Piet Mondriaan
Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow

Painted in 1930
Oil on Canvas, 20 1/8" x 20 1/8"

Piet Mondriaan (1872-1944) was a Dutch painter who coined the term "Neo-Plasticism" to refer to his use of vertical and horizontal black lines combined with three primary colours. This particular work is my favourite since the paiting is completely linear yet abstract at the same time. I had seen Mondriaan's work previously at the Guggenheim, but I could never fully grasp it until I overheard a remark by someone explaining that the work is simply Mondriaan expressing what his thinking patterns look like. In short, the image represents his brain function in a visual form. Nevertheless, I need a reproduction of this piece on my wall :)

What are your favourite pieces of visual art? Hit the comment link below and tell us.

This band and all people in the world should not just fight for the world environment, but they should start to do it by their hands. Or, I can say, they should do it first, then they ask other people to do it.

L'Arc en Ciel used bomb and fireworks for their shows. They also use real fire for one of their music video, Hitomi no Juunin. L'Arc en Ciel is not one group of people who should be blame. Many people in the world are spokesman, but they have never done anything that they asked for.

Artwork and music can be wonderful without hurting the environment. If all shows can stop using fire and fireworks, how much carbon dioxide can be reduced? I went to Guggenheim Museum around spring 2008, and I saw the artwork with fireworks and bomb. That hurt my mind and hurt all lives.

Let's think how to change all old traditions in China, Indonesia, African, India and also my hometown, Thailand to stop making carbon dioxide.

The Insider is a recurring profile of tastemakers in the fields of fashion, design, food, travel and the arts. Here the Tony Award-winning costume designer Catherine Zuber shares a few of her style essentials. Zuber is currently in Austria designing the costumes for an operatic version of "Romeo and Juliet" at the Salzburg Festival. Next, she is set to design the costumes for "A Man for All Seasons" at the Roundabout Theatre Company, John Adams's "Dr. Atomic" at the Metropolitan Opera and "The Winter's Tale" and "The Cherry Orchard," to be directed by Sam Mendes at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM).

Name: Catherine Zuber
Age: 57
Occupation: Costume Designer
Home base: New York City
Retail standby: Barneys New York
Music venue: The Metropolitan Opera
Favorite concert: Jimi Hendrix, 1968
Music: Opera; jazz; salsa
Provisions: Ethiopian coffee; Italian and French cheese (especially Petit Billy and Pierre-Robert); New Jersey tomatoes in August; Montauk sea bass; radishes
For gifts: Flowers
Restaurant: Noodle Pudding in Brooklyn
Drink: Red wine
Party central: Opening night
Momentary style obsession: Rick Owens
Reading material: "Cousin Bette" by Balzac
Art pick: "Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe” at the Guggenheim
Movie: "The Last Mistress"
Vacation destination: Sauve, France
Something you are looking forward to this summer: Visiting my friend Gerd on the Isle of Gotland, in the Baltic Sea.

Catherine's New York City Neighborhood

Here are some of Zuber's favorite spots near her studio on West 38th Street that she visits almost daily. The map below is interactive; click on the blue markers to learn more about Catherine's spots.

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• When I'm not in the studio sketching or having a meeting, I love to visit the fabric stores on 40th Street: Paron; NY Elegant; B&J; Mood Fabrics; Rosen & Chaddick.
• For lunch, it's Metro Marché, which is actually in the Port Authority Bus Terminal, or Go Go Curry (very delicious Japanese curry).
• It is always fun to stop in at the Drama Bookshop on West 40th Street — and now it is on the same street as Muji!
• A day usually includes a visit to the costume shops of Jennifer Love, Werner Kulovits at Euroco Costumes, Sally Ann at Parsons-Meares and Arnold Hatters Inc.
• When days are spent at the Metropolitan Opera or the Vivian Beaumont Theater, there is always Bar Boulud, O'Neal's and Café Fiorello to enjoy meeting friends for lunch.
• After a day at the studio, it is fun to meet friends at Le Zie restaurant or the garden at Gavroche on 14th Street and then go for a walk along the Hudson River.
• A visit to the gym at Equinox on Broadway and 19th Street usually leads to visiting the outdoor farmer's market at Union Square and seeking treasures at the Strand Bookstore on 12th Street. My schedule is always diverse, and I have the pleasure of days spent in varying parts of NYC — but these spots seem to be constants during the typical home-base workday.

