Diary.AR'S CHOICE OF CURRENT INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS For an expanded and constantly updated list, go to our website: www.arplus.com/exhibitions BELGIUM ANIMALS IN ARCHITECTURE Until 17 October Musee d'architecture--La Loge, Brussels Rollicking rol·lick·ing adj. Carefree and high-spirited; boisterous: a rollicking celebration. rol tour of symbolic and decorative roles of fabulous animals in architecture, from early primitive monsters--phoenix, chimera, basilisk basilisk: see iguana. basilisk monstrous reptile; has fatal breath and glance. [Gk. Folklore: Jobes, 184] See : Deadliness basilisk lizard supposed to kill with its gaze. [Gk. Myth. , beasts of the Apocalypse beasts of the Apocalypse one has ten horns, seven heads, and ten crowns on the horns; the other has two horns and speaks like a dragon. [N.T.: Revelation 13:1,11] See : Monsters etc--to contemporary zoomorphic zo·o·mor·phism n. 1. Attribution of animal characteristics or qualities to a god. 2. Use of animal forms in symbolism, literature, or graphic representation. follies. www.aam.be FINLAND BALTIC ART NOUVEAU art nouveau (är' n  vō`), decorative-art movement centered in Western Europe. Until 26 August Museum of Finnish Architecture, Helsinki Between 1885 and 1915 was a dynamic era for the Baltic region. The show looks at developments in Stockholm, Helsinki, Tallinn. Riga and St Petersburg, reconnecting threads severed by the Communist era. www.mfa.fi FRANCE France (frăns, Fr. fräNs), officially French Republic, republic (2005 est. pop. 60,656,000), 211,207 sq mi (547,026 sq km), W Europe. L'INTIME, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS Until 26 September La Maison Rouge, Fondation Antoine de Galbert, Paris From an original idea by writer/psychoanalyst Gerard Wajcman, an intimate view of 15 private collections, relocating rooms in collectors' homes reflecting the intimate relation between collectors and acquisitions. www.lamaisonrouge.org GERMANY BAUHAUS--PROJECTS 1994-2004 Until 22 August Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau Ten years of the work of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, a centre for experimental design, research and teaching. Includes original works by Max Bill, Josef Albers, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Van Der Ro·he See Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe. and Marcel Breuer. UNITED KINGDOM SAUL BASS From 17 July to 10 October Design Museum, London The undisputed master of film title design gets a timely show at the Design Museum. Vertigo, The Man with the Golden Arm, North by Northwest ... need we say more? www.designmuseum.org AR next month MATERIAL INVENTION Subscribe using the enclosed form or click on our website www.arplus.com |
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