In honor of its closing Sunday, I wanted to post some thoughts and reporting on the opening of Jason Payne’s (my final research studio professor) installation at SCI-Arc. The installation in SCI-Arc’s gallery was titled “Rawhide: The New Shingle Style” and focused on Jason’s Raspberry Fields project for a house in Utah — UCLA (Scott)
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It makes me itchy, but in a good, fun, excitable way. Very nice!
Wow. I've always dreamt having a dwelling that makes me feel like a tornado is ripping it apart.
This is indeed visually striking. However, is it not entirely aesthetic? New Shingle Style? I am skeptical. A pretty bold title for a purely decorative application. This has nothing to do with the New England based Shingle Style that far even predates Utah, and nothing to do with local conditions, necessities, or program, other than creating a one-off sculptural quality.
To ADavin
www.removethatstick.com
New Shingle Style is really Old Art
Nice installation, I was drawn to the title, my critique:.
The SCI-Arc Rawhide installation does remind me of the minimal art from the 60s 70s specifically the art/sculpture by NYC artist Eva Hesse. Why Hesse? Her work often uses repetition of organic 'soft' modules applied on a surface. Just google Eva Hesse.
The rough random tiling of the shingles lends itself to a picturesque tactile surface which I find attractive to the eye. That i like and as an investigation of architectural surface SCI-Arc gallery is the perfect venue.
If one want to compare to other organic-modern 'shingle/ stick ' types the famous Herb Greene's Prairie Chicken comes to mind although the shingles a now sticks.A Bart Price house in Malibu has nice curving surface shingles.
AS art Rawhide is another matter. First, but not bad really , is that this was done before, and more interestingly, by better artists. Second, not so good, is that it is a lot like a lot of other installations: that is repeating modules aggregated in mass as a form.
What I like best about the installation is the name. Rawhide was one of my favorite songs growing up, sung by the great Frankie Lane.
eric chavkin
A nice blog on Hesse which shows images of what Iof of Eva Hesse. Her work pre-dates a lot of recent architecture (im)posing as art installations. Much can be 'drawn' from her ala Coy Howard drawing from art.
http://bloated-leftovers.blogspot.com/2010/08/10-eva-hesse-research.html
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