![]() ![]() Walking around to the back of the house, one can not help but realize this as one of his strong attributes.Categories: African photography, American, american photographers, beauty, Berlin, black and white photography, book, colour photography, cultural commentator, curator, digital photography, documentary photography, drawing, English artist, exhibition, existence, gallery website, intimacy, light, London, memory, Paris, photographic series, photography, portrait, printