ADN Galeria. Ed Ruscha - November 17, 2012 - January 12, 2013. Download Press Release PDF (57 Kb) Opening reception for the artist: Saturday, November 17th, from 4:00 to 6:00pm Sometimes I wonder whether I am painting pictures of words or whether I’m painting pictures with words. —Ed Ruscha Ed Ruscha’s oeuvre has never been confined to established categories of style or media; for instance, books, drawings, prints, photography, and painting are used in parallel, together with materials as unconventional as gunpowder, fruit juice, bleach, coffee, and syrup.
But throughout his restrained yet daring experimentation, writing as act and subject, in print form or painted on canvas, has remained a constant inspiration for his iconic images of the American vernacular. His singular, sometimes oblique use of words allows for the exploration of the role of signifiers in language and thought, while his range of artistic means allow the act of reading to be literally manipulated as a process by which to generate meaning. Kukje Gallery / SO-IL. Architects: SO-IL Location: Seoul, South Korea Design Team: Florian Idenburg (partner), Jing Liu (partner), Iannis Kandyliaris, Cheon-Kang Park, Sooran Kim Architect Of Record: Jong Ga Architects Total Floor Area: 1,260 sqm Site Area: 800 sqm Photographs: Iwan Baan After 3 years of design and construction, SO – IL, the architectural studio of Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu, complete a space for Kukje Gallery, in the historic neighborhood of Samcheong-ro in Seoul, South-Korea.
The new building greatly expands the gallery’s programming possibilities with the addition of a 16 x 9 x 6mday lit gallery space, a 60 seat auditorium, offices and art storage spaces. Concept The architectural proposal resolves aperceived disjunction between the dynamism and boldness of Kukje Gallery’s organization and artist roster, and the fragile historic fabric saturatedby materials and details that surrounds the site. Studies led to a soft and ambiguous building that gently nestles itself into the site. Sundaram Tagore Gallery / Katz Architecture. Architect: Katz Architecture Location: 547 West 27th Street, New York City, New York, USA MEP Engineer: Lilker Associates Schematic Design: Charles Hemminger Associates Lighting: Lighting Collaborative Expediting: William Vitacco Associates Custom Concrete: The Concrete Impressionist Photographs: Julian Olivas of Air-to-Ground Photography Highlights: Located in a run down 19th century factory building, the space was an abandoned former taxi garage.The space had heavy timber framing, which Katz highlighted by revealing the structure, leaving old floor joists and utilities open to public view.Katz refinished the floor in polished concrete.
The Gallery: The Sundaram Tagore Gallery is devoted to the exchange of ideas between Western and non-Western cultures. In keeping with its mission, the Gallery sought to bridge dualities when they moved into the ground floor of a manufacturing building in West Chelsea. The Design: Text provided by Katz Architecture. Delhi Art Gallery Re-Design / Abhhay Narkar. Architects: Vertex Inc / Abhhay Narkar Location: New Delhi, India Design Team: Dushyant Bansal, Shariq Khan Graphics: Priyanka Sharma, Sameer Rajadnya Project Year: 2011 Project Area: 9,000 sqf Photographs: Courtesy of Vertex Design The revitalization of the Delhi Art Gallery required a complete restructuring of interior spaces and the positioning of a striking architectural exterior to sit in with the contours of the heritage precinct of the 13th century Hauzkhas village, Delhi.
The new simple facade stands apart from today’s chaotic urban sprawl, yet still resonates with the region’s historic fabric. The interior of the gallery had constraints of structural stability as the space was fragmented into various sections across adjacent buildings. The challenge was to fuse disparate spaces and create cohesive volumes with visual connect across the three levels of the main gallery, constantly surprising and delighting visitors. . * Location to be used only as a reference. The Baró Gallery / Sub Estudio.
