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Major works by the Russian avant-garde in a breathtaking exhibition design by Zaha Hadid
Zaha Hadid (*1950 in Baghdad), recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, designed and curated a groundbreaking exhibition at Zurich’s Galerie Gmurzynska, comparing works of the Russian avant-garde with those of Zaha Hadid Architects. A fierce explosion of Russian works tore through the contemporary works by the architect in a dynamic black and white design. Created specifically for the venue, the projection of a two-dimensional drawing onto a three dimensional space transformed the gallery into a spatial painting in which the threshold of the picture plane expanded and could be entered. Zaha Hadid translated the warped and weightless space of Russian avant-garde painting and sculpture by Kazimir Malevich, El Lissitzky, and Alexander Rodchenko into her very own architectural language.
Texts by Charlotte Douglas, Krystyna Gmurzynska, Edwin Heathcote, Alexander Lavrentiev, Melodie Leung, Andrei Nakov, Mathias Rastorfer, Kenny Schachter, Patrik Schumacher, interview with the artist by Hans Ulrich Obrist.
266 pages, 240 ills. / 26.10 x 29.90 cm / English
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