NANCY SPECTOR

Published on the occasion of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum's fiftieth anniversary, and in association with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, this fascinating, beautifully designed volume is the first to fully explore the process behind one of the greatest, most iconic Modern buildings in America-and the world. The Guggenheim: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Making of the Modern Museum examines the history, design and construction of Wright's masterwork with preliminary drawings, models and photographs, as well as three major essays that consider the building in three important contexts. Hillary Ballon discusses the obstacles Wright faced in getting the Guggenheim built, and how his complex relationship with New York City was reflected in his design; Neil Levine explores why Wright's Guggenheim had much greater impact on museum architecture than museums designed by Le Corbusier and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe; and Joseph Siry writes about the museum's novel construction and how it impacted the work of a later generation of architects including Frank Gehry, Louis Kahn and I.M. Pei. Through archival materials, letters and a richly illustrated timeline, the book also traces the relationship between the architect and his clients during the 16-year construction process.

Cerith Wyn Evans es uno de los escultores más respetados y aclamados de la actualidad. Nacido en Gales y educado a través de su primer idioma, el galés, su trabajo refleja su fascinación por la literatura, el cine, la musica y la filosofia. Evans es un artista interesado en el lenguaje y en como este puede ser percibido en terminos espaciales. ;Originalmente un cineasta experimental, en la decada de 1990 Evans comenzo a crear esculturas e instalaciones definidas por un conceptualismo poetico y formas esteticas elegantes. A menudo hechas de luces de neon, sus piezas alteran sutilmente los sistemas de comunicacion existentes, ya sea a traves de la subversion y alteracion de formas espaciales dadas o adoptando una voz autoritaria comunal en lugar de singular. ;En 2003, Evans represento a Gales en el pabellon inaugural del pais en la 50ª Bienal de Venecia. Este libro, el primer estudio exhaustivo dedicado a su obra, incluye contribuciones de luminarias como la exjefa del Guggenheim, Nancy Spector, y el director de la Bienal de Venecia de 2011, Daniel Birnbaum, junto con un texto inedito del propio Evans.