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Miesian

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Miesian
A term descriptive of the style of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969), a German-American architect who was a principal exponent of the International style. An outstanding example of his work is the Seagram Building in New York City (1958), designed by Mies with Philip Johnson (1906– ).


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The pair relish the edginess and economy of raw or industrial materials played against modular, Miesian structures.
And a very polite conversation it seems to be at first, taking place in a sort of Miesian parlor furnished with beautifully crafted shelves arranged and designed by Corrales, an Andre-like Equivalent sculpture made up of Renton's long-lost catalogues to his 1993 exhibition "Walter Benjamin's Briefcase" (itself famously lost in transit), and some elegantly built wooden sculptures.
There are some beautiful moments here, especially the six mixed-wood rings from the early 1980s hanging in a row along the longest wall, like Miesian exercises in profound simplicity.
 
 
 
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