Documenting the extraordinary breadth of architectural production by American artist Tony Smith (1912 1980), this comprehensive book reveals the depth and complexity of Smith s work in architecture.
Documenting the extraordinary breadth of architectural production by American artist Tony Smith (1912 1980), this comprehensive book reveals the depth and complexity of Smith s work in architecture.
James Voorhies is an American curator and historian of modern and contemporary art. He has authored several books including Postsensual Aesthetics: On the Logic of the Curatorial (MIT Press, 2023) and Beyond Objecthood: The Exhibition as a Critical Form since 1968 (MIT Press, 2017); he is coeditor of a two-volume catalogue raisonné of the work of American artist Tony Smith, and editor of two companion volumes of essays and projects related to Smith (all MIT Press, 2024–2025).Voorhies is based New York, has taught at Bennington College and Harvard University, and holds a PhD in modern and contemporary art history from the Ohio State University, USA. Sarah Auld has been the director of the Tony Smith Estate since 1990. Her responsibilities include the oversight of the artist’s archive, which holds over 2000 drawings and sketches as well as maquettes for sculptures, architectural models, and Smith’s writings and correspondence.
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Preface James Voorhies Reader’s Guide James Voorhies and Sarah Auld On Building: The Architecture of Tony Smith John Keenen The Archive of a Creative Mind Cynthia Davidson Chronology John Keenen and Christopher Ketcham Catalogue Raisonné: Architecture Entries by John Keenen and Christopher Ketcham Tony Smith: Writings on Architecture Why must the house be a cube? (ca. 1945) Notes for letter to Editor, Architectural Forum, re Loeb House (August 23, 1946) Architecture (September 22, 1950) On the Way to a City. Part I (June 19, 1954) The City as an Image (1954) To Start with a Chicken Coop (1954) Exhibitions Bibliography Acknowledgments Photography Credits Index
Preface James Voorhies Reader’s Guide James Voorhies and Sarah Auld On Building: The Architecture of Tony Smith John Keenen The Archive of a Creative Mind Cynthia Davidson Chronology John Keenen and Christopher Ketcham Catalogue Raisonné: Architecture Entries by John Keenen and Christopher Ketcham Tony Smith: Writings on Architecture Why must the house be a cube? (ca. 1945) Notes for letter to Editor, Architectural Forum, re Loeb House (August 23, 1946) Architecture (September 22, 1950) On the Way to a City. Part I (June 19, 1954) The City as an Image (1954) To Start with a Chicken Coop (1954) Exhibitions Bibliography Acknowledgments Photography Credits Index
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