Interior designers and architects as artists?
a.bucsay
Do you think that an architect or interior designer can turn artist
successfully?
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Erik Johnson
On 27 Nov 1997 02:52:22 GMT, "a.bucsay" <a.bu...@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:
>Do you think that an architect or interior designer can turn artist
>successfully?
Why not? They work artistically with different media.
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Historicaly, in the 20th century, exactly one architect has produced a
body of work as a painter. Le Corbusier. He was part of a school,
togther with Ozenfant based on late synthetic cubism. It seems to me
that he is overshadwoed by Ozenfant. They are both forgotten as of
this writing. But they should come bnack after a while.
I knew a secondary member of the school Joe M. Hanson, an English
painter and student of both Leger and Ozenfant, and Ozenfant's second
in command at his New York school. Later a professor of draswing and
painting at Cornell University.
Anyhow while it may seem possible, it has not happened in spades since
the Baroque period, Bernini was as much as sculptor as an architect.
It seems to be a very rare and unusual event.
Gabriel
Charles Eicher
> Historicaly, in the 20th century, exactly one architect has produced a
> body of work as a painter. Le Corbusier. He was part of a school,
> togther with Ozenfant based on late synthetic cubism. It seems to me
> that he is overshadwoed by Ozenfant. They are both forgotten as of
> this writing. But they should come bnack after a while.
>
> I knew a secondary member of the school Joe M. Hanson, an English
> painter and student of both Leger and Ozenfant, and Ozenfant's second
> in command at his New York school. Later a professor of draswing and
> painting at Cornell University.
>
> Anyhow while it may seem possible, it has not happened in spades since
> the Baroque period, Bernini was as much as sculptor as an architect.
> It seems to be a very rare and unusual event.
Not so rare as you think.. Just off the top of my head, I can think of
several Russian Constructivists who did architecture.. El Lissitsky in
particular did lots of painting, interior design, and architectural
design.. I even remember one design for a "Soviet People's Reading Room"
but I can't remember who designed it. And lets not forget Merz, who did
lots of funky installations verging on interior design. And if you want a
contemporary architect, look at Frank Gehry, who's cardboard chairs have
been put in many sculpture collections.
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zi...@interport.net
Historicaly, in the 20th century, exactly one architect has produced a
body of work as a painter. Le Corbusier. He was part of a school,
togther with Ozenfant based on late synthetic cubism. It seems to me
that he is overshadwoed by Ozenfant. They are both forgotten as of
this writing. But they should come bnack after a while.
I knew a secondary member of the school Joe M. Hanson, an English
painter and student of both Leger and Ozenfant, and Ozenfant's second
in command at his New York school. Later a professor of draswing and
painting at Cornell University.
Anyhow while it may seem possible, it has not happened in spades since
the Baroque period, Bernini was as much as sculptor as an architect.
It seems to be a very rare and unusual event.
Erik Johnson
On Thu, 27 Nov 1997 22:36:48 GMT, zi...@interport.net wrote:
>Historicaly, in the 20th century, exactly one architect has produced a
>body of work as a painter. Le Corbusier. He was part of a school,
>togther with Ozenfant based on late synthetic cubism. It seems to me
>that he is overshadwoed by Ozenfant. They are both forgotten as of
>this writing. But they should come bnack after a while.
>
>I knew a secondary member of the school Joe M. Hanson, an English
>painter and student of both Leger and Ozenfant, and Ozenfant's second
>in command at his New York school. Later a professor of draswing and
>painting at Cornell University.
>
>Anyhow while it may seem possible, it has not happened in spades since
>the Baroque period, Bernini was as much as sculptor as an architect.
>It seems to be a very rare and unusual event.
Perhaps for a *famous* architect to become a *famous* artist isn't
very common. But that wasn't the question. I imagine that *many*
architects in the 20th century have put brush to canvas (or some
other media) and produced numerous artworks... just because they
don't have name recoginition like Corbu doesn't mean they haven't
existed.
Jiri Borsky
Charles Eicher wrote:
> And lets not forget Merz, who did
> lots of funky installations verging on interior design.
Better known as Kurt Schwitters? :-)
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Charles Eicher
In article <347F87...@dialz.pipexz.comz>, Jiri Borsky
<bor...@dialz.pipexz.comz> wrote:
> Charles Eicher wrote:
>
> > And lets not forget Merz, who did
> > lots of funky installations verging on interior design.
>
> Better known as Kurt Schwitters? :-)
OOops, sorry, I kept thinking of Mario Merz, who is a contemporary artist.
I knew that couldn't be him.. I just couldn't think of Schwitters name at
that moment.
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Marilyn
Charles Eicher wrote:
mentioned Frank Gehry's corrugated cardboard chairs.
I loved those chairs.
Have those type of chairs ever been mass produced for the market?
They are comfortable, light weight and I think environmentally
conservative.
Marilyn
Charles Eicher
I sure wish they were.. they're all hand made, and I think he only made a
few of them..
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William O. Barrett
a.bucsay wrote:
> Do you think that an architect or interior designer can turn artist
> successfully?
Sure! What's the mystery here? You got art talent? Do the work.
LARSPAINTR
>>Do you think that an architect or interior designer can turn artist>
successfully?
Ah note the fine print, the last word? SUCCESSFULLY?
Well with talent and commitment why not?
If he/she made it thru a professional curriculum seems possible.
Architecture is the marriage of mechanics and art, perhaps they are
half way there?
Likewise the interior designer.
Of course there are just arc hitects and good architects, likewise ID's.
Having done both, think I prefer the art.
Dont get sued as often.
Lars
Bachelor of Architecture, Kent State University
Master of arts in art, Western Michigan University
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