Making Place For The Arts At Home: Performance And Midcentury Modern Architecture
The four case studies鈥攖he Erlanger House, designed with and for the dancer Margaret Erlanger, and the homes of the architects Jack Baker, John Replinger, and A. Richard Williams鈥攚ere created to stage music, dance, theater, poetry, and conversation in domestic settings, a unique characteristic of avant-garde culture in and around the University of Illinois. The architects have long been understood regionally as influential teachers and refined, modernist architects. Their greater impact, we propose, stems from their role as incubators of midcentury, avant-garde American culture.
This exhibition鈥攊ncluding site-specific works of art by Dot Replinger and Shozo Sato鈥攊s explicitly a catalyst for future research. It presents a series of propositions that we expect students, artists, and scholars to interrogate and build upon. In this way, the exhibition is intended to gather new research during its run at Krannert Art Museum rather than present firm conclusions.
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The four case studies鈥攖he Erlanger House, designed with and for the dancer Margaret Erlanger, and the homes of the architects Jack Baker, John Replinger, and A. Richard Williams鈥攚ere created to stage music, dance, theater, poetry, and conversation in domestic settings, a unique characteristic of avant-garde culture in and around the University of Illinois. The architects have long been understood regionally as influential teachers and refined, modernist architects. Their greater impact, we propose, stems from their role as incubators of midcentury, avant-garde American culture.
This exhibition鈥攊ncluding site-specific works of art by Dot Replinger and Shozo Sato鈥攊s explicitly a catalyst for future research. It presents a series of propositions that we expect students, artists, and scholars to interrogate and build upon. In this way, the exhibition is intended to gather new research during its run at Krannert Art Museum rather than present firm conclusions.
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