For those interested, I posted some photos of the exhibition here.
I have to say, that I went to see the exhibition full of prejudice and tired of that image of the guy with the cowboy boots and the glasses. The exhibition opened up the work of Libeskind for me. I felt a bit of nostalgia, looking at the Berlin projects and the Cranbrook drawings (I had only seen this in books before) , but at the same time they just felt very full of potential, actually so positive, hopeful... I now find myself using words that stand in tension with the usual rethoric associated with Libeskind's architecture.
To see all this work together was very inspiring, the barbican is also great setting as Sudjic points out, the hammered concrete columns, the dark space. And the use of sand paper on the floor and as base for the models is also brilliant device that involves you with the exhibition.
I wonder what Libeskind himself thinks by seeing all this work together in one place. Seeing what is done and where he is going. I think this exhibition could mark a key moment.
ludwig, thanks for the pics upload.
And, yes, libeskind's past can never be taken away from him. [I remember seeing the Micromegas series in Zurich (1995) and the floor fell beneath me.]
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For those interested, I posted some photos of the exhibition here.
I have to say, that I went to see the exhibition full of prejudice and tired of that image of the guy with the cowboy boots and the glasses. The exhibition opened up the work of Libeskind for me. I felt a bit of nostalgia, looking at the Berlin projects and the Cranbrook drawings (I had only seen this in books before) , but at the same time they just felt very full of potential, actually so positive, hopeful... I now find myself using words that stand in tension with the usual rethoric associated with Libeskind's architecture.
To see all this work together was very inspiring, the barbican is also great setting as Sudjic points out, the hammered concrete columns, the dark space. And the use of sand paper on the floor and as base for the models is also brilliant device that involves you with the exhibition.
I wonder what Libeskind himself thinks by seeing all this work together in one place. Seeing what is done and where he is going. I think this exhibition could mark a key moment.
ludwig, thanks for the pics upload.
And, yes, libeskind's past can never be taken away from him. [I remember seeing the Micromegas series in Zurich (1995) and the floor fell beneath me.]
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