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EERO SAARINEN: SHAPING THE FUTURE
Eero Saarinen: Shaping
the Future is the first retrospective to explore the complete career
of this remarkable architect. The exhibition was opened at the Helsinki
Kunsthalle in October 2006 and will close in the spring of 2010 at the
Yale University Art Gallery. Following the showing in Helsinki, the
exhibition is touring in Europe and in the United States. The following
institutions have already committed to hosting the exhibition: The
National Building Museum in Washington, DC; Cranbrook Art Museum in
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at the
Washington University in St. Louis and the Skirball Cultural Center, Los
Angeles. In addition, negotiations are currently underway with some
European as well as some other American institutions.
Eero
Saarinen: Shaping the Future is a comprehensive project exploring the
work of one of the most prolific, unorthodox and controversial masters of
20th-century architecture. The exhibition and related catalogue are the
first public unveiling of the complete archives of the architect’s office,
the largest repository of Saarinen-related material in the world, which
was donated to Yale University in 2002. Organized by lead curator Donald
Albrecht, the exhibition examines the architect’s wide-ranging career from
the 1930s through the early 1960s. Saarinen’s international array of
buildings from the monumental St. Louis Gateway Arch to his TWA Terminal
in New York and Washington’s Dulles International Airport Terminal will be
featured, as well as his path-breaking designs for furniture and his
master plans for civic centers and universities.
An international
consortium of Finnish and American scholars and curators was assembled to
bring different perspectives to Saarinen’s work and to identify
connections between mid-century culture and that of today. The emphasis is
the global relevance of Saarinen’s work. Focusing on the stylistic
plurality of Saarinen’s output and the collaborative nature of his
practice—themes that resonate with today’s design preoccupations—the
exhibition, catalogue and documentary film present a timely and critical
view of a formative era of American modernism that continues to shape
contemporary culture. The catalogue, published by Yale University Press
and including approximately 470 illustrations, will surely rank as the
definitive Saarinen reader. A smaller exhibition catalogue has also been
published. The publications are available at the
museum bookshop >>
The exhibition, Eero Saarinen:
Shaping the Future is co-organized by the Finnish Cultural Institute
in New York, the Museum of Finnish Architecture and the National Building
Museum, with the support of Yale University School of Architecture. The
global sponsor of the exhibition is ASSA ABLOY. The exhibition has also
local sponsors.
Read more:
Press
release, exhibition tour program >>
Architects
Databank: Eero Saarinen >>
Eero Saarinen
and Helsinki >>
For more information about the
project or the sponsorship opportunities, please visit www.eerosaarinen.net
or contact the Finnish Cultural Institute in New York at +1-212-674 5570,
in Finland the Museum of Finnish Architecture at + 358-9-8567 5100.
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