Read previous columns of The Insider here.

Looking out the window of our lovely apartment. This is the West Side, roughly speaking. What great accommodations!

The lobby of the Guggenheim Museum. The gallery pieces are displayed on the exterior walls facing in, and it's basically a ramp that guests walk, from the first floor up to the sixth. The gallery is currently exhibiting a large set of work by Louise Bourgeois. I haven't before connected with an artist like I did with Bourgeois' work. Mind opening and somewhat spooky too. The two pieces dangling in the middle here are part of her exhibit.

Andy Warhol original, self portrait. Truly one of America's counter culture heroes and interesting to see in person (Campbell's soup cans to follow in another post).

Rooftop exhibit by Dean Koontz. Very, very cool. His pieces are done in aluminum, and are unbelievably accurate representations of, in this case, a balloon dog, and in other cases, a foil-wrapped chocolate heart and a water color sketch.

Looking north over Central Park from Top of the Rock.

My wife and I spent last week in New York City, staying at a friend of the family's truly gorgeous apartment on the upper west side of Manhattan. It was a learned, inspiring, grounding, and ultimately wonderful vacation. New York is a very cool town, with all the lovable attributes a globally celebrated metropolis should have - a great mix of people and backgrounds, eclectic arts & culture, fabulous fine dining as well as cheap restaurants, and safe (enough) streets and transit systems to ensure you get home safely no matter what time of day it is.

Truly, New York is a bustling megacity that pulses as though it is a living being, with, however, a little bit of an odor problem. 8 million people live in the metropolitan area of New York City, with about a million and a half residing in Manhattan. This is the kind of city that others try to be. Though I've never been to Europe, and I am sure that in some ways New York envies Paris or Rome, New York is, to me, the benchmark urban existence.

Our first day in the Big Apple, we strolled through Central Park to Fifth Avenue. We visited several stores, including the Apple store everyone talks about (just a bunch of Apple products, not sure what the fuss is), as well as FAO Schwartz with the famed Big Piano, Louis Vuitton, a six-storey Tiffany & Co. (with a Patek Philippe gallery - I got to hold a $60,000 watch with moon phase, power reserve, day and date indicators, encased in platinum), Wempe and Saks. This is the general area around 55th street where all the failed Apprentices get fired from and take the taxi of shame departing Trump Tower. Meandering through high end stores and retailers, picking up bags as we went along, we gradually made our way to the multitude of office spaces, commercial boutiques, and arts venues that comprise Rockefeller Center. We took a ride up to the 70th floor observation deck, which provided a stunning, panoramic view of Manhattan and beyond. Rockefeller Center features the rink and Christmas tree people attribute to New York in the winter time. In the summer, the courtyard features a much less attractive, albeit glamorous, cafe.

Day two, we took a chance with our lives and rode in a NYC cab from our conveniently located apartment (opposite John and Yoko's abode, the Dakota) and visited the Guggenheim and Metropolitan Museum of Art museums. The Guggenheim is a spectacular Frank Lloyd Wright designed building; truly a perfect set up for a gallery. The centre of the museum is open to below, with the artwork positioned on the exterior walls, facing in. Guests start on the main floor and gradually wind their way up six storeys. The curators craft the featured exhibition smartly, telling the artist's story each step of the way. You never really notice how high, nor how fast you are climbing. The Met is a more grandiose group of interconnected edifices: easy to get lost in, and simply mind numbing with the amount of artwork and important historical pieces. We couldn't get focused in this gallery. Great for exhibiting history, not so great at telling an artist's story. This day ended with an impromptu subway ride downtown to Ground Zero, which is certainly attention grabbing. The size of the pit - a city block and then some - is nothing short of massive. I'm happy we were able to visit the site and better understand the impact of the disaster. I can't imagine what unfolded that day, live for several thousand New Yorkers, in such tight quarters. Conveniently located next door to the former WTC site is a famed department store uninterestingly named Century 21. We ended our day at this discount mecca. More details about this UFC for shoppers to come.

