Saturday, June 17, 2017

The systematic formation of circles and the structure of the conceptual line


Alden Dow, principal architect: Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, Michigan.
The encounter of circles: Dow groups together five circles and systematically overlaps them to produce what Wucius Wong calls a super-unit form.

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Sunday, June 4, 2017

The Wall of Respect: Vestiges, Shards and the Legacy of Black Power—Chicago Cultural Center

https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/wall_of_respect.html
Darryl Cowherd
Portrait of Amiri Baraka, 1967
Gelatin silver print on board
Anonymous loan, Chicago Cultural Center
below: The Wall of Respect, 1967–71.  Public Artistry at 43rd & Langley, Chicago—mural destroyed in 1971.


Roy Lewis
High Priestess of Soul Sunday Morning Visit to the Wall of Respect, 1968
Digital Print
Courtesy of Roy Lewis

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