Architecture
Raymund Ryan, Curator of Architecture | February 21, 2013
White Cube, Green Maze: New Art Landscapes has traveled from the Carnegie to Yale School of Architecture where it is on view through May 4. I was delighted to discover this banner (below) prominently displayed on the School’s exterior at the intersection of York Street and Chapel Street in downtown New Haven. The banner uses an aerial view by photographer…
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Alyssum Skjeie, Curatorial Assistant, Architecture & Rosemary Burk, Development Assistant | February 13, 2013
This past Saturday, five teams of local architects and bakers competed for the title of “Master CAKEitect” to mark the opening of 20/20: Celebrating Two Decades of the Heinz Architectural Center. The teams wowed everyone with their edible versions of iconic architecture from Pittsburgh and around the globe. Guest judges Virginia Montanez (aka PittGirl), Charles Rosenblum, and Jason Roth rated each…
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Raymund Ryan, Curator of Architecture, Heinz Architectural Center | December 18, 2012
Installation view of Hiroshi Sugimoto’s Time Exposed, 1991, Courtesy of the artist. The photographs on the left were placed inside the fountain which was allowed to freeze during the winter. From the 1991 Carnegie International. If you have the good fortune to visit the southern Japanese island of Naoshima—one of the six sites in our current exhibition at the Heinz Architectural Center,…
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Alyssum Skjeie, Curatorial Assistant, The Heinz Architectural Center | November 30, 2012
Hiroshi Sambuichi, Inujima Art Project Seirensho, 2008, wood and acrylic model, incense; 1:50; Courtesy of Hiroshi Sambuichi A particularly fascinating model on view in White Cube, Green Maze: New Art Landscapes is by Sambuichi Architects of a transformed copper refinery, or seirensho, on the Japanese island of Inujima. The Inujima Art Project Seirensho is a museum dedicated to preserving and reusing the remains…
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Raymund Ryan, Curator of Architecture | November 12, 2012
In the entryway to White Cube, Green Maze: New Art Landscapes we’ve built a white cube, in fact a double cube, inside which the visitor discovers a kind of graphic green maze. Photo blow-ups are matched with a quotation from a founder figure or key patron for each of the six sites in the exhibition. These statements—exhortations, even—are intended to…
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Emily Rice, Special Projects Assistant, Heinz Architectural Center | September 20, 2012
Model of the Langen Foundation at Raketenstation Hombroich by Tadao Ando Architect & Associates In August 2011, I began working at Carnegie Museum of Art as the special projects assistant for White Cube, Green Maze: New Art Landscapes, and I have spent the past year working with curator Raymund Ryan to plan the exhibition. I’m a detail-oriented person, and a huge…
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Raymund Ryan, Curator of Architecture, Heinz Architectural center | September 18, 2012
Jardín Botánico de Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. Photo: Iwan Baan. The work of Iwan Baan is key to White Cube, Green Maze: New Art Landscapes, both the exhibition and the catalogue. In the exhibition, each of the six sites for art is documented by six large prints (24 x 36 in.) each. In addition, Seirensho on the Japanese island of Inujima,…
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Raymund Ryan, Curator of Architecture, Heinz Architectural Center | August 15, 2012
White Cube, Green Maze: New Art Landscapes opens here in the Heinz Architectural Center on September 21. Right now, crates are en route from places as diverse as Brazil, Mexico, Germany, and Japan with models and drawings for exhibition in our galleries. We’re also looking forward to receiving the first copies of the catalogue, published in collaboration with the University…
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Alyssum Skjeie, Curatorial Assistant, The Heinz Architectural Center | July 16, 2012
Some of my favorite things to view when visiting an architectural center or museum are the sketches and drawings created by architects. Most buildings begin with these kinds of loose drawings, revealing the initial thoughts and designs of the architect. There are several examples of this crucial part of the process currently on view in Architectural Explorations at the Heinz Architectural Center. (This is…
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RAYMUND RYAN, CURATOR OF ARCHITECTURE | April 21, 2012
Tatiana Bilbao (architect), Jardín Botánico de Culiacán, interior view of Educational Building with lofted storage and learning spaces (Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico) This Monday (April 23) architect Tatiana Bilbao comes to Pittsburgh to give a lecture titled “How We Do Architecture.” Bilbao (b. 1972) is one of the leading architects working in Mexico today. Her projects include Observatory House, a collaboration with…
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