Hadid's aesthetic dynamite tradition, in the vein of visionary figures like Leonardo da Vinci and Frederick Kiesler. The work of this architect, who was the first woman to be awarded the prestigious Pritzker Prize in 2004, goes beyond building design and encompasses drawing, painting, relief, sculpture and installations, as well as furniture and objects. As described by the exhibition's curator, the American Kenny Schachter, in Hadid's gaze "art, design and architecture merge to explore aesthetic limits in as many forms and ways as one can imagine".
In Schachter's words, "what is really inspiring and intriguing about Zaha Hadid's work is the imagination, the inventiveness and the insatiable expression of curiosity and creativity." From a naturalistic and humanistic sensibility, Hadid "challenges pigeonholing in a world increasingly characterized by uniformity", underlines the curator.
Some of Zaha Hadid's recent works, such as the MAXXI: National Museum of 21st Century Arts in Rome or the London Aquatics Center for the 2012 Olympic Games, are examples of how the Iraqi architect launched a challenge to create a fluid and complex space. It is a way of approaching architectural work that transforms our vision of the future with new concepts and visionary forms, as can also be seen in buildings such as the Guangzhou Opera House theatre in China or the Hoenheim Nord Terminus interchange in Strasbourg.
From her London-based studio, Zaha Hadid Architects, the architect takes that same creative approach to objects such as bags, cutlery, jewellery, decorative objects or pieces of furniture, such as the Zephyr sofa or the Liquid Glacial table. These last two pieces, along with a wide selection of works –installations, models, paintings, drawings, furniture and even domestic objects–, will make up the exhibition that proposes a vision of horizontal structure, “according to which a building is seen with the same light and it is given as much importance as a spoon”, says the curator of the exhibition, which can be visited at Ivorypress until November 3.
Today we recommend and announce in advance an exhibition that you cannot miss. As part of the architecture cycle that Ivorypress celebrates annually in the fall as the start of the artistic season, Ivorypress hosts, starting on September 5, 2012, the Zaha Hadid exhibition.
Beyond Boundaries, Art and Design. The exhibition presents an overview of the artistic production of the architect Zaha Hadid (Baghdad, Iraq, 1950), in which her personal and unorthodox vision of her world is reflected.
Beyond Boundaries, Art and Design. The exhibition presents an overview of the artistic production of the architect Zaha Hadid (Baghdad, Iraq, 1950), in which her personal and unorthodox vision of her world is reflected.
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July 2, 2012
Cite: "Zaha Hadid, Beyond Boundaries, Art and Design, in MADRID" METALOCUS.
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