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Richard Meier: Art and Architecture at the Louise T Blouin Institute
- Speaker:
- None listed
- Starts:
- October 12, 2007 at 10:00 am
- Ends:
- March 30, 2008 at 06:00 pm
- Location:
- Louise T Blouin Institute, Art Gallery, , 3 Olaf Street, London, W11 4BE United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
THE LOUISE T BLOUIN INSTITUTE presents the retrospective exhibition of Richard Meier: Art and Architecture. The solo exhibition presents Meier’s extraordinary versatility as artist, designer and architect and comprises an overview of Meier’s outstanding international architectural creations together with an exploration of his sculpture, collages, drawings, photographs, furniture and product design over 45 years.
Richard Meier remains the youngest recipient of the Pritzker Prize (1984) which is considered to be architecture’s highest accolade. He is renowned internationally for cultural projects which include The Getty Center, Los Angeles; the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona; and the Jubilee Church, Rome, amongst others.
Meier has over the years developed his own distinctive and dynamic style of architecture to become one of America’s most influential and widely emulated architects. His work celebrates natural light and space in response to the environs in which it stands, thereby creating sublime spaces of aesthetic illumination and enlightened cultural values.
Parallel to 45 years of architectural practice, Richard Meier has been making sculpture and collages and ceramics. The sculpture and collages, which he has created from papers, tickets and cuttings collected on his travels, express space and pivotal moments that are explored and articulated in his buildings.
Meier’s furniture, ceramic, glassware and silver objects have become iconic designs and marry a minimalist tradition with beautiful simplicity. To highlight his extraordinary versatility as a designer we will be exhibiting a unique grand piano designed by Richard Meier and built by IBACH.
Closed Monday
Tuesday 10.00 – 20.30
Wednesday – Sunday 10.00 – 18.00
£9 / £3
- Registration required:
- No
- Free:
- No
