Almost nothing : 100 artists comment on the work of Mies van der Rohe / Christian Bjone.

Title & Author:

Almost nothing : 100 artists comment on the work of Mies van der Rohe / Christian Bjone.

Publication:

Zurich, Switzerland : Park Books, [2019]
©2019

Description:

238 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans, portraits ; 29 cm

Notes:
Originally published: Cologne: Daab, 2016.
Includes bibliographical references.
Artists comment on the work of Mies / Christian Bjone -- Portraits. Hugo Weber -- David Levine 2x4 Inc. -- Furniture. MR chair -- Barcelona chair -- Daybed -- Souvenirs of a great man -- I-beam -- Cruciform column -- Furniture fragments -- Buildings. Friedrichstrasse office building 1921 -- Glass skyscraper 1922 -- Monument to Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg 1926 -- The velvet and silk café 1927 -- Weissenhofsiedlung apartment 1927 -- German textile exhibit 1929 -- Barcelona pavilion 1929 -- Tugendhat house 1930 -- Lange house 1930 -- Glass exhibit (German people -- German work) 1934 -- Illinois Institute of Technology campus 1941-1958 -- Farnsworth house 1950 -- 50 x 50 house 1951 -- 860 -- 880 Lake Shore Drive 1951 -- Crown Hall, Chicago 1956 -- Seagram building 1958 -- Chicago federal center 1967-1974 -- New national gallery 1968 -- Toys. City in a box -- Barcelona bird feeder -- Farnsworth house -- Chess set -- Mies vs. Corb.

Summary:

Art works inspired by Mies van der Rohe by international artists such as Rita Ernst, Daniel Libeskind, Sarah Morris, Erwin Wurm, Rem Koolhaas, Konstantin Grcic, Kurt Schwitters, Carl Andre, Peter Eisenman, Isa Genzken, Alexander Calder, Thomas Ruff, Ed Ruscha, Thomas Schütte, Yves Klein, Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Dan Graham, and others.

ISBN:

9783038600800 (hardcover)
3038600806 (hardcover)

Subject:

Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969.
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969 Influence.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture, Modern.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)

Added entries:

Bjone, Christian, editor.
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969. Works. Selections.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 305580
Call No.: BIB 251555
Status: Available

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