Showing posts with label architecture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label architecture. Show all posts
Monday, May 15, 2017

new work: David Versluis's powder-coated steel sculpture “Rungs to Rings” for Public Art Edina 2017-18

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Rungs to Rings,  2017 David Versluis sculptor (Versluis is dusting and polishing the piece) Powder-coated, welded steel, laser-cut circ...
Wednesday, April 12, 2017

David Versluis | new work: Public Art Edina, Minnesota—Sculpture Exhibit 2017–18

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This piece, titled “Rungs to Rings” was selected by the Edina Art Center, city of Edina (Minneapolis metro) for the 2017–18 outdoor public...
Sunday, March 12, 2017

Abstract Experiments: Latin American Art on Paper after 1950—Art Institute of Chicago

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Hélio Oiticica. GFR 022, 1955. Collection of Donna and Howard Stone. All images courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago The following...
Saturday, March 11, 2017

Hélio Oiticica: a retrospective exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago—

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Hélio Oiticica, (Brazilian, 1937–1980) NC1 Small Nucleus (foreground) , (NC1 Núcleo pequeno 1) 1960 Oil on wood, mirror photograph b...
Friday, March 10, 2017

Lygia Clark: “Bicho—monumento a todas as situações”—the inherent creatureliness of all things

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Lygia Clark (Brazilian, 1920-1988) Bicho—Monument to All Situations (Bicho—monumento a todas as situações), 1960 Aluminum 65.4 x 53....
Thursday, October 27, 2016

A signature piece: Rick Valicenti’s “A Wheel of Fortune—Round and Round”

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From the exhibition: (maybe) THIS TIME Rick Valicenti Loyola University Artist-in-Residence, 2016–17 Ralph Arnold Gallery 11 October –...
Thursday, August 4, 2016

Collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art: Twentieth Century Modern Design

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Pictured L-R (following information taken from the museum display labels)  Photograph by © versluis 2016 : Marcel Lajos Breuer, America...
Sunday, June 19, 2016

Donald Drumm: designer and sculptor and master craftsman

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Donald Drumm (American, b.1935), designer and sculptor The 10 story concrete mural at Bowling Green State University’s Jerome Library ...
Thursday, June 2, 2016

Taliesin West: Garden Room Folding Divider (Eugene Masselink— “…There was no conflict between his faith and his work.”)

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The Garden Room folding divider with Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Taliesin West Planview Motif.” The folding divider has the look and feel of a p...
Friday, March 11, 2016

Jim Dine at the Poetry Foundation in Chicago

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Jim Dine (b. 1935) after the poetry reading conversing with New York poet Vincent Katz far left. Visual artist, Jim Dine has always ...

MCA Chicago / Pop Art Design: Alexander Girard’s Letter Patterns

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Alexander Girard (American, 1907-1993) Alphabet, 1952 Wallpaper pattern Printed paper Herman Miller, Inc. Zeeland, Michigan Collect...
Friday, January 22, 2016

William Le Baron Jenney: First Congregational Church, Manistee, Michigan

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William Le Baron Jenney, Principal Architect First Congregational Church, 1892  Manistee, Michigan  A Michigan Historic Site, copy tak...
Monday, December 14, 2015

David Versluis’s new work: “a little bit of cathedral in it”

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David Versluis and Nelson Wynia “a little bit of cathedral in it” 2015 15'H x 10'W x 1'D Welded aluminum, powder coated ch...
Sunday, December 6, 2015

“Architectural Record” cover design from September 1965: a modern combination of symmetry and asymmetry

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Sunday, November 22, 2015

David Versluis’s new work: Tectonic Tower Maquette

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David M. Versluis ©2015 Tectonic Tower Maquette Welded aluminum, powder coated chrome 2015 14.5"H x 9"W x 5"D Photograp...
Saturday, November 7, 2015

“Accentuating Architecture: A Dordt College Architectural Alumni Exhibition”

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Photograph by versluis ©2015 Dordt College is hosting its first design show in the Campus Center Art Gallery. The exhibit, titled “ Acce...
Thursday, September 10, 2015

typographer and architect juxtaposed: a version of ‘typotekt’

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Antonius Kurvers (Dutch, 1889-1940) Poster Tentoonstelling van Nederlandsche Gemeentewerken (Exhibition of Dutch Municipal Works [Utre...
Saturday, August 29, 2015

Iterations (a design process): John Ronan’s the Poetry Foundation

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Poetry Foundation Building, Chicago, Illinois. 2011 Photograph courtesy of the Poetry Foundation . John Ronan Architects (American, fou...
Saturday, August 22, 2015

Erich Mendelsohn: ascending the steps of Mount Zion—by design

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Erich Mendelsohn, architect, (1887–1953) Mount Zion Temple, Saint Paul, Minnesota, (1950–1954) View from the northeast on Summit Avenue  ...
Friday, August 14, 2015

Erich Mendelsohn: synagogue architecture — an expression of purpose

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Erich Mendelsohn, architect, (1887–1953). Temple Emanuel, Grand Rapids, Michigan, (1948–1952). View from the southeast. The automobile ...