Lina Bo Bardi is regarded as one of the most important architects in Brazil’s history. Beginning her career as a Modernist architect in Rome, Bo Bardi and her husband emigrated to Brazil following the end of WWII. Bo Bardi quickly resumed her practice in her adopted homeland with architecture that was both modern and firmly rooted in the culture of Brazil. In 1951 she designed “Casa de Vidro” (“Glass House”), her first built work, where she and her husband would live for the rest of their lives. She also designed the Museu de Arte de São Paulo (São Paulo Art Museum), a landmark of Latin American modernist architecture which opened in 1968. It was for this museum she created the iconic glass easel display system, which remains radical to date. This book presents a comprehensive record of Bo Bardi’s overarching approach to art and architecture and shows how her exhibition designs, curatorial projects, and writing informed her spatial designs. Essays on Bo Bardi’s life and work accompany archival material such as design sketches and writings by the artist, giving new insight into the conceptual and material processes behind this radical thinker and creator’s projects.
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From furniture and exhibition design to monumental domestic and public architectural projects, the breadth of Lina Bo Bardi’s multidisciplinary work is showcased in this richly illustrated book.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9783791359649
Publisert
2020-03-03
Utgiver
Vendor
Prestel
Vekt
1219 gr
Høyde
276 mm
Bredde
207 mm
Dybde
32 mm
Aldersnivå
PC01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
352

Om bidragsyterne

JOSÉ ESPARZA CHONG CUY is Chief Curator of the Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York. JULIETA GONZÁLEZ is Artistic Director of Museo Jumex, Mexico City. MADELEINE GRYNSZTEJN is Pritzker Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. ADRIANO PEDROSA is Artistic Director of Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP), São Paulo. TOMÁS TOLEDO is Chief Curator of MASP, São Paulo.