Wright on Exhibit: Frank Lloyd Wright's Architectural Exhibitions
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (579 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0691167222 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Mr. Wright- as he loved to be called- mythologized himself Pierluigi Serraino, Architect The literature on Frank Lloyd Wright is oceanic. And yet this book fills an immense void in what appears to have been covered time and again- Wright's architecture- but from a very different point of view: how Mr. Wright- as he loved to be called- mythologized himself. Kathryn Smith has tracked down . Wright, in his many carefully overseen exhibitions was not Raymond Neutra Wright, in his many carefully overseen exhibitions was not merely promoting his designs, he was suggesting a new way of living as individuals and as members of society. Kathryn Smith takes us through more than half a century of these efforts of a master communicator and master designer. The ripples o. Oriole81 said Five Stars. It was a gift and was well-received.
Kathryn Smith is an architectural historian who specializes in Frank Lloyd Wright. She lives in Santa Monica, California. Her books include Frank Lloyd Wright: American Master; Frank Lloyd Wright, Hollyhock House, and Olive Hill: Buildings and Projects for Aline Barnsdall; and Schindler House.
The details are fascinating, especially because of what they tell about the inclusions in those presentations and why they were chosen. "Smith refutes the public and historical notion of Wright as a self-promoter by drawing on evidence of his being an innovator and a social activist who sought divergent routes to publicizing his work for the sake of artistic progress and social improvements. Smith’s book is a long-needed chronicle of changes in curatorial practice and technology, particularly at New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), which mounted six solo exhibitions on
The nature of his exhibitions expanded with the times beyond models, drawings, and photographs to include more immersive tools such as slides, film, and even a full-scale structure built especially for his 1953 retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum. Wright on Exhibit presents the first history of this neglected aspect of the architect’s influential career.Drawing extensively from Wright’s unpublished correspondence, Kathryn Smith challenges the preconceived notion of Wright as a self-promoter who displayed his work in search of money, clients, and fame. The first history of Frank Lloyd Wright's exhibitions of his own worka practice central to his careerMore than one hundred exhibitions of Frank Lloyd Wright's work were mounted between 1894 and his death in 1959. Wright organized the majority of these exhibitions himself and viewed them as crucial to his self-presentation as his extensive writings. Placing Wright’s exhibitions side by side with his writings, Smith shows how integral these exhibitions were to his vision and sheds light on the broader discourse concerning architecture and modernism during the first half of the twentieth century.Wright on Exhibit features color renderings, photos, and plans, as well as a checklist of exhibitions and an illustrated catalog of extant and lost models made under Wright’s supervision.. She shows how he was an artist-architect projecting an avant-garde program, an innovator who expand