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Dirección: Calle Ercilla 37 - Bilbao - Vizcaya

Teléfono: 944 70 57 00

Me he alojado en el Hotel Ercilla las dos últimas veces que he estado en Bilbao y se ha convertido en la primera opción para mi próxima visita, ya que tiene una muy buena ubicación y una buena relación calidad/precio.

Se encuentra muy bien situado para ir a cualquier parte, ya que se tardan 10 minutos andando al museo Guggenheim, tres minutos a la Plaza Moyua y justo detrás se encuentra la calle Maestro García Rivero, una de las mas famosas para degustar los típicos pintxos.

Justo enfrente del hotel, en la calle Alameda de Urquijo, se encuentra La Compañía del Ron, uno de los mejores locales dedicados a esta bebida. Un lugar no excesivamente grande pero muy agradable y que recomiendo para ir a tomar una copa.

El hotel es antiguo, y si bien encontramos algunos aspectos reformados como la recepción y los ascensores que le dan un toque de vanguardia, algunas de las habitaciones requieren un cambio. Una vez nos dieron una habitación que estaba muy bien, pero en la otra ocasión, nos dieron una habitación muy poco recomendable, que luego nos cambiaron sin problema.

El tamaño de la habitación es más pequeño de lo deseado pero suficiente y las vistas nada destacables. Tienen conexión de Internet vía Wifi pero hay que pagarla aparte. El baño es bastante amplio y está surtido de los característicos accesorios.

En la parte gastronómica, dispone de un salón muy grande para el desayuno (muy abundante y surtido), y el restaurante Bermeo, especializado en pescados y con mucha tradición. Tiene también una barra estilo británico para tomar una copa.

En definitiva, un hotel para hospedarse y poco mas y que yo recomiendo siempre y cuando se obtenga un precio en torno a los 70-80 euros. La primera vez lo encontré a través de EDreams, y la segunda a través de Barceló Viajes, pero aconsejo darse una vuelta por los distintos buscadores que podéis encontrar en el apartado páginas útiles ya que las diferencias de precio entre uno y otro buscador son grandes dependiendo de la fecha y la disponibilidad.

Dentro de la misma cadena, se pueden encontrar también en Bilbao el Hotel Lopez de Haro y el Hotel Embarcadero en Getxo.

Valoración - 7,5

Ubicación y alrededores - 9

Habitación - 7

Instalaciones y recepción - 7

Restaurantes y Cafeterías - 7

For future reference, it's better to pay the tolls and come up I-95. For a change of pace we took the I-81 route this time and avoided all the tolls. While the drive was scenic at times, it got old quick.

My Latvian goddaughter Vika is coming to America tonight for a month-long visit -- can't wait to get home to see her!

A sus 53 años se le considera heredero de Andy Warhol o Marcel Duchamp situándose en muchos casos en la frontera entre el buen y el mal gusto.  Una de sus obras, Puppy , que representa a un perro de la raza Westie (o West Highland White Terrier), forma parte de la Colección Permanente que el Museo Guggenheim de Bilbao tiene en su exterior. Su obra Hanging Heart hizo feliz a la casa de subastas más antigua del mundo, la londinense Sotheby's, al venderse en 23,6 millones de dólares (a pesar de sus casi 3 metros de altura y 1600 kilos de peso).

Sus obras serán expuestas en los Grandes Apartamentos, en la Galería de los Espejos y en los jardines. El recorrido comenzará en el Salón de Hércules, con el perro hinchable Balloon Dog  y finalizará en lo alto de la Escalera de la Reina. Entre otras obras estarán presentes el Split Rocker, una figura de madera mitad caballo, mitad dinosaurio, recubierta por 90.000 petunias y geranios de doce metros de altura y once toneladas de peso, que se situará en la Orangerie, o una luna en acero inoxidable azul cuyo reflejo podrá verse en la Galería de los Espejos.

Puesto que el Rey Sol era un gran amante de la estética de lo "grandioso", quizás el espíritu que impregna el castillo logre aceptar la presencia de lo "grande".

