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'''Machine-Age Exposition''' was held on 16-28 May 1927 at 119 West 57th Street in New York, being advertised as the first event bringing together “architecture, engineering, industrial arts and modern art.” | '''Machine-Age Exposition''' was held on 16-28 May 1927 at 119 West 57th Street in New York, being advertised as the first event bringing together “architecture, engineering, industrial arts and modern art.” | ||
| − | The exhibition was initiated by Jane Heap of ''The Little Review'', a New York literary magazine, and organised along with Société des urbanistes, Brussels; U.S.S.R. Society of Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries; Kunstgewerbeschule, Vienna; Czlonkowie Group Praesens, Warsaw; Architects D.P.L.G, Paris; and Advisory American Section. | + | The exhibition was initiated by [[Jane Heap]] of ''[[The Little Review]]'', a New York literary magazine, and organised along with Société des urbanistes, Brussels; U.S.S.R. Society of Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries; Kunstgewerbeschule, Vienna; [[Praesens|Czlonkowie Group Praesens, Warsaw]]; Architects D.P.L.G, Paris; and Advisory American Section. |
| − | The artists committee of the exhibition included Alexander Archipenko, Robert Chanler, Andrew Dasberg, Charles Demuth, Muriel Draper, Marcel Duchamp, Josef Frank, Hugh Ferriss, Louis Lozowick, André Lurçat, Elie Nadleman, Man Ray, Boardman Robinson, Charles Sheeler, Ralph Steiner, | + | The artists committee of the exhibition included [[Alexander Archipenko]], Robert Chanler, Andrew Dasberg, Charles Demuth, Muriel Draper, [[Marcel Duchamp]], Josef Frank, Hugh Ferriss, Louis Lozowick, [[André Lurçat]], Elie Nadleman, [[Man Ray]], Boardman Robinson, Charles Sheeler, Ralph Steiner, [[Szymon Syrkus]] and L. Van der Swallmen. |
Represented countries: United States, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Poland and Soviet Union. | Represented countries: United States, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Poland and Soviet Union. | ||
==Catalogue== | ==Catalogue== | ||
| − | The catalogue contains a panorama of European and American architecture and art, with photo documentation, and following articles: “Foreword: Architecture of this Age” by Hugh Ferriss, “The Aesthetic of the Machine and Mechanical Introspection in Art” by Enrico Prampolini, “Machine and Art” by Alexander Archipenko, “The Americanization of Art” by Louis Lozowick, “French Architecture” by André Lurçat, “Architecture Opens Up Volume” by | + | The catalogue contains a panorama of European and American architecture and art, with photo documentation, and following articles: “Foreword: Architecture of this Age” by Hugh Ferriss, “The Aesthetic of the Machine and Mechanical Introspection in Art” by Enrico Prampolini, “Machine and Art” by Alexander Archipenko, “The Americanization of Art” by Louis Lozowick, “French Architecture” by André Lurçat, “Architecture Opens Up Volume” by [[Szymon Syrkus]], “Machine-Age Exposition” by Jane Heap, “The Poetry of Forces” by Mark Turbyfill, and “Modern Glass Construction” by Frederick L. Keppler. |
==Literature== | ==Literature== | ||
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* Anne Blood, "The Russian section of the ‘Machine-Age Exposition’ (1927)", ''The Burlington Magazine'' 154:1315 (October 2012). [http://www.russianartandculture.com/article-the-russian-section-of-the-machine-age-exposition-1927-by-anne-blood-in-october-issue-of-the-burlington-magazine/] [http://burlington.org.uk/magazine/back-Issues/2012/201210/] | * Anne Blood, "The Russian section of the ‘Machine-Age Exposition’ (1927)", ''The Burlington Magazine'' 154:1315 (October 2012). [http://www.russianartandculture.com/article-the-russian-section-of-the-machine-age-exposition-1927-by-anne-blood-in-october-issue-of-the-burlington-magazine/] [http://burlington.org.uk/magazine/back-Issues/2012/201210/] | ||
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* [http://cdm16038.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p268001coll12/id/16132 The catalogue at Hagley Digital Archives] | * [http://cdm16038.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p268001coll12/id/16132 The catalogue at Hagley Digital Archives] | ||
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Revision as of 19:52, 30 August 2014
Machine-Age Exposition was held on 16-28 May 1927 at 119 West 57th Street in New York, being advertised as the first event bringing together “architecture, engineering, industrial arts and modern art.”
The exhibition was initiated by Jane Heap of The Little Review, a New York literary magazine, and organised along with Société des urbanistes, Brussels; U.S.S.R. Society of Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries; Kunstgewerbeschule, Vienna; Czlonkowie Group Praesens, Warsaw; Architects D.P.L.G, Paris; and Advisory American Section.
The artists committee of the exhibition included Alexander Archipenko, Robert Chanler, Andrew Dasberg, Charles Demuth, Muriel Draper, Marcel Duchamp, Josef Frank, Hugh Ferriss, Louis Lozowick, André Lurçat, Elie Nadleman, Man Ray, Boardman Robinson, Charles Sheeler, Ralph Steiner, Szymon Syrkus and L. Van der Swallmen.
Represented countries: United States, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Poland and Soviet Union.
Catalogue
The catalogue contains a panorama of European and American architecture and art, with photo documentation, and following articles: “Foreword: Architecture of this Age” by Hugh Ferriss, “The Aesthetic of the Machine and Mechanical Introspection in Art” by Enrico Prampolini, “Machine and Art” by Alexander Archipenko, “The Americanization of Art” by Louis Lozowick, “French Architecture” by André Lurçat, “Architecture Opens Up Volume” by Szymon Syrkus, “Machine-Age Exposition” by Jane Heap, “The Poetry of Forces” by Mark Turbyfill, and “Modern Glass Construction” by Frederick L. Keppler.
Literature
- Machine-Age Exposition, New York, 1927, 44 pp. Catalogue.
- E. B. White, "Machine Age", The New Yorker, 21 May 1927.
- Anne Blood, "The Russian section of the ‘Machine-Age Exposition’ (1927)", The Burlington Magazine 154:1315 (October 2012). [1] [2]
Links
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Second Spring Exhibition of OBMOKhU (Moscow, 1920-21), Congress of International Progressive Artists (Düsseldorf, 1922), Congress of the Constructivists and Dadaists (Weimar, 1922), First Russian Art Exhibition (Berlin, 1922), New Art Exhibition (Vilnius, 1923), Zenit Exhibition (Belgrade, 1924), Contimporanul Exhibition (Bucharest, 1924), Machine-Age Exposition (New York, 1927), a.r. International Collection of Modern Art (Łódź, 1931), New Tendencies (Zagreb, 1961-73), The Responsive Eye (New York, 1965), 9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering (New York, 1966), Cybernetic Serendipity (London, 1968), Live In Your Head: When Attitudes Become Form (Bern, 1969), Information (New York, 1970), Software - Information Technology: Its New Meaning for Art (New York, 1970), Documenta 5 (Kassel, 1972), Pictures (New York, 1977), Biennial of Dissent (Venice, 1977), Les Immatériaux (Paris, 1985), Magiciens de la Terre (Paris, 1989), Hybrid Workspace (Kassel, 1997) | ||
