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Obituary
Paolo Portoghesi (1931–2023)
10/2023 | 1447 | 165
Pages: 1165–1166
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Author:
Hopkins, Andrew (Hopkins, Andrew)
Subjects
artists:
Portoghesi, Paolo
subjects:
Architects / Architectural historians / scholars / Baroque / Post-Modern
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Paolo Portoghesi, photographed in 2012. (dpa picture alliance; Alamy Stock Photo).
Attributed works:
2. A colonnade in the Rome Mosque and Cultural Islamic Centre, by Paolo Portoghesi, Vittorio Gigliotti and Sami Mousawi, designed from 1974 and built in 1984–95. (© Andrea Jemolo; Bridgeman Images).
Book Review
The Asian Modern
10/2021 | 1423 | 163
Pages: 973-974
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Reviewer:
Recinto, Marv (Recinto, Marv)
Subjects
subjects:
Asian art / Art history / Art historiography / Modernism / Post-Modern / Contemporary art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Asian Modern By John Clark. 500 pp. incl. 531 col. ills. (National Gallery Singapore, 2021), £30. ISBN 978–981–14–0607–2. | :
Exhibition Review
Martha Rosler: Irrespective. Jewish Museum, New York
03/2019 | 1392 | 161
Pages: 248-251
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Reviewer:
Slifkin, Robert (Slifkin, Robert)
Subjects
artists:
Rosler, Martha
dates:
1960-1969 / 1970-1979 / 1980-1989 / 1990-2009 / 2010-2019
media:
Photography / Videos / Installations (visual works)
museums and institutions:
Jewish Museum, New York, United States
styles:
American art / Conceptual art / Post-Modern
Illustrations
Attributed works:
22. First Lady (Pat Nixon), from the series House beautiful: bringing the war home, by Martha Rosler. c.1967–72. Photomontage, 50.8 by 61 cm. (© Martha Rosler; image courtesy the artist and Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York; exh. Jewish Museum, New York).
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23. Installation view of Objects with no titles, by Martha Rosler. c.1973/2018. Mixed media. (© Martha Rosler; courtesy of the artist and Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York; photograph Jason Mandella; exh. Jewish Museum, New York).
Attributed works:
24. Still from Vital Statistics of a Citizen, Simply Obtained, by Martha Rosler. 1977. Video, 40 mins. (© Martha Rosler; exh. Jewish Museum, New York).
Exhibition Review
The Return of the Past: Postmodernism in British Architecture. Sir John Soane’s Museum, London
08/2018 | 1385 | 160
Pages: 688-690
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Reviewer:
Calder, Barnabas (Calder, Barnabas)
Subjects
artists:
Soane, John / Farrell, Terry / Dixon, Jeremy / Dixon, Fenella / Stirling, James / Wilford, Michael / Outram, John
buildings:
Bank of England, London, Great Britain / SIS Building, London, Great Britain
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Architecture / Architectural drawings / Furniture / Books / Watercolours
museums and institutions:
Sir John Soane's Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / London
subjects:
British architecture / Post-Modern / Collections, Private / Patronage / Capitalism / Style
Illustrations
Attributed works:
31. Unbuilt project for 200 Victoria Street, London, for Rosehaugh-Stanhope Developers, by John Outram. 1988–90. Framed collage, 196 by 230 cm. (Courtesy Sir John Soane’s Museum, London; exh. Sir John Soane’s Museum, London).
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32. Headquarters of MI6/Secret Intelligence Service, Vauxhall, London, by Terry Farrell and Partners. Completed 1994. (Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
33. Houses in St Mark’s Road, North Kensington, London, by Jeremy and Fenella Dixon. 1979. (Photograph Dixon Jones Architects; exh. Sir John Soane’s Museum, London).