Ms. Bourgeois has worked in many mediums but is most famous for her abstract/organic sculptures, first executed in wood and later in rubber, bronze, stone, latex, marble, and fabric.  Her work grapples with many psychological issues ranging from depression, anger, guilt, insomnia, and most importantly her painful memories of childhood innocence lost.  The spiraling interior of the Guggenheim mirrors recurrent shapes in Ms. Bourgeois' oeuvre, providing a fitting setting for her inspiring pieces.

• Click here for more information on Louise Bourgeois, including interviews and slideshows of her at work through the PBS art:21 series.

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Hang on there's more.  The Louvre is also being constructed.  But you probably know that already.  Abu Dhabi is another emirate close to Dubai.  30 minutes away from where I work in Sheikh Zayed.  Read the full story with architect summaries here.

El museo Guggenheim de Bilbao expone hasta septiembre "Cosas del surrealismo", un repaso breve a las distintas épocas de esta corriente artística, desde el reaccionario Bretón a Dalí.

Estuve de visita por el museo este fin de semana y me dejó a medias la selección que han expuesto, además se queda un poco corta para mi gusto. Quien todavía no haya ido a Figueres al Museo Dalí, aquí tiene un buen aperitivo, que no sustitutivo.

Se echa en falta algo más de pintura, fundamentalmente Miró y Picasso, ya puestos a destacar el producto 'nacional'. A quien le guste la moda disfrutará, vestidos e indumentarias por doquier, sobretodo de Elsa Schiaparelli, la mayoría muy vigentes.

Particularmente interesante es la proyección de fotografías del apartamento parisino del millonario mexicano Carlos de Beistegi, cuyo diseño corrió a cargo de Le Corbusier. Lo aburrido que hay que estar para comprarse un ático frente a la Torre Eiffel y pedir al arquitecto más famoso del planeta que te levante un murete a media altura para ver sólo la mitad de la Torre.

Para los cinéfilos hay un rincón -literal- donde se proyectan escenas de películas donde el surrealismo tuvo cierta importancia, por ejemplo Spellbound ("Recuerda") de Hitchkock, en la que Dalí realizó parte de la escenografía.

PD: La colección permanente del Guggenheim debería tener algo más de empaque. Sigo prefiriendo el Bellas Artes que está enfrente.

Se você estiver pelas redondezas de Bilbao, até 5 de outubro, não perca a maior exposição do artista plástico espanhol Juan Muñoz. O trabalho, exposto no Guggenheim é uma mostra da obra do artista que revolucionou a escultura contemporânea.

Juan e seus famosos homens monocromáticos de expressões enigmáticas criou obras de caráter narrativo no lugar da escultura tradicional. Em suas instalações, houve uma mudança de perspectiva da apreciação da obra de arte. Ao visitar uma de suas exposições, você passa a ser parte da obra e não apenas um expectador. Além da escultura, Juan também se aventurou no rádio e no vídeo.

Muñoz morreu aos 48 anos de ataque cardíaco, em Ibiza.

]]> http://flyktingen.wordpress.com/?p=74 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:52:11 +0000 Flyktingen http://flyktingen.wordpress.com/?p=74 Nu vet jag hur Sanna kande det nar hennes alskling forsvann... Min kamera ar borta! Det ar ett javla mysterium hur och under vilka omstandigheter eftersom den var med oss 4 blocks fran hotellet och sedan var den inte det langre. Snyftar!!! Well jag sorjer kameran djupt, inte for den var dyr eller cool utan for alla underbara bilder fran New York som fanns pa den.

Som tur ar har vi Juniors bilder men GOD DAMNIT sa manga roliga jag hade pa min!! Naja efter att vi gjort bort downtown och midtown sa tankte vi ta oss an Upper East/West, Central Park samt Harlem. Vi vandrade uppat langsmed upper East som var mestdels bostader och en del affarer. Var destination var Guggenheim Museum dar huvudutstallningen var en knapp dam som verkade ha en hel del issues fran sin barndom. Sjukt skoj att se i alla fall! Mycket skulpturer och installationer.

