Okay, we're not sure why EMERGE is so fixated on architecture today, but after a quiet couple days where we were grasping for worthwhile things to post, we stepped out of our comfort zone over the weekend and dove into learning more about something we're not totally conversant in. Thanks to the insights of good friends who happen to be architects, we discovered a couple fascinating shows we wish we could zip out of NYC to check out:

Shaping The Future: Eero Saarinen Retrospective at Cranbrook Art Museum

The guy who designed the St Louis Gateway Arch and the stunning Terminal 5 at JFK gets his first ever career retrospective, which also showcases lots of lesser-celebrated but no less remarkable designs from this absolute giant of 20th Century architecture and design.



House: Jorge Pardo at MoCA NoMi

A mid-career survey of the work of Jorge Pardo, House features sculpture, paintings and illustration in a format that has transformed the museum space into a series of residential tableaux representing the various areas of a home: bedroom, dining room, garden, etc. As the museum's own description says: "In keeping with the genre-crossing characteristics of Pardo’s work, the exhibition will extend beyond the museum itself to encompass site-specific projects around the world, including Pardo’s own house in Los Angeles. These projects will be presented as photomurals at MOCA." The murals are also presented thematically alongside the corresponding residential vignettes, creating a "disorienting space for viewers that oscillates between the physical space they are occupying and the space represented in the photo-mural."






Posted by James Friedman

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