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The Museum of Modern rt

For Immediate Release

March 1988

FACT SHEET

EXHIBITION DECONSTRUCTIV IST ARCHITEC TURE

DATES

ORGANIZATION

SPONSORSHIP

CONTENT

June  23 - August  30, 1988

Philip Johnson, architect  and  former Dir ector  of the  Departmentof Architecture  and  Design, T h e  Museum  of  Modern  Ar t; inassociation with Mark Wigley, architect  and  lecturer  at  PrincetonUniversity; coordinated  by   Frederieke Taylor.

This  is the  third  of  five architectural exhibitions  in theMuseum's GERALD  D .  HINES INTERESTS ARCHIT ECTURE PROGRAM.

Conceived  to  examine current developm ents  in  architecture, theprogram includes  the  publicatio n  of  catalogues  to  accompany theexhibitions, as  well  as  lectures  and   symposia.

DECONSTRUCTIVIST ARCHITECTURE focuses  on  seven int ernational

architects whose recent work marks  the  emergence  of a newsensibility  in  architecture.  T he  architects recognize t h eimperfectibility   of the  modern world  and  seek to  address, inJohnson's words, the   pleasures  of  unease. Obsessed with

diagonals, arcs, and  warped planes, they intentionally violate

the cubes  and  right an gles  of  modernism. Their projects continue

the experimentation with structure initiated  by the  RussianConstructivists, but the goal  of  perfection  of the  1920s 1s

subverted.  T h e  traditional virtues  of  harmony, unity, andclarity  are  displaced  by  disharmony , fracturing,  and  mystery.

The exhibition includes drawings , mode ls, and   site plans forrecent projects  by  Coop Himmelblau, Peter Eisenman, Frank Ge hry,

Zaha  M .  Hadld,  Rem  Kool haas , Daniel Libeskind,  and  BernardTschumi  (11st of  projects  attached).  Their works   are  preceded byan Introductory section  of  Constructivist paintings  andsculptures drawn from  the  Museum's collection.

PUBLICATION Deconstructivis t Archi tectu re. Introduction  by  Phi U p   Johnson.Essay  by  Mark Wigle y. Approximately   150 black-and-whiteillustrations.  104 pages . Published  by The  Museum  of  Modern A r t

SYMPOSIUM  A   symposium, moderated  by Mr .  Wigle y, will  be  held  1n  conjunctionwith  the  exhibition  on  June  30, 1988, at 8:30 p.m. , 1n th e Royand Niuta Titus Theater  1.   Speakers  to be  announced.

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DECONSTRUCTIVIST ARCHITECTURE

List of Architects and Major Projects in the Exhibition

Coop Himmelblau, ViennaWolf D. Prix (b. 1942, Vienna)

Helmut S wiczinksy (b. 1944, Poznan, P ola nd)

Rooftop Remodeling, Vienna, 1985

Hamburg Skyline, 1985

Apartment Building, Vienna, 1986

Peter Eisenm an (b. 1932, United S tat es; resides New Y or k)

Biology Center for the University of Frankfurt, competition, 1987

Frank Gehry (b. 1929, Cana da; resides Los Ange le s)

Gehry House, Santa Monica, 1977-87

Familian Residence, Santa Monica, 1978

Zaha M. Hadid (b. 1950, Baghd ad, Iraq; resides Lon don )

The Peak, competition, Hong Kong, 1983

Rem Koolhaas (b. 1944, Rotterdam, The Neth erla nds)

Rotterdam Building and Tower, commission, 1981

Daniel Libeskind (b. 1946, Lodz , Poland ; resides Mi la n)

City Edge Competition, Berlin, 1987

Bernard Tschumi (b. 1944, Lausanne, Switzerland; resides New York)

Pare de la Villette, competition, Paris, 1982