Architects: Sub Estudio Location: São Paulo, Brazil Project year: 2011 Photographs: Fran Parente The Baró / Emma Thomas Gallery was the first project of the architects Julia Masagão, Isabel Nassif and Renata Pedrosa in a partnership that led to their office: sub estudio. The old warehouse that was used to be a parking lot, is located in a neighborhood in São Paulo, that used to be an industrial area, Barra Funda. It’s a peculiar design of laminated wood arches which bear a span of 30 meters. The windows on two sides are also original timber and allow a diffuse light inside the gallery. The warehouse is in the middle of the block, not on the façade. So the access is given under a residential building. On these both sides, where the ceiling is lower, are those programs that need more privacy, as the offices, reception, coffee and collections that are not on exhibition.
The garden on the back is used to expose outdoor works, and also a nice place to chill. Galeria Concreta / GCP Arquitetos. Architects: GCP Arquitetos Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil Author: Sergio Coelho Co-author: Adriana Oliveira Sustainability: Alessandra Araujo Project team: Icardo Segantini; Tais Usuda Miyake, Sílvio Diarte Project area: 170 sqm Project year: 2009 – 2010 Photographs: Nelson Kon, Kiko Coelho Located at Alto dos Pinheiros area in São Paulo, the 170sqm building for the new Galeria Concreta art gallery is composed of tubular steel columns and beams, forming light porticos, supporting the glazed facades, mezanine and stairs. The solid main facade wall, facing Macunis St, is built in “in situ” reinforced concrete cut by an horizontal opening that works as a “shop window”, where small art and design pieces could be displayed.
Next to the heavy concrete wall, a big vertical opening, allows the external observer to have a glance of the gallery interior. The building is divided in two areas: public with the exibition area and semi private. Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012 Necessary #087. Nel 2000, la Serpentine Gallery di Londra ha inaugurato la tradizione del Pavilion annuale: un progetto a cura di un architetto internazionale, edificato di fronte all'ingresso della Gallery, a Kensington Gardens, nel periodo tra maggio e ottobre.
Per l'edizione 2012, la 12a ma soprattutto l'edizione delle Olimpiadi, la Serpentine ha scelto i progettisti dello stadio olimpico di Pechino, Herzog & de Meuron e l'artista cinese Ai Weiwei. Il Pavilion di quest'anno ripercorre idealmente la storia degli 11 padiglioni precedenti: una piattaforma flottante poggia su 12 colonne (una per ogni edizione), delineando uno spazio coperto, scavato nel terreno. Un viaggio nel sottofondo della nostra memoria, un approccio "archeologico" che scava contemporaneamente nel terreno e nel passato. Roberta Mutti Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, 2012.
Designed by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei. Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012. Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012. Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012. Sol LeWitt at Gladstone Gallery. Gagosian Gallery Expansion. Edouard Malingue Gallery / OMA. OMA’s first completed project in Hong Kong opened just last month. The Edouard Malingue Gallery is the city’s first gallery dedicated to Impressionist and Modernist masterpieces. The design juxtaposes two distinct environments: for the 750 square feet of exhibition space, an articulated sequence of three rooms encased in an aluminium volume visible from the street; for reception and administration, an open office area that reveals the original structure of the building. More about the Edouard Malingue Gallery after the break.
The articulation of the three rooms maximises exhibition space and allows viewers time and space for contemplation of individual artworks. The refinement of the exhibition spaces – with reflective resin floors, plastered white walls and diffused lighting – contrasts with the “found” conditions preserved in the office spaces: a bare shell structure with black concrete beams, foiled ducts on the ceiling and rough concrete floor. AU Office and Exhibition Space / Archi Union Architects Inc. Architects: Archi Union Architects IncLocation: Jungong Road, Shanghai, ChinaProject Area: 1,200 sqmProject Year: 2009-2010Photographs: Sheng Zhonghai This old warehouse on Jungong Road, Shanghai was originally used to store fabrics.
