New Hoover Convertibles


Jeff Koons
4 vacuum cleaners, Perspex and fluorescent lights
Currently in the Tate/ National Galleries of Scotland

Referred to broadly as ‘The New’ these works explored the way our fantasies and desires are transferred on to ordinary objects. Gleaming seductively under the glare of fluorescent lighting, it is the newness of the ‘New Hoover Convertibles’ that gives them their appeal.

Tate. “’New Hoover Convertibles, Green, Red, Brown, New Shelton Wet/Dry 10 Gallon Displaced Doubledecker’, Jeff Koons, 1981-7.” Tate, Tate, www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/koons-new-hoover-convertibles-green-red-brown-new-shelton-wet-dry-10-gallon-displaced-ar00077.

1980s


Johnson Burgee Architects (American architectural firm, active from 1967)
Atlanta Georgia, America
1987

Photograph showing the general style of living- cars, billboards, architecture and color trends. One Atlantic Center building in the background.

Johnson Burgee Architects (American architectural firm, active from 1967). One Atlantic Center, IBM Tower, exterior, general context view. Work: 1987, Era: CE. Artstor, library.artstor.org/asset/SS7730878_7730878_10562799

Team Disney Orlando


Isozaki, Arata (Japanese architect, born 1931)
Team Disney Orlando
1989-1990

Although this is architecture I am counting this as one of my sculptural pieces because of how artistically composed it is. Nothing is constructed traditionally. I love the pill shaped tunnel opening to the almost too thin walkway towards the checkered wall. And the pink with blue lines and red spotted wall.

Isozaki, Arata (Japanese architect, born 1931). general view, Team Disney Orlando, Team Disney Building, interior. Era: CE, Work: 1989-1990, Image Date: 1992. Artstor, library.artstor.org/asset/SS7732236_7732236_12896399

Catastrophe


Robert Rauschenberg, (Port Arthur, Texas, 1925 – 2008, Captiva, Florida), American
Catastrophe (Arcadian Retreat)
1996
inkjet transfer and wax on fresco panels
111in x 75in

One of the largest of the twenty-five works in Robert Rauschenberg’s Arcadian Retreat series, Catastrophe (1996). Comprising three plaster panels, the work has a post and lintel structure that evokes the classical art and architecture. Intermingling images of an urban building facade, rusty food cans, and a cast-off table. Musicians, animals, and blooming roses complete the composite landscape, suggesting a cycle of regeneration despite the ruin invoked by the work’s title.

Robert Rauschenberg, (Port Arthur, Texas, 1925 – 2008, Captiva, Florida), American. Catastrophe (Arcadian Retreat). 1996. Artstor, library.artstor.org/asset/ASFMOMAIG_10313976570

Haas Haus


Hollein, Hans (Austrian designer, architect, and teacher, born 1934)
Haas Haus
1987-1990
Vienna Austria

Exterior view from east through the Stephansplatz. A commercial building with modern elements, reflective surfaced, abstracted formed and contrast between the square and cement vs the rounded and shiny.

Hans Hollein (Austrian architect, 1934-). Haas Haus, exterior, view from east through the Stephansplatz. 1987-1990. Artstor, library.artstor.org/asset/AMCADIG_10312186823 

 

 

 

Canary Wharf


Canary Wharf
1990
London uk
Master plan by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (Chicago/London)

Buff brick with stone detailing office complex. Symmetric, columns, rose window-type openings, decor around windows, separating the floors, balconies.

10 Cabot Square: Skidmore Owings and Merrill (Chicago); entire Canary Wharf complex: London Docklands Development Corp. (formed 1982), master plan by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (Chicago/London), with major developers, e.g. Olympia and York (Toronto). Canary Wharf. 1990. Artstor, library.artstor.org/asset/HARTILL_12326884

American Modern” Dinnerware


Designer: Russel Wright, American, 1904-1976;
Manufacturer: Steubenville Pottery (East Liverpool, Ohio)
Glazed earthenware
1937

Clockwise from lower left: celery dish, salt and pepper shakers, gravy boat with under plate, pitcher, teapot with lid. I loved the colors of these- the mustard yellow, salmon, teal and burgundy are so unique and look beautiful together. My favorite piece is the pitcher because of the curve of the opening. The entire collection looks like it belongs in a fantasy kitchen.

Designer: Russel Wright, American, 1904-1976; Manufacturer: Steubenville Pottery (East Liverpool, Ohio). American Modern” Dinnerware, Group, Clockwise from lower left: celery dish (2002.585.17h), salt and pepper shakers (2002.585.17ij), gravy boat with under plate (2002.585.17fg), pitcher (2002.585.17a), teapot with lid (2002.585.17bc). 1937. Artstor, library.artstor.org/asset/MMA_IAP_10313504240