2026.04.08
Duchampiana within the 30+ year old ephemera
2025.04.08
451 Rhawn Gallery
The present meaninglessness of The Vault
2017.04.08
zero two zero
2005.04.08
modernity/post-modernity
Does it say anywhere that modernism must end as soon as post-modernism begins?
If so, then who writes these rules?
Did Judaism end as soon as Christianity began? Did Christianity end as soon as Islam began?
modernity/post-modernity
...the religious analogy employed is not a stretch when you consider how this thread began, specifically in reference to a "paradigmatic shift". Christianity is a paradigmatic shift vis-à-vis Judaism, and Islam is (in part) a paradigmatic shift vis-à-vis Christianity.
Interestingly, the rise of Christian architecture did coincide with the end of 'classical' Pagan architecture--not long after Christian basilicas were built in Rome and Judea (under the supervision of St. Helena), the legislature under Constantine I (the son of St. Helena) began to steadily outlaw Pagan cults. Ultimately, under emperor Theodosius I, all Pagan cults within the Empire were outlawed, hence no more classical Temples.
Is what I do modern or is it post-modern? Honestly, I don't care.
Was it European Colonialism that began the end of many indigenous architectures throughout the "non-Western" world? Can the 'international style' of CIAM be seen somewhat as an extension of Colonialism?
These are questions that interest me much more than whether Gehry is modern or post-modern?
2002.04.08
Museumpeace apposing Gehry
 
left: Stephen Lauf, Museumpeace (Philadelphia, 1999) right: Frank Gehry, Bentwood Chair (on exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2002.03.01)
1991.04.08
The Stone and the Flesh
1985.04.08
The Dark Shadows Series
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