Two exhibitions in New York by The Good Life:
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Museum of Modern Art – Archi archives
Frank Lloyd Wright, the most famous of American architects, would have been 150 years old this year. On this occasion, the MoMA “unpacks” the master’s archives, sorted from more than 55,000 drawings, 300,000 letters, 125,000 photographs and 2,700 manuscripts, to which we can add models, films and fragments of buildings (! ). A total of 400 pieces have been preserved, including an impressive model of the Guggenheim in New York.
At MoMA, Wright’s work is divided into 13 themes. From the repair of theImperial Hotel from Tokyo to his obsession with geometry and circles to some of his most impressive failed projects, most notably the Mile High Illinois of Chicago, a building over a mile high of which there are many drawings and spreadsheets. Another facet of the architect, his talents as an urban planner, illustrated by plans imagined for a futuristic Baghdad at the request of the Iraqi government in 1957. The project will be abandoned a year later after the revolution … An exhibition as fascinating as it is frustrating … What if Frank Lloyd Wright could have squeezed everything in his head out of the ground?
The model of the Guggenheim Museum in New York by Frank Lloyd Wright. Julien Chassagne
Frank Lloyd Wright at 150 : unpacking the archive
MoMA, until 1is October.
11 W 53rd Street.
www.moma.org
- Whitney Museum of American Art – Movable sculptures
Alexander Calder fascinated Duchamp, above all thanks to his “mobiles”. Most often suspended sculptures that move to the rhythm of the air. Movement, a real inspiration for Calder, he was so passionate about circus and dance, two themes that can be seen in his colorful, graceful works that seem to be balanced on a thread. Thirty-six of them are currently on display on the eighth floor of the Whitney Museum, inaugurated in 2015 and designed by Renzo Piano, in the trendy Meatpacking District.
Undoubtedly, this is where visitors jostle the most. Especially in front Black Frame, a tangle of steel sheets that seem to come out of the black frame posed by the artist. Here are grafted touches of color brought by a white spiral, a yellow shape and a red sphere that moves like a clock hand. It is also an opportunity to confront the arches which proudly take pride of place as soon as you step out of the elevator. Finally, we find ourselves in awe of the Red mobile which hovers against the light of the superb view that we have from here. An all-in-one exhibition therefore.
The installation of Calder’s works at the Whitney Museum, New York, until October 23. Ron Amstutz
Calder : Hypermobility
Whitney Museum of American Art, until October 23.
99 Gansevoort Street.
www.whitney.org
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