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Giuseppe Terragni

April 11 (Sat.),1998,to June 7 (Sun.),1998

Giuseppe Terragni　Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito　1998

The first exhibition in Japan spotlighting the Italian architect, Giuseppe Terragni (1904-43). Some 170 original drawings and a dozen building models and paintings will be displayed, along with photographs of his buildings still standing in Milan and Lake Como. A special feature will be CG animations of eight important architectural plans of Terragni that never saw the light of day.

Italy during Terragni's lifetime was experiencing the peak of the Fascist movement, personified by Benito Mussolini. As a leading proponent of Modernism, he devoted his life as an architect giving expression to the new regime. Representative of his earlier works are the Casa del Fascio in Lake Como, the Santeria kindergarten, and communal residences. Works of his later years -- many of which were never realized -- have recently won renewed appreciation and acclaim in their own right as noteworthy from the perspective of architectural history, going beyond the narrow boundaries circumscribed by the relations between architecture and the state, the system, and patronage.

The current exhibition sheds light on the mystery and allure of Giuseppe Terragni's work, which foresaw much of modern architecture.

Outline

Venue

Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito

Dates

April 11 (Sat.),1998,to June 7 (Sun.),1998

Closing dates

Mondays (Tuesdays if Monday is a national holiday)

Opening hours

9:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. (no admittance after 6:00 p.m.)

Admission

Adult ¥800, Advanced purchase and Group discount(more than 20 people) ¥600, Admission Free: Child aged under 15/Senior Citizen over 65/Disabled pass holder and an attendant each/One year pass holders

Organized by

Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito; Committee for Giuseppe Terragni Exhibition; Triennale di Milano

Curational cooperation

The Centro Studi Giuseppe Terragni in Como, Regione Lombardia- Assessorato alla Cultura-Italy

Supported by

Ambasciata d' Italia, Instituto Italiano di Cultura, Architectural Institute of Japan

Grant from

The Japan Foundation

In cooperation with

Takeo Co., Ltd.; SOUM Corporation; It's Co., Ltd.; Nova Oshima Co., Ltd.; TCK Co., Ltd.; Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Japanese Supervisor

Takashi Uzawa (Associate professor of art, Tsukuba University)

Curated by

Tsukasa Mori (Curator, Contemporary Art Center, ATM)

Contact

TEL 029-227-8120
Contemporary Art Center

RELATED EVENTS

1. Lecture "Two Beginnings: from Novocomum to Giuliani Frigerio"


Date: April 11
Lecturer: Elizabetta Terragni (Centro Studi Giuseppe Terragni di Como)

2. Symposium: "Architecture and Politics"


Date: May 16
Time: 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: ACM Theatre
Panelists: Arata Isozaki, Akira Asada, Ken-ichi Nagata, Kazuya Fukuda

3. Saturday Gallery Talks: "Giuseppe Terragni and Me"


1) Date: April 25
Time: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Contemporary Art Gallery & Workshop
Lecturer: Osamu Ishiyama (professor, Waseda University)
2) Date: May 9
Time: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Contemporary Art Gallery & Workshop
Lecturer: Takashi Uzawa (Associate professor, Tsukuba University)
3) Date: May 23
Time: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Contemporary Art Gallery & Workshop
Lecturer: Jun Tanaka (associate professor, Tokyo University graduate school)
4) Date: June 6
Time: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Contemporary Art Gallery & Workshop
Lecturer: Ryoji Suzuki (architect)

4. Sunday Lecture Special "Another modernization - On Terragni"


Date: May 17
Lecturer: Noriaki Okabe (architect)

5. Symposium
TN Probe Salon
"Modernity as Post Avant-garde: On Giuseppe Terragni's Work"


Date: April 13
Time: 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Venue: TN Probe
Panelists: Koji Taki, Midori Wakakuwa, Takashi Uzawa, Noriaki Okabe

6. Related publication
"Giuseppe Terragni, Architecture Running Through Fascism"
INAX series #15


Contributors: Arata Isozaki, Takashi Uzawa, Jun Tanaka, Hajime Yatsuka, Taro Igarashi and others.
Published by: INAX, Tokyo
Japanese: 340 pages