Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Article review

Eisenman’s bogus avant-garde

This article talk briefly about Eisnman’s life and how he became successful. It identify some important point such as to be successful as an architect you need not only be a good architect but also a good at architectural theorists, ability to corral a wide range of architect, critics, and historians into the fabrication of the Eisenman; the claim that his designs attempt to record the ambiguities and uncertainties of the era. What distinguishes Eisenman from others architects is his successful seduction of intellectuals, his powerful words. He is one of an architect that exercise the deconstruction theory and master it. Eisenman represent a desire to embrace an avant-garde aesthetic, to stake out the margins of culture in a defiant expression of independence, while simultaneously enjoying all of the benefits of being a very centrist cultural icon. His work may offend visually, aesthetically, or experientially, but it will never offend politically.

reference:Progressive archtiecture. NY: Nov: 1994. vol. 75, Iss. 11; pg.70

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