Efter "Guggen" matade vi vidare genom Central Park (gick en bit langsmed sjon dar, fiiiiin) for att jobba oss upp mot Tom's Restaurant (den som ar med i alla Seinfeld avsnitt). Innan Tom's at vi pa en Indisk restaurang med varldens sotaste indier som passade upp oss sa fint. Sjukt goda grytor hade dem! Yum yum! Pa Tom's Restaurant avnjot vi kanske varldens godaste milkshake. Satan det var som att do och ateruppsta i himmelen! Ett riktigt Hallelujamoment, att shaken endast fanns i stolek 6,5 dl var val inte helt fel heller... Harlem mina damer och herrar rekommenderar jag inte. Det var inte alls kul, stamningen var som tryckt, vi var de enda vita sa lang ogat kunde na och man kande sig sadar saker. Vi praktiskt taget sprang genom utan att ens se nagon i ogonen. Yikes.

Kvallen tillbringade vi pa Rainbow Room (resturang langst upp i Rockafeller Center typ). Sjuk utsikt, sjuka priser (egentligen som i sverige men vi ar ju inte vana nu!). Jag drack en Cosmopolitan for 21 dollar. Ca 126 svenska kronor. Haha. Jag trillade typ av stolen. Det var en ganska "classy" inrattning av gasterna samt serveringspersonalen att doma. De hade vita frackar och sag allmannt stiliga ut :P Efter Rainbow Room stack vi till Times Sq dar vi gled in pa en Irish Pub med trubadur som spelade blandad musik. Stamningen var pa topp och drinkarna flodade. Vi gjorde dessutom karikatyrer allihopa men min var den enda som var lik, haha.

Sista dagen akte vi bat ut till Frihetsgudinnan och gick over Brooklyn Bridge. Sjukt vader, sjukt dod jag, sjukt brand jag! Jag ser ut som en gris. Ont gor det med. Fasiken. Det var grym utsikt fran bron och jag klagade varenda meter vi tog. Haha. Brooklyn var med fabulous, helt annorlunda fran manhattan, mysiga, fina bostadsradhus och mycket gronska. Najs najs! Sedan bar det av med Chinese Bus till Philly...

Middag avnjots pa Blue Smoke, helt fantastiskt stalle! Ett typiskt amerikanskt hak fast pa ett modernt vis. Vi kakade Ribs! Sa javla sjukt gott. Wow liksom. Ah. Yeah. Junior fick tillomed en 65:a cider. Haha! Pa kvallen var vi pa Hard Rock Cafe och avnjot nagra drinkar. Arets godaste Strawberry Daquiri bland annat...

Igar blev det en vandring tan dess like. Vi tog tunnelbanan ner till Battery Park for att aka bat till Frihetsgudinnan. Kon var enorm. Jag borjade grata. Vi gav upp, tar det en annan dag. Det slutade med att vi knatade i sick sack hela vagen upp till vart hotell pa 47e gatan. Det ar ett X antal blocks ska ni veta, bara ratt upp och ner ar det typ en mil och vi kryssade fram. Hela Downtown och en bra bit Midtown avverkades - Chinatown, Little Italy, SoHo, NoHo, Greenwich Village, West Village, Chelsea you name it. We saw it. Sjukt haftigt nar Chinatown overgar i Little Italy...

Aterigen sightseeing blandat med shopping. Dock tappade vi bort restaurangen vi skulle ata pa och det slutade med att vi sokte en annan restaurang i 30 blocks. Haha men god mat fick vi till slut i alla fall! Jag dog, eller mina ben och fotter dog rattare sagt. Idag skulle det regna men jag ser bara sol sol sol. Ska bland annat bli Guggenheim och Uptown! :)

I LOVE THIS TOWN!

James Purdy

Sono stato a trovare Purdy, che sta a Brooklyn ma nella parte abbastanza signorile. Mi riceve nella sua camera d'affitto che divide con un professore. Cucina e camera da letto doppia tutto in una stanza. Purdy vive per un anno, lasciato il lavoro, con una borsa della fondazione Guggenheim e così ha potuto finire un romanzo, The Nephew [...]

Purdy è un tipo molto patetico, di mezz'età grasso e grosso e dolce, biondo rossiccio e imberbe, vestito seriamente, una specie di Gadda senza isteria, tutto dolcezza. Se è omosessuale lo è con molta discrezione e melanconia. Ai piedi del suo letto, un attrezzo per il sollevamento pesi. Sopra il letto una stampa inglese ottocentesca d'un pugilatore. Una risproduzione di un crocifisso di Rouault. Intorno, sparsi, libri di teologia. Parliamo tristemente della letteratura americana, soffocata dalle esigenze commerciali. Se non si scrive come vuole il New Yorker non si è pubblicati. [...]
La buona letteratura in America è clandestina, è nei cassetti di autori sconosciuti, e solo per caso qualcuno viene alla luce rompendo la cappa di piombo della produzione commerciale.

