Richard Meier Art and Architecture
When
12 October 2007 -
16 March 2008
10:00-18:00 Tues-Sun
Where
Louise Blouin Foundation
Nearest Tube
Latimer Road
Cost
£3.00-£9.00, Free for under 12s
Age Restrictions
n/a
The Louise T Blouin Institute celebrates the extraordinary career of Richard Meier in a solo retrospective exhibition this autumn. Richard Meier Art and Architecture demonstrates his versatility as artist, designer and architect, and comprises an overview of Meier's outstanding international architectural creations together with an exploration of his sculpture, collages, drawings, photographs, furniture and product design over 45 years.
Richard Meier remains the youngest recipient of the Pritzker Prize which is considered to be architecture's highest accolade. He is renowned internationally for cultural projects which include the Getty Center, Los Angeles, the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona and the Jubilee Church, Rome.
Meier has over the years developed his own distinctive and dynamic style of architecture to become one of America's most influential and widely emulated architects. His work celebrates natural light and space in response to the environs in which it stands, thereby creating sublime spaces of aesthetic illumination and enlightened cultural values.
Parallel to 45 years of architectural practice, Richard Meier has been making sculpture and collages and ceramics. The sculpture and collages, which he has created from papers, tickets and cuttings collected on his travels, express space and pivotal moments that are explored and articulated in his buildings.
Meier's furniture, ceramic, glassware and silver objects have become iconic designs and marry a minimalist tradition with beautiful simplicity. To highlight his extraordinary versatility as a designer, the Louise T Blouin Institute is exhibiting a unique grand piano designed by Richard Meier and built by IBACH.
To mark the exhibition of Richard Meier Art and Architecture, an extensive programme of lectures, education work and public events to explore architecture and the environment, well being, art and light within an architectural space are also taking place.