Henry Art Gallery

University of Washington

Visit: 

15th Ave NE & 41st St
Seattle, WA 98195
(206)543-2280

Hours: 

11-4: Wed
11-9: Thu, Fri
11-4: Sat, Sun
Closed: Mon, Tue

Nav:

Exhibitions:

The Ghost of Architecture: Recent Gifts, Promised Gifts, and Acquisitions

Stroum Gallery

July 13, 2013September 29, 2013


Assume Vivid Astro Focus. Chandelier Venice.

The Ghost of Architecture celebrates the addition of important works of art to the Henry’s permanent collection in the last five years.

Curated from recent gifts and promised gifts to the collection, the exhibition focuses on contemporary works that invoke architecture without citing it directly. Architecture or the architectural dimension is referenced by the artists in the show, either as a displaced or isolated fragment, as fantasy or folly, as the site of ordinary or extraordinary events, or as memory or the missing context in larger narratives.

Featured artists include: Kevin Appel, Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Edward Burtynsky, Jacob Dahlgren, Carsten Höller, Los Carpinteros, Christian Marclay, and Shirin Neshat, among others.

The Ghost of Architecture is organized by Luis Croquer, Deputy Director of Art and Education, and is generously supported by The Barton Family Foundation in memory of Irving Marcus; Cathy and Michael Casteel; the Jon and Mary Shirley Foundation; William and Ruth True; and the Bagley and Virginia Wright Fund.
Assume Vivid Astro Focus. Chandelier Venice. 2002. Photolithograph. Henry Art Gallery, gift of Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, 2012.144.