Authors:Jose Davila
Published on: 2013
Publisher: powerHouse Books
Pages: 190
ISBN:1576876586
ISBN13: 9781576876589
Category:Architecture
Books Rating:
Total Buying
4
|The Eiffel Tower. he Leaning Tower of Pisa. allingwater. ow many buildings around the world have such distinctive designs that simply their outline, and nothing else, is enough to identify them? n There But Not, artist Jose Davila has physically cut out, from photographs, over 100 of the world's most famous and beloved buildings and structures. Following in the footsteps of his appropriationist forbears from the 1970s and 80s such as renowned artists Sherrie Levine and Richard Prince, and staking a claim for the hand-produced in today's digital world, Davila takes prosaic architecture so well-known it's largely taken for granted, and reformats it with a renewed appreciation occurring as a result. Long interested in the relationship between built space and physical place, Davila saw that by focusing on the silhouette of recognizable architectural icons in unrealistic proportion to their immediate environment, their grandeur was heightened beyond their inherent allure. By cutting the images out by hand, he stays connected to the idea of physically manipulating space just as architecture itself does. here is no better way to see how a piece of architect|The Eiffel Tower. he Leaning Tower of Pisa. allingwater. ow many buildings around the world have such distinctive designs that simply their outline, and nothing else, is enough to identify them? n There But Not, artist Jose Davila has physically cut out, from photographs, over 100 of the world's most famous and beloved buildings and structures. Following in the footsteps of his appropriationist forbears from the 1970s and 80s such as renowned artists Sherrie Levine and Richard Prince, and staking a claim for the hand-produced in today's digital world, Davila takes prosaic architecture so well-known it's largely taken for granted, and reformats it with a renewed appreciation occurring as a result. Long interested in the relationship between built space and physical place, Davila saw that by focusing on the silhouette of recognizable architectural icons in unrealistic proportion to their immediate environment, their grandeur was heightened beyond their inherent allure. By cutting the images out by hand, he stays connected to the idea of physically manipulating space just as architecture itself does. here is no better way to see how a piece of architect
Comments
Post a Comment