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Monthly Archives: December 2011
“Phenomenal: California Light, Space, Surface” at MCASD
by Sarah Zabrodski One of the most interesting highlights of the massive Getty-sponsored Pacific Standard Time initiative is the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego’s exhibition focusing on Light and Space art of the 1960s and 1970s. Phenomenal: California Light, … Continue reading
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Tagged california, contemporary art, exhibition reviews, pacific standard time, student posts
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Owen Hatherley’s Militant Modernism
The Modernist[1] design aesthetic is so tightly woven into our Ikea-furnished everyday lives that it is rather easy to forget its origins as an attempted movement toward a Utopian fantasy of the built environment. In visual contrast to many proto-Modern … Continue reading
Posted in All Student Posts, Architecture & Urbanism
Tagged architecture, book reviews, IFA, modernism, student posts
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Song Dong and the “Wisdom of the Poor”
The hutongs of Beijing have long been sites of informal gatherings, neighborly consideration, and thrifty consumption. With the urbanization of the city, however, acres of old neighborhoods once animated by these cramped streets have been demolished, uprooting communities and collapsing … Continue reading
Posted in All Student Posts, Chinese Art, Green Beijing Series
Tagged asian art, china, contemporary art, IFA, jonathan hay, student posts
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Revisiting China’s Grand Canal
As integral sites of commerce and transportation in any city, the waterways and river-sea routes of Yuan and Ming Beijing have been a major point of discussion in Professor Hay’s colloquium. Stretching for more than 1,000 miles, China’s Grand Canal … Continue reading
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Tagged asian art, china, contemporary art, IFA, jonathan hay, student posts
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Thoughts on an Opening
Four IFA Master’s students respond to the opening for Diego Rivera: Murals for The Museum of Modern Art.
Posted in All Student Posts, Latin American Art
Tagged diego rivera, exhibition reviews, latin american, moma, NYC, student posts
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