© Luisa LAMBRI
Untitled (O Museum i)
| Artist | Luisa LAMBRI |
|---|---|
| Year | 2000 |
| Material/ Technique | ilfochrome print |
| Size/ Duration | H110 × W155cm |
| Copyright Notice | © Luisa LAMBRI |
| Year of acquisition/ donation | 2002 |
| Description | Born in Como, Italy in 1969. Lives and works in Milan. Lambri takes photos and videos of the interiors of modern buildings designed by architects such as Giuseppe TERRAGNI, Le Corbusier, Mies VAN DER ROHE and SANAA, and more specifically, she is known for her works focusing on the details (mostly the openings such as windows and doors). While her style of cutting out static and neutral space mainly in white can be viewed as minimalism/typology, her works resemble portraits reflecting her personal moments or experiences rather than architectural photos, and you could sense her perspective on the function of architecture as a device to cut out scenery in particular. These are photos of the Ogasawara Museum (Iida, Nagano, 1999) designed by SANAA who also planned 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa. The Ogasawara Museum is a cultural facility to preserve and exhibit the Ogasawara family’s historical materials, and it is built adjoining the north side of the study of the family’s former house, which is designated as important cultural property. The building is clad in gently curved reinforced glass. In this work, the artist, looking out at the study and its surroundings from the inside of the museum supported by six pillars, and viewing the subject through the unique white vertical stripe patterns buried in the surface of the glass, she has ingeniously mixed four different layers: the curtain the glass wall marking the borderline in the space, the interior of the room reflected on it, and the traditional architecture and its surroundings seen further ahead. With such a composition, the artist gives us ideas as to the relationship between the two buildings, and at the same time, she refers to the distinctive style of this architect who tries to make the space of both the inside and the outside of architecture positively interact. |
NOTES
This Collection Data page contains the works and materials in the collection of 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, as of April 1, 2018.
Artists are listed alphabetically by artist’s surname.
Works and materials by the same artists are listed according to the date of the work in principle.
Works whose dates are unidentified are listed at the end of each item. Some works are not listed according to the date of work due to their relations.
The data of works and materials are listed in order of title, production year, material/technique/form, dimensions, donor’s name, copyright holder and credit for photograph.
Dimensions are given by height (H) x width (W) in centimeters for plane work, and height (H) x width (W) x depth (D) in cm for 3-D work. Diameter (Ø) is used for circular work.
For the name of country or city, the name currently used in English is listed in principle.