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Public Things in the Modern City: Belated Notes on Tilted Arc and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Sitelessness and loss of place suggest the instability of boundaries that otherwise sustain the legibility of public institutions. Such conditions negate conventional affinities between architecture, ceremonial urban space, monuments, and monumental sculpture. Nowadays, the theoretical basis for a relationship between these actors is in flux. This article takes up several different contemporary conceptions of public space and the public thing and employs them in an interpretation of two recent projects: Maya Lin's Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Richard Serra's ill-fated Tilted Arc. These projects embody changing conditions in the dialogue between art, architecture, and the city.
Public Things in the Modern City: Belated Notes on Tilted Arc and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Sitelessness and loss of place suggest the instability of boundaries that otherwise sustain the legibility of public institutions. Such conditions negate conventional affinities between architecture, ceremonial urban space, monuments, and monumental sculpture. Nowadays, the theoretical basis for a relationship between these actors is in flux. This article takes up several different contemporary conceptions of public space and the public thing and employs them in an interpretation of two recent projects: Maya Lin's Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Richard Serra's ill-fated Tilted Arc. These projects embody changing conditions in the dialogue between art, architecture, and the city.
Public Things in the Modern City: Belated Notes on Tilted Arc and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Friedman, D.S. (author)
Journal of Architectural Education ; 49 ; 62-78
1995-11-01
17 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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