Marcel Breuer and Postwar America
Wednesday, Feb 16, 20112:24 AM — Wednesday, Mar 30, 20111:24 AMEDT
| Syracuse Architecture, Slocum Gallery Syracuse, NY
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Exhibition from the Breuer archives at Syracuse Architecture The exhibition “Marcel Breuer and Postwar America” opened on February 15, 2011 in the Slocum Gallery at the Syracuse University School of Architecture. The show was curated by Syracuse Architecture students as part of a seminar on the Bauhaus architect taught by visiting professor Barry Bergdoll, the Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art, with Jonathan Massey, Syracuse Architecture associate professor and undergraduate chair. The exhibition is the outcome of their work in the extensive Breuer archive at the Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center. It features images of 120 drawings, as well as photographs, documenting thirteen of Breuer’s major postwar buildings and projects. Full-scale reproductions highlight themes that characterized some of Breuer’s lesser-known major work and document his responses to the needs and opportunities of postwar American society. The exhibition runs through March 29 with a closing reception on March 22nd at 6:30 p.m. in the Slocum Gallery. The reception follows a lecture by Pippo Ciorra, Senior Curator at the MAXXI Architettura, Rome in the Slocum Auditorium at 5 p.m. Students and faculty will give a series of gallery talks focusing on key themes within the exhibition: Thursday 2/17, 5:15 pm: Designing the Breuer Exhibition Thursday 2/24, 5:15 pm: The Materials of Modern Architecture Thursday 3/3, 5:15 pm: Symbolizing Postwar Institutions Tuesday 3/8, 5:15 pm: Designs for Modern Communities Thursday 3/24, 5:15 pm: Creating a Digital Archive http://soa.syr.edu
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