Exhibition Review
Post Pop: East meets West
03/2015 | 1344 | 157
Pages: 204-206
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Reviewer:
Barratt, Martha (Barratt, Martha)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
places:
London / England
private galleries:
Saatchi Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Pop art / Russian / Chinese / Modern Art / Post-Modern / Modernism / Advertising / Art history / British / American (United States of America)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
60. Hero, Leader, God, by Alexander Kosolapov (Courtesy of the artist; exh. Saatchi Gallery, London)
Attributed works:
61. Hardware, by Lisa Milroy (Courtesy of the artist; exh. Saatchi Gallery, London)
Attributed works:
62. The lowly are the most intelligent, the elite are the most ignorant, by Yu Youhan (Private collection, Hong Kong; exh. Saatchi Gallery, London)
Book Review
Sculpture Now, A. Moszynska Scale in Contemporary Sculpture. Enlargement, Miniaturisation and the Life-Size, R. Wells
06/2014 | 1335 | 156
Pages: 400-401
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Reviewer:
Lang, Karen (Lang, Karen)
Subjects
dates:
1990-2009 / 2010-2019
subjects:
Sculpture / Installations (visual works) / Post-Modern
Exhibition Review
Postmodernism. London and Rovereto
12/2011 | 1305 | 153
Pages: 834-835
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Reviewer:
Harrod, Tanya (Harrod, Tanya)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto, Italy / Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
Rovereto / London / Italy / England
print:
Post-Modern
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Post-Modern / Conceptual art / Design / Architecture / Art market
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970–1990 | institution: MART , institution: Victoria and Albert Museum
Illustrations
Attributed works:
61. Photograph of One off shop, design and production studio, by Ron Arad. 1984. Mixed media, dimensions variable. (Exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
62. The Titanic, by Stanley Tigerman. 1978. Photo­montage on paper, 28 by 35.7 cm. (Art Institute of Chicago; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
63. Casablanca sideboard, by Ettore Sottsass. 1981. Plastic laminate over fibreboard, 230 by 161 by 39 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Book Review
Neo-avant-garde and Postmodern: Postwar Architecture in Britain and Beyond
09/2011 | 1302 | 153
Pages: 611-612
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Reviewer:
Miele, Chris (Miele, Chris)
Subjects
dates:
1950-1999 / 2000-2009
print:
British architecture
subjects:
British architecture / Essays / Brutalist / Post-Modern / Architecture / Architects
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Neo-avant-garde and Postmodern: Postwar Architecture in Britain and Beyond | editor: Crinson, Mark , editor: Zimmerman, Claire
Illustrations
Attributed works:
64. Pages from the sketchbook This is Tomorrow, by Alison and Peter Smithson, Eduardo Paolozzi and Nigel Henderson. 1956. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven).
Article
Recent acquisitions of postmodern design at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
09/2011 | 1302 | 153
Pages: 597-600
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Author:
Adamson, Glenn (Adamson, Glenn)
Subjects
dates:
1970-1979 / 1980-1989 / 1990-1999
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
print:
Post-Modern
print:
Design
subjects:
Acquisitions / Post-Modern / Design / Sculpture / Ceramics / Art objects / Drawings / Paintings
subjects:
Collections, Public
Illustrations
Attributed works:
49. ‘Nothing continues to happen’ chair, by Howard Meister. 1980. Painted birch plywood, 94 by 40.6 by 40.6 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
50. Mickey Mackintosh chair, by Wendy Maruyama. 1988. Painted maple wood, 162.6 by 48.3 by 48.3 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
51. Presentation drawing of the AT&T Building, New York, by Judith Grinberg (for the studio of Johnson and Burgee Associates). 1978. Ink, graphite and ink wash on tracing paper, 235.8 by 110.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
52. Concrete stereo, by Ron Arad. 1983. Stereo system set in concrete, dimensions variable. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
53. Hiroshima Mon Amour, by Bernhard Schobinger. 1987. Titanium zinc, porcelain, silk and coral, 24 by 24 by 8 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
54. Consumer’s Rest Chair, by Frank Schreiner for Stiletto Studios. Designed 1985 (produced 1990). Mild steel with chrome plating and plastic, 103 by 74 by 75 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
55. Arezzo, by Betty Woodman. 1984. Glazed earthenware, 63.5 by 35.6 by 20.3 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
56. Mur­mansk centrepiece, by Ettore Sottsass. 1982. Electroplated nickel silver, 35 by 30 by 30 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
57. Wet wedge teapot, by Peter Shire. 1975. Glazed and marbled earthenware, 17.8 by 43.5 by 21.6 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
58. Super lamp prototype, by Martine Bedin. 1981. Painted metal with lighting components, 33 by 60 by 18 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
59. Pacific Wave – California Graphic Design. Exhibition poster by April Greiman. 1987. Colour offset lithograph, 88.9 by 61 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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