from the New York Times article ‘Contemplating the Void’

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is capping the 50th birthday festivities for its Frank Lloyd Wright building with some navel gazing. Still, there are worse navels to consider. Wright’s spiral rotunda, in fact, could be thought of as the greatest belly button in modern architecture: an innie and an outie all in one.

The rotunda is the inspiration for a frolicking, mostly feel-good show called “Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum,” for which more than 200 artists, architects and designers were invited to redesign or repurpose the space. “A self-reflexive folly” is how the project was described in the letters sent out by Nancy Spector, deputy director and chief curator of the Guggenheim Foundation, and David van der Leer, assistant curator of architecture and design at the museum. Participants were free to propose anything, since none of the proposals would be built.

Read the entire article here.

JDS Architects invites you to the AGENDA book launch this Thursday, December 10th at the Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York City.

There will be limited copies available for the discounted price of $20, and Julien and all the editors will be present to sign copies of AGENDA.

Contributors Michael Speaks and Geoff Manaugh will also be present.

TIME: 7 PM – 9 PM
ADDRESS: 97 Kenmare Street, New York, NY 10012 [map]

AFTER PARTY AT BEast FROM 10 PM [map]
DJs = DFA’s Justin Miller | Alex from Tokyo | Silas DK

Experiencing The Void

February 12-April 28, 2010

On the occasion of the museum’s 50th anniversary, the Guggenheim has invited approximately 250 artists, architects, and designers to imagine their dream intervention in Frank Lloyd Wright’s rotunda. A salon-style installation of two-dimensional renderings of their visionary projects will emphasize the rich and diverse range of inspired proposals.

New York City bookrelease of the the fringe book

17th Sep 2009 6pm-10pm
at the LaViolaBank Gallery
179 East Broadway
New York, NY 10002

Hope to see you there . -HV
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Image: Sozyone Gonzalez

GALERIE HELENBECK PRESENTS WHOLE IN THE WALL: THE LARGEST AMERICAN & EUROPEAN STREET ART EXHIBITION IN NEW YORK – ARTISTS FROM THE 70′S TO NOW

ARTISTS: Victor Ash, Banksy, Blade, Blek le Rat, Crash, Daze, Ikon, Jonone, Nunca, Plateus, Quik, Lee Quinones, Rammellzee, Sharp, Sozyone, Henry Chalfant, Martha Cooper, Jamel Shabazz, Silvio Magaglio

Helenbeck Gallery presents the largest street art exhibition of American & European Street Art: Whole in the Wall 1970 – Now in New York. The exhibition will take place at the former Splashlight Studios at 529-535 West 35th Street located in the Chelsea-Clinton neighborhood of New York City from May 28 to June 27, 2009.

Gallerist Chantal Helenbeck says, “The street art movement was home grown in New York. It is real, it has meaning and it has credibility. It is America’s art history and personal story, which is why I decided to hold this exhibition in its home roots of New York. Since New York in the 1970’s, this movement has become a global phenomenon. These individuals may have started on the street but they have developed into great studio artists and it is important that their talent and recognition is seen and documented within the art world.”

CHECK OUT THE GALLERY HERE

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Following their deliciously successful “copper issue,” PIN-UP issue 6, destined to be “the pink neon rainbow issue” is out now!

Featuring: Richard Meier, David Kohn, Roy McMakin, labDORA, Eric Lloyd Wright, Dan Friedman, Junya Ishigami, James Wines, and much more.

For those in New York look out for copies around ICFF, The Standard Hotel, Stella McCartney, 414 Pop-up Gallery, and Moss.

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