Josiah McElheny | "From an Alternative Modernity (Mirror for Bruno Taut)", 2009 | (for Parkett 86)
Read a Parkett text on Josiah McElheny
Parkett Vol. 86
Quote from Parkett
"McElheny relates to objects of mid-century design, objects that harbor the visonary futures of past eras but that also reveal the supposedly autonomous realms of art and industrial design.McElheny relates to objects of mid-century design, objects that harbor the visonary futures of past eras but that also reveal the supposedly autonomous realms of art and industrial design. His works allegorize the breakdown of Modernism’s linear notion of history to create visual analogues of its fragmentation"
Branden W. Joseph, Parkett No. 86, 2009
"From an Alternative Modernity (Mirror for Bruno Taut)", 2009 (for Parkett 86)
Colored glass, laminated between low-iron glass,
and low-iron chrome mirror,
18 1/2 x 14 x 11/4 ” (47 x 35,5 x 2,5 cm), approx. 11lb (5kg),
Produced by Schott Architectural Solutions, Grüneplan, Germany
Ed. 35/XX, signed and numbered certificate
Sold Out. For updates on availability, please inquire by joining our waiting list
Read a Parkett text on Josiah McElheny
Parkett Vol. 86
Quote from Parkett
"McElheny relates to objects of mid-century design, objects that harbor the visonary futures of past eras but that also reveal the supposedly autonomous realms of art and industrial design.McElheny relates to objects of mid-century design, objects that harbor the visonary futures of past eras but that also reveal the supposedly autonomous realms of art and industrial design. His works allegorize the breakdown of Modernism’s linear notion of history to create visual analogues of its fragmentation"
Branden W. Joseph, Parkett No. 86, 2009
"From an Alternative Modernity (Mirror for Bruno Taut)", 2009 (for Parkett 86)
Colored glass, laminated between low-iron glass,
and low-iron chrome mirror,
18 1/2 x 14 x 11/4 ” (47 x 35,5 x 2,5 cm), approx. 11lb (5kg),
Produced by Schott Architectural Solutions, Grüneplan, Germany
Ed. 35/XX, signed and numbered certificate
Sold Out. For updates on availability, please inquire by joining our waiting list
Read a Parkett text on Josiah McElheny
Parkett Vol. 86
Quote from Parkett
"McElheny relates to objects of mid-century design, objects that harbor the visonary futures of past eras but that also reveal the supposedly autonomous realms of art and industrial design.McElheny relates to objects of mid-century design, objects that harbor the visonary futures of past eras but that also reveal the supposedly autonomous realms of art and industrial design. His works allegorize the breakdown of Modernism’s linear notion of history to create visual analogues of its fragmentation"
Branden W. Joseph, Parkett No. 86, 2009
"From an Alternative Modernity (Mirror for Bruno Taut)", 2009 (for Parkett 86)
Colored glass, laminated between low-iron glass,
and low-iron chrome mirror,
18 1/2 x 14 x 11/4 ” (47 x 35,5 x 2,5 cm), approx. 11lb (5kg),
Produced by Schott Architectural Solutions, Grüneplan, Germany
Ed. 35/XX, signed and numbered certificate
Sold Out. For updates on availability, please inquire by joining our waiting list
Artist Document
Josiah McElheny outlines in detail the layout, colors and dimensions for his color glass project "From an Alternative Modernity (Mirror for Bruno Taut)" for Parkett 86.
Parkett Text
Read a selected text on Josiah McElheny
Artist Video
In this short video excerpt Josiah McElheny talks about some aspects of his art.