Vorrei fare discorsi sul capitalismo e il socialismo ma certo Purdy non mi capirebbe, nessuno qui sa o sospetta l'esistenza del socialismo, il capitalismo avvolge e permea di sè tutto, l'antitesi ad esso è una sparuta, fanciullesca rivendicazione spirituale senza linea nè prospettiva; a differenza della società sovietica in cui l'unità totalitaria della sociatà è basata sulla coscienza continua dell'avversario, dell'antitesi, qui invece siamo in una struttura totalitaria di tipo medievale, basata sul fatto che non esiste nessuna antitesi nè alcuna coscienza di una possibile antitesi se non come evasione individualista. E per di più tutti stanno bne e con il sistema delle Foundations.

Il museo Guggenheim

In queste settimane argomento d'obbligo di tutte le conversazioni newyorkesi è il nuovo museo di segnato da Frank LLoyd Wright per ospitare la collezione Salomon Guggenheim, da poco inaugurato. Tutti lo criticano; io ne sono un sostenitore fanatico ma mi trovo quasi sempre isolato. E' una specie di torre a spirale, una rampa continua di scale senza gradini, con una cupola di vetro. Salendo e affacciandosi si ha sempre una vista diversa con proporzioni perfette, dato che c'è una sporgenza semicircolare che corregge la sppirale, e in basso c'è una fettina d'aiola ellittica e una vetrata con uno spicchio di giardino, e questi elementi, mutando sempre ad ogni altezza ci si sposti sono un esempio di architettura in movimento di esattezza e fantasia uniche. Tutti dicono che l'archittettura sovrasta la pittura ed è vero (pare che Wright odiasse i pittori), ma che importa: uno va lì per prima cosa per vedere l'architettura, e poi anche i quadri uno li vede sempre illuminati bene uniformemente che è la prima cosa. [...]

Di fatto la collezione Guggenheim non è miracolosa, a parte la formidabile raccolta di Kandinsky che avevamo già vista a roma e ci sono molti pezzi di second'ordine. (Non come il non vasto Museum of Modern Art che sono tutti capolavori da levare il fiato, o anche bellissime sale di pittura moderna al Metrpolitan, sconciate purttroppo da un orrendo dalìche la gente fa la coda per guradarlo).

Il terzo sesso

E' più diffuso che a Roma. Specialmente qui al Village. Il turista ignaro entra in un locale qualsiasi per fare breakfast e tutt'a un tratto si accorge che lì dentro, avventori, camerieri, cuochi, sono senza dubbio di quelli.

Esta propuesta se lleva un presupuesto de unos 1.300 millones de euros.

La construcción de autovías para mejorar las comunicaciones puede estar bien, pero el mayor tramo de los presupuestados no supera los 10 km, y suponen todos ellos un alto coste ecológico en el entorno. Además desembocan en la A-8, autopista de peaje.

La siguiente noticia que me ha sorprendido es la decisión de construir un segundo guggenheim en Bizkaia, en el paraje de Urdaibai, reserva de la Biosfera por la UNESCO. No obstante, de momento no hay ni arquitecto ni ubicación definitiva(las dos bazas son la de situarlo dentro del parque natural o en el nucleo urbano de Gernika) ni un presupuesto lo bastante alto como para llevar a cabo una obra, que ha sido recibida con alegría entre los alcaldes de la comarca de Busturialdea, pero la desconfianza entre quienes defienden que un museo de tales dimensiones(más o menos la mitad que el guggenheim de Bilbao) no resulta nada sostenible en un entorno tan sensible como las marismas del rio Oka.

En el caso de ser construido, esta ampliación harto demandada, del museo bilbaíno sería gestionada desde la capital bizkaina.