Abandoned and dilapidated, it has now been given a new life as an office and exhibition space. Located in a newly formed artists’ complex, the area consists of three identical warehouse spaces totalling 1,200 sqm. The central warehouse has been converted into an outdoor recreational space and entrance lobby serving the exhibition hall and the studio. The external parametric wall of the warehouse encloses the building on three sides. The centre-stair leads to a mezzanine level for sports and recreation. . * Location to be used only as a reference. Sperone Westwater Gallery / Foster + Partners. Architects: Norman Foster, Foster + Partners Location: 257 Bowery, New York, USA Co-architects: Adamson Associates Client: Sperone Westwater Consultants: Buro Happold, Sciame, Edgett Williams, JAM Consultants Inc. Project Year: 2008-2010 Photographs: Nigel Young Nearly 35 years after its conception, Sperone Westwater continues to exhibit the work of prominent artists of diverse nationality and age, who work in various media.
The concept for the Gallery is both a response to the dynamic urban character of New York’s Bowery and a desire to rethink the way in which the public engages with art in the setting of a gallery. The nine-storey building is part of a bold initiative to reinvigorate the neighborhood and the design will pioneer an innovative approach to vertical movement within a gallery building. The centerpiece of the concept is a 12 x 20-foot moving room that connects the five floors where works of art will be displayed.
South London Gallery / 6a Architects. Architect: 6a Architects Location: 65 Peckham Road, London SE5 8UH Team: Tom Emerson, Stephanie Macdonald, Takeshi Hayatsu (project associate), Max Beckenbauer, Alessandro Cairo, Sylvie Duvoisin, Trevor Brown, Lucia Frescaroli, Max Retegui, Mariana Simoes, Susanne Sauter, Eva-Maria Stadelmann, Katharina Schworer, Jonathan Wong Client: South London Gallery Structural engineer: Jane Wernick Associates M&E engineer: Serge Lai Engineers Ltd. Quantity surveyor: Stockdale Main contractor: John Perkins Projects Year: 2006-2010 Photographs: David Grandorge and 6a Architects The expansion of the South London Gallery designed by 6a Architects has just been completed to provide new gallery spaces, a café, a flat for an artist in residence and a new education building.
The original top lit gallery is one of the finest art spaces in London. The extension to the gallery is made of three interventions dispersed around an expanded site. Clore Education Studio. RCA Sackler Building / Haworth Tompkins. Architects: Haworth Tompkins Limited Location: London, England Project Team: Graham Haworth, Chris Fellner, Roger Watts and David Lyndon Client: The Royal College of Art Main Contractor: LIFE Build Solutions Limited Structural Engineer: Price and Myers LLP Quantity Surveyor: Gardiner & Theobald M&E Consultant & Lighting: Max Fordham Consulting Engineers Project Area: 1,280 sqm Budget: £2,963,138 Project Year: 2008-2009 Photographs: Philip Vile, Helene Binet, Katsuhisa Kida Foteca The new Sackler Building provides new purpose made accommodation for all the Painting students at the Royal College of Art to work together under one roof for the first time in over 10 years.
The Sackler Building is the first phase of the RCA’s plan for a major new campus in Battersea, also designed by Haworth Tompkins.
AD Classics: Kunsthaus Bregenz / Peter Zumthor. A year after the completion of Therme Vals [1996], renowned minimalist architect, Peter Zumthor completed the design of Kunsthaus Bregenz [1997]. The Kunsthaus museum in Bregenz, Austria is always in a constant state of flux always changing its exhibition spaces to accommodate international contemporary art. Zumthor’s minimalist design adapts its spaces to the art that is showcased in its exhibits creating a coexisting and redefining relationship between art and architecture. The Kunsthaus Bregenz has two main principles to their permanent collection: archives of art architecture and a collection of Contemporary art, which complements the changing exhibition spaces.
The museum strives to be the intersection of art and architecture that opens itself to culture and international influence. More on the Kunsthaus Bregenz after the break. “The art museum stands in the light of Lake Constance. The interior of the museum complements the exterior simplicity and minimalist aesthetic.