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The ravages of time, however, are what necessitated the renovation and the museum's temporary closing on Oct. 31, 2001. Originally a complex of two separate buildings and a sculpture garden, the museum had no heating, no air conditioning and no usable basement. As a result it was open only from April through October. Nor did it have education facilities or space for temporary exhibitions.
"The innaugural Exhibit Isamu Noguchi: Sculptural Design, organized by the Vitra Design Museum and conceived and installed by Robert Wilson" o-oh.
"Wilson interprets Noguchi's oeuvre in typically melodramatic fashion. So, while Noguchi's sensibility is poetic, pure, meditative and timeless, Wilson turns his work into four "acts": theme-park entertainment complete with sound effects, distracting lighting and weird stage settings.
The result is more about Wilson and his flashy histrionics than about Noguchi."Clare Henry, Financial Times, June 22
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The ravages of time, however, are what necessitated the renovation and the museum's temporary closing on Oct. 31, 2001. Originally a complex of two separate buildings and a sculpture garden, the museum had no heating, no air conditioning and no usable basement. As a result it was open only from April through October. Nor did it have education facilities or space for temporary exhibitions.
- bill 6-08-2004 6:02 pm
"The innaugural Exhibit Isamu Noguchi: Sculptural Design, organized by the Vitra Design Museum and conceived and installed by Robert Wilson" o-oh.
- selma 6-08-2004 7:54 pm [add a comment]
"Wilson interprets Noguchi's oeuvre in typically melodramatic fashion. So, while Noguchi's sensibility is poetic, pure, meditative and timeless, Wilson turns his work into four "acts": theme-park entertainment complete with sound effects, distracting lighting and weird stage settings.
The result is more about Wilson and his flashy histrionics than about Noguchi."Clare Henry, Financial Times, June 22
- selma 6-22-2004 7:58 pm [add a comment]