Nota completa en ADN.es

La reserva natural de Urdaibai acogerá un nuevo Guggenheim
El diputado general de Vizcaya anuncia la construcción de la sede, entre otras medidas para la aceleración económica

Vizcaya construirá una ampliación del Museo Guggenheim en el entorno de la ría de Urdaibai
Se trata de un privilegiado enclave que se extiende desde Gernika a Mundaka

Actualización: julio de 2008

El Guggenheim de Urdaibai se levantará en una finca de la BBK en Sukarrieta

• La finca tiene 80.000 metros cuadrados y está ubicada junto al estuario, Reserva de la Biosfera.
• La Diputación ha trasladado la propuesta a la entidad bancaria.

Peggy Guggenheim Immortalized in Orsoni Mosaic to Commemorate 60th Anniversary of the Collection

Joining the ranks of the most prominent artists of the 20th Century, the Angelo Orsoni mosaic atelier has commemorated Peggy Guggenheim in a portrait created in the glass enamels and 24 k gold tesserae, hand crafted at the 19th century Venetian furnace.

Antonella Gallenda, Orsoni maestra, at work on Guggenheim mosaic portrait - mosaicartsource

The mosaic, by Orsoni maestra Antonella Gallenda, will be presented to the museum on August 26 at the Danilo Rea/Umbria jazz concert, performed in celebration of Guggenheim’s birthday. The concert is part of a series of events commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection.

Peggy Guggenheim Sunglasses

Inspired by a photograph of Guggenheim wearing her signature Surrealist sunglasses made for her by Edward Melcarth, the portrait is done in the genre of “Modernism.”

Antonella working with Orsoni smalti & gold tesserae - Guggenheim mosaic - mosaicartsource

Lucio Orsoni, the world-renowned mosaic artist and great grandson of Orsoni founder Angelo Orsoni, originated this technique specifically to interpret mid-century monochrome photography into mosaic portraiture. By placing the tesserae vertically, the artist intensifies the essential flatness and limited color palette of the image.

Peggy Guggenheim Mosaic Portrait close-up - mosaicartsource

Speaking from personal memory, Orsoni reflects, “I had the chance to meet Peggy Guggenheim when I was 16.

Peggy Guggenheim along the canal with her dogs

I still remember when she passed on the canals on board a gondola with her beloved dogs. It’s now with great pleasure that we present her portrait to the Guggenheim Collection, realized in the atelier founded by my great grandfather.”

Peggy Guggenheim Portrait Mosaic exhibit in Orsoni garden - mosaicartsource

Mosaic Art Source mosaic definition:

smalti

smalto (pl. smalti) - smalti is characterized by its dazzling range of brilliant opaque colors. Smalti is prepared by adding crystalline material (corpo) and coloured material (anima) to the colourless or coloured fused glass. Smalti is literally available in thousands of colors, is a very stable glass, easy to cut and very durable. m.a.s. mosaic glossary

Mosaic Art Source mosaic definition:

gold leaf tesserae (mosaic gold)

gold leaf tesserae (mosaic gold) - 24k gold-leaf tesserae are made up of a glass support layer (usually transparent, at times opaque red or coloured) less than one centimetre thick. The 24k gold metal leaf is then sandwiched between the support and a thin protective glass layer (the cartellina). In tesserae the colour shade is determined by the purity of the metal, the thickness of the leaf, the colour, if any, of the cartellina and of the support. m.a.s. mosaic glossary

Mosaic Art Source mosaic definition:

tesserae - small, usually square pieces of glass or other material used to make a mosaic. Their size generally ranges from a few millimetres to two centimetres long and five to ten millimetres thick. The term derives from the Greek word meaning "four-sided". m.a.s. mosaic glossary

Villa alle Scalette wears Missoni - Trend Mosaic Tile - Italy

Collections, materials, technologies, artistic techniques and formats. A universe of ideas and countless multi-faceted combinations are now visible in the new prestigious headquarters of Trend. The seventeenth-century Villa Rossi, today Villa alle Scalette, situated in the monumental heart of Vicenza.

