RPBW: Fragments

Mark your calendars for what promises to be a must-see show at the <a href="http://www.gagosian.com/">Gagosian Gallery</a> on West 21st Street in New York City. The opening reception for <a href="http://www.gagosian.com/exhibitions/renzo-piano--june-27-2013"><i>Renzo Piano Building Workshop: Fragments</i></a> is Thursday, June 27, from 6-8pm.<br /><br /><img alt="RPBW-Fragments.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/RPBW-Fragments.jpg" title="Renzo Piano Building Workshop: Fragments" /> <br /><br />A snippet from the Gagosian Gallery press release:<br /><blockquote><i>Knowing how to do things not just with the head, but with the hands as well: this might seem a programmatic and ideological goal. It is not. It is a way of safeguarding creative freedom.</i><br />—Renzo Piano<br /><br />In collaboration with <a href="http://www.fondazionerenzopiano.org/">Fondazione Renzo Piano</a>, Gagosian Gallery is pleased to present “Fragments,” an exhibition of more than thirty years of architectural projects by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop.<br /><br />Equal parts library reading room, school classroom, and natural history gallery, the exhibition consists of twenty-four tabletop displays of scale models, drawings, photographs, and video. Each tells the involved, inspiring story of the design process of a single building, from museums, libraries, and airports to private residences. Among these projects are Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; The Menil Collection, Houston; Kansai International Airport, Osaka; Fondation Beyeler, Basel; Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center, Nouméa, New Caledonia; The New York Times Building, New York; Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens; and the Whitney Museum’s new building in downtown Manhattan.</blockquote>The tabletop displays of completed and in-progress projects recall earlier RPBW exhibitions, such as <i><a href="http://www.fondazionerenzopiano.org/exhibition/62/renzo-piano-the-architect-s-studio-i-louisana-museum-of-modern-art-i/images/page/1/">Renzo Piano: the architect's studio</a></i> at the Louisana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark:<br /><img alt="RPBW-Fragments2.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/RPBW-Fragments2.jpg" title="Renzo Piano: the architect's studio" /> <br />[© Brøndum A/S, Photo: Paul Buchard]<br /><br />The description is also reminiscent of this somewhat well-known photo of the architect's workshop in Italy:<br /><img alt="RPBW-Fragments3.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/RPBW-Fragments3.jpg" title="Renzo Piano Building Workshop" /> <br />[Photo © Fregoso & Basal]<br /><br />I can't wait.

RPBW: Fragments

Mark your calendars for what promises to be a must-see show at the Gagosian Gallery on West 21st Street in New York City. The opening recep...

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