Friday Snippets 7.24.09
Do you recall a reading our post about the Walter Gropius buildings at the Michael Reese
Hospital campus? Here's the link to refresh your memory. The city has awarded the contracts for the demolition of the buildings. Heneghan Wrecking Company won a contract worth $3.19 million. Apparently the company was already doing something at the complex when we snapped the pic of one of their dumpsters at the site last month. [Cityscapes]
At times, architecture in Paris can be brutal. [Invisible Paris]
And, for a little monumenta in Paris.... [Architecture Revived]
Question: Can anything be art, if it comes with the right framing? [ART FAG CITY]
China produces a ton of the world's goods. We may not want to buy all that product - or
eat it. Seems this manufacturing juggernaut is also turning out tens of thousands of design students whose quick, quick, churn-it-out approach has led to a design crisis in China. [Nussbaum/Business Week]
The National Gallery in London has rehung Titian's Triumph of Love, last seen 50 years ago.
It's been lovingly restored and cleaned. [Guardian]
Photographer Julius Shulman knew how to make any building look beautiful. His portfolio
is a definitive visual record of mid-20th century American architecture. He died last week at the age of 98, and was still taking pictures well into his 90s working with collaborator Juergen Nogai. Read his obituary here, and be sure to take a look at this slide show featuring some of his iconic imagery. [LA Times]
Did you read Mad magazine when you were a kid? Some of the best cartoons and covers
were drawn by Basil Wolverton. Barbara Gladstone Gallery in New York has a show on view until August 14th of Wolverton's work. It's worth a visit. Or take a look at some of the artwork here, even if you've never seen, or heard of, the magazine. [NY Times]
Have a nice weekend. See you Monday.
Posted by designslinger at 7/24/2009 4:10 AM 
Categories: Slinger SLinks
Tags: Paris Michael Reese Hospital art Walter Gropius Basil Wolverton photography China Julius Shulman Mad magazine
Categories: Slinger SLinks
Tags: Paris Michael Reese Hospital art Walter Gropius Basil Wolverton photography China Julius Shulman Mad magazine
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