A plane runs through it
It's been over thirty years since an admiring audience watched Alexander Calder complete the painting of his abstract design on a Braniff jet at the 1975 Paris Air Show. But almost every week you can see a Boeing jet fuselage (from the French fuselé, spindle- shaped, no less) roll by Calder's Eagle, on a train, right through the middle of a museum. Good seats are usually available.
Earlier this week, Harvard University Graduate School of Design announced the Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban design was awarded to Weiss/Manfredi Architects in recognition Belltown's (OK, and Seattle's) Olympic Sculpture Park - in large part because their design makes such seemingly incongruous events commonplace. As the judges put it, "The park becomes a piece of sculpture itself, reframing its urban condition."
As the Bent sees it, thanks to Weiss/Manfredi's design, the cars, trains, boats, and yes, planes do a fascinating job of re-framing the art.
I just don't know what to comment here.
It must be a fascination-in-motion.
Posted by: The County Clerk | March 28, 2007 at 08:02 PM
Nice mention in this morning's paper.
Posted by: mgmason | April 12, 2007 at 02:13 PM
That Eagle was made for the Fort Worth National Bank. It was in Fort Worth until 1999. We miss it!
Posted by: Brooke Watts | November 06, 2007 at 03:02 AM