A collection of admired artwork

Church conversion in New Orleans

(via Uncovered Cabin - Gessato)

Home and Studio, Pedro Reyes, 2019

IN RESIDENCE: PEDRO REYES & CARLA FERNÁNDEZ (2019)

Aldo Rossi

Portale d’ingresso alla Mostra di Architettura della Biennale di Venezia

Pezo Von Ellrichshausen, Echo pavilion . Milano, 2019 

Scandinavian apartment | styling by Rydman & photos by Boukari

We recently came across a book, “Glass, Color and Light”, published by the Guggenheim in 1995. It features works by Josef Albers. We know and love Josef Albers as the master of the painted square; his homages to the simple shape are nothing short of ubiquitous. But what surprised us, and we weren’t as privy to, were these brilliant pieces he created in glass. In fact, glass was one of his first mediums. At the Bauhaus school in 1920, he collected glass from dumpsters and fused the scrap pieces together. These became the foundation for his exploration in glass, which would later come to include architectural commissions. (The images we show here reflect the timeline of his works in the medium).

Albers called them “wall glass paintings”.  At first glance it’s unclear what they’re made of. They borrow from the language of textiles, and with their geometric footprints, they definitely predict his later square works. They’re undeniably Bauhaus in their principle but they’re also rooted in a church-like language. Maybe because they’re colored glass, but also because of the purposefulness with which Albers crafted these. The Guggenheim pin-pointed the mysticism that Albers’ little known glass works bring up: “In some ways, glass is a sturdy medium, neither fading nor decomposing as time passes. Yet its relative fragility means that it often ends up being destroyed, whether by negligence or intent. Though it is difficult to find surviving examples of Albers’s glass work on display today, this catalogue remains as a memento.”

Treehouse in Montricher

Residential module available to writers, translators, and other creative individuals for residencies of varying lengths at the Fondation Jan Michalski designed by afgh.