Artist Dan Graham and writer Jessica Russell's playful Architecture / Astrologie considers some of the most important and innovative figures in the world of architecture from an angle few would expect: their star signs.
Originally published as a column for Domus magazine, Graham and Russell's book integrates critical analysis with astrology and mythology to offer alternative perspectives on the work and personalities of artist/architects including Frank Gehry (a restless, dreamy Pisces), Frank Lloyd Wright (a romantic Gemini with one foot in the past and the other in the future), Eero Saarinen (a dynamic, dramatic Leo) and
Le Corbusier (a logical, balanced Libra). With accompanying illustrations by
Mieko Meguro,
Architecture / Astrologie itself resembles the best sort of architect, one who is at once rigorous and whimsical, with his feet on the ground and his head in the clouds.
The
Dan Graham – Melanges collection is much more than a tribute to
Dan Graham. It is an attempt to catch up with the artist's use of conversations and monologues and sketch a somewhat see-through portrait of him, a two way reflection. This collection brings together short texts, lectures, conversations, newly-commissioned essays and
varia.
Les presses du réel and Dan Graham hade had a long-standing friendship. Here is an attempt to celebrate it.
Dan Graham (1942-2022) was a highly influential figure in the field of contemporary art, both as an
artist and as a well-respected critic and theorist. He was the founding director of the John Daniels Gallery (1964–1965),
where he presented
Sol LeWitt's first solo exhibition and showed works by Donald Judd, Dan Flavin, and
Robert Smithson.
Graham is known for his early conceptual work for magazines, his groundbreaking video work, and his site-specific
architectural pavilions.
Edited by Franck Gautherot.
Foreword by
Alexandra Midal.
Translated from the English (American) by
Alexandra Midal (original title:
Architecture/Astrology, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig, 2014).
Drawings by
Mieko Meguro.
2024 (publication expected by 4th quarter)
French edition
11 x 16 cm (softcover)
104 pages (ill.)
ISBN : 978-2-37896-548-8
EAN : 9782378965488
forthcoming
