15 5/16 x 23 1/4″ (38.9 x 59 cm). Acquired through the generosity of the Photography Council and the Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art
AI WEIWEI (Chinese, born 1957). Study of Perspective – White House 1995-2003. Gelatin silver print 15 5/16 x 23 1/4″ (38.9 x 59 cm). Acquired through the generosity of the Photography Council and the Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art
Didier Faustino (French, born Portugal, 1968). Stairway to Heaven. 2002. Photograph on baryt paper. 22 1/16 x 29 1/2″ (56 x 75 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the artist and Galerie Michel Rein, 2012.
The political potential of architecture was one of the founding credos of the avant-garde in the early 20th century. Yet today it is commonly believed that this potential has been overwhelmed by economic realities and by the sense that architecture, by its very nature, is symbiotic with existing power structures. Such a perception, however, is belied both by the rise of a neo-avant-garde in the 1960s and 70s, and by emerging practices that bear witness to a rebirth of social and political engagement as an assertion of architecture’s relevance.
This installation of architectural works from MoMA’s collection offers a series of fresh perspectives on the ways in which, over the last half century, architects have responded actively to the ever-evolving conditions of the polis. The display engages a range of media in MoMA’s collection, putting architectural stances in dialogue with the works of other urban practitioners: artists, photographers, and designers. Divided into nine sections, plus a special performance piece by Andrés Jaque Arquitectos (at MoMA PS1 on September 16 and 23), the exhibition presents a variety of critiques, from radicalism, institutional critique, and iconoclasm, to the blurring of social borders and the examination of public space.
Organized by Pedro Gadanho, Curator, and Margot Weller, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Architecture and Design.
“9 + 1 Ways of Being Political: 50 Years of Political Stances in Architecture and Urban Design” is now open to the public and will run through March 25, 2013.
