Dear colleagues,
Would anyone be interested in serving as
recorder at the following session, which I'll be moderating, at the
ARLIS/NA conference in Denver?
Thanks.
Best,
--Paul Glassman
Sunday, May 4, 2008
4:00pm -
5:30pm
Icon or Enclosure? The Architecture
of the Denver Art Museum
The 21st-century art
museum is a natural opportunity for architects inclined toward expressive
form-giving. With the possible exception of the restoration and additions
to New York's Museum of Modern Art by Taniguchi and Associates, few recent
designs for major art museums exhibit the least reticence about bold
architectural gestures, whether in shape, volume, materials, or color.
Daniel Libeskind's new Frederic C. Hamilton Building for the Denver Art
Museum, with its iconic silhouette, provides us with a paradigm of dynamic
form as the context for a major art collection. Panelists will discuss the
design and construction processes for the Hamilton Building, its effect on
programs and the museum's educational mission, as well as the critical
narrative that has accompanied a progressive building tradition at the
museum.
Speakers:
Alan Michelson, Head,
Architecture and Urban Planning Library, University of Washington,
Seattle: Reception at the Designer Gallery: Four Decades of Architectural
Criticism of the Denver Art Museum
Brit Probst, Principal,
Davis Partnership Architects, Denver (architects with Daniel Libeskind of
the Frederic C. Hamilton Building of the Denver Art Museum): No Right
Angles: Challenges in Building the Frederic C. Hamilton Building
Heather Nielsen, Master Teacher for Native Arts and Head of Community
and Family Programs, Denver Art Museum: Thinking outside the Box:
Re-defining the Museum Experience
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