"Deconstructivist Architecture
focuses on seven international architects whose recent work marks the
emergence of a new sensibility in architecture. The architects recognize
the imperfectibility of the modern world and seek to address, in
Johnson's words, the "pleasures of unease." Obsessed with diagonals,
arcs, and warped planes, they intentionally violate the cubes and right
angles of modernism. Their projects continue the experimentation with
structure initiated by the Russian Constructivists, but the goal of
perfection of the 1920s is subverted. The traditional virtues of
harmony, unity, and clarity are displaced by disharmony, fracturing, and
mystery.
"The exhibition includes drawings, models, and site plans for recent projects by Coop Himmelb(l)au, Peter Eisenman, Frank Gehry, Zaha M. Hadid, Rem Koolhaas, Daniel Libeskind, and Bernard Tschumi. Their works are preceded by an introductory section of Constructivist paintings and sculptures drawn from the Museum's collection."
"The exhibition includes drawings, models, and site plans for recent projects by Coop Himmelb(l)au, Peter Eisenman, Frank Gehry, Zaha M. Hadid, Rem Koolhaas, Daniel Libeskind, and Bernard Tschumi. Their works are preceded by an introductory section of Constructivist paintings and sculptures drawn from the Museum's collection."