In 2005 the villa was brought back to its original splendour. Confirming the company sensitivity towards art, the new headquarters restored by the architects Veller for the outside Seventh Century façade and Atelier Mendini

designs, colours and Missoni tradition transposed into Trend materials

for the contemporary interior style, states the fusion of past and present,

mix of fashion, design & mosaic art create a new aesthetical & dimensional world

of innovative and decorative solutions representing an exclusive instrument for showing to the passionates of design and architecture the infinite applications of the group materials.

mosaic vases, designed by Luca Missoni; Lux and Smalti Veneziani collections

The company actively supports the contemporary art world: it is a member of the Intrapresae Collezione Guggenheim association, and a founding partner of Centro Cultura per l’Arte Contemporanea C4 project. Overseas, it supports Fundaciò Arqueològica Clòs – Museu Egipci de Barcelona.

the large smalti mosaic vase (S0250, S0260) highlights the living elements

Many collaborations have been activated with famous exponents of the architectural, design, art and fashion world, including the Missoni family, Patrizia Gucci, Atélier Mendini, Jean Nouvel, Matteo Thun and recently the artistic group of Cracking Art. The resulting creations became part of the brand Trend Up, the creative lab of the group.

Parece que no tienen mucho en común, pero los arquitectos y los traumatólogos comparten un material de cierta importancia como es el cemento. Ambos lo necesitan para pegar, unos los huesos rotos y otros los materiales necesarios para hacer realidad lo que diseñan.

 Si se mira más profundamente, hay otro elemento que les relaciona de forma directa. Los huesos tienen escamas y los edificios poseen elementos que se consideran como tales, es decir "escamas".

 Mi osadía, hace un tiempo, me colocó ante la idea de romper fachadas para intentar pegarlas mezclando edificios diferentes. Me encontré con tres edificios que tienen "escamas" en sus fachadas y que tambien tienen "huesos", con lo cual se cerraba el círculo y sólo necesité aplicar las herramientas.

 Se trata de la torre Agbar en Barcelona, el hotel de Marques de Riscal en Elciego y el museo Guggenheim de Bilbao. No solamente se pueden cortar y pegar !!Además encajan!! como queda claro en las fotografías.

 En mi caso las osamentas permiten soluciones inesperadas, otros encajados para crear arquitecturas diferentes y quizás incluso interesantes para vivir. Es decir, me gusta el orden caótico del resultado.

 Os dejo algunas cosas más que creo tienen relación con estas arquitecturas de los huesos.

`[Texto de Miguel Angel Latorre]

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The task isn't made any easier by the hovering presence of preservationists and critics. The restoration architect's success overshadows his or her due diligence and often ingenious problem solving. In the end, the icon is restored for prosperity, and all is right with the world.

Something is lost, however, on the students and caretakers of 20th Century Modernism. The restoration architect gains deeper knowledge of the building by dismantling it and then putting it back together. The process of restoration provides insight into the technological challenges that the original architect faced and how they were resolved. Design decisions are influenced as much by technological limitations, as they are by theory. Any new scholarship about Modernist architecture would benefit from serious analysis of the restoration process.

Case Study 1: Mies van der Rohe's Crown Hall: Krueck & Sexton

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Krueck & Sexton Architects faced tremendous challenges in the restoration of Mies van der Rohe’s 1956 masterpiece, S.R. Crown Hall, at the Illinois Institute of Technology.

READ ♥ The Perils of Restoring "Less is More" [PDF]

Case Study 2: Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum: WASA/Studio A

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Robert Silman Associates and WASA/Studio A partnered with Integrated Conservation Resources to repair and restore the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City.

READ♥ Restoring the Guggenheim [PDF]

Case Study 3: Gordon Bunshaft's Lever House: SOM

Lever House - Curtain Wall Replacement [More to follow]
Unilever commissioned Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (with facade consultants, Gordon H. Smith) to design the curtain wall remediation for Lever House in midtown Manhattan. Under the guidelines of the New York City Landmarks Commission, materials and systems were replaced with state-of-the-art solutions in modern wall technology that preserve this modern landmark while maintaining its original appearance.

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Modernism at Risk
"Only decades after their design and construction, great works of Modern architecture are being lost to neglect, deterioration, and demolition."—World Monuments Fund

DOCOMOMO (DOCOMOMO-US) stands for DOcumentation and COnservation of buildings, sites and neighborhoods of the MOdern MOvement. DOCOMOMO promotes the study, interpretation and protection of the architecture, landscape and urban design of the Modern Movement.