Tag Archive "landmarks-contemporary-projects"
Artists’ Projects in France
During a week spent visiting buildings of Le Corbusier in France, one of the happiest surprises was the number of artists who have been invited to produce work in French monuments and sites. We began at the Villa Savoye in Poissy, just outside Paris. As we circumnavigated the building to reach the entrance (designed for visitors who arrive by car, the ‘front’ door is 180 degrees from the façade that’s visible on entering the grounds), we saw a large, open structure on the grounds, made of rough logs and thatch, that looked to me like an extravagant version of chickees, ... More » »
Re-making History; J. Makary and Hironaka and Suib at Landmarks Contemporary Projects
Historic house museums all face considerable challenges. On the practical level, their fund-raising depends upon visitor numbers and these days there’s a lot of competition for visitors’ leisure time. Furthermore, historic houses have been premised on the idea of stepping back to a particular moment in time, an idea that has made historians increasingly uncomfortable. Heritage properties have often portrayed simplified and sanitized histories that mislead as much as educate. Since 2006 the Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks has engaged artists both to attract new audiences for changing art installations and to offer more complex interpretations of its ... More » »
A fab fiber four: the first stitch
Marie Elcin. Water, Water, Everywhere, detail of the installation which suggests that nature cannot be denied its power by the likes of us The fabulous fiber exhibits all around town for FiberPhiladelphia are more than even I can take in, and goodness knows, as a fan of fiber, I want to see it all. What’s going on here–a multi-institutional, multi-organizational and multi-gallery cooperative effort–is amazing and overwhelming. This is the first of two posts on the four I did see so far. And here’s a link to our post, which links to additional listings . There’s so much to see ... More » »
Meditations on the Fourth of July and Karen Kilimnik at the Powel House
Karen Kilimnik, Candlestick, 1993, pastel on paper, 25 1/2 x 19 3/4″; installed in Powel House dining room I’m not much of a history buff. But I just completed John Adams by David McCullough. Plus I’m reading another book a friend gave me about the portrait of Elizabeth Powel in the Powel House on 3rd Street. All this set my imagination back to a time when people got caught up in the extraordinary events that made us a new, independent country, by the skin of our teeth. With those books in mind, the Powel House and all the rest of ... More » »
Landmarks in Wilmington
Post by Andrea Kirsh Caitlin Perkins’ shop in DCCA workshop; all photos here by Andrea Kirsh Landmarks Contemporary Projects (aka Robert Wuilfe) has expanded beyond the confines of Philadelphia with its first joint venture with the Delaware Center of Contemporary Arts. In mid-May they presented “Foolscaps and Inkshed,” the most recent installment of Caitlin Perkins’ ongoing project: “Playing Telephone with Ghosts.” Landmark’s Robert Wuilfe with DCCA director Maxine Gaiber Perkins, who was joined by Katie Baldwin, Alison Dilworth and Chris Terrell, set up a traveling print shop and bindery where members of the DCCA’s Young Contemporaries group could try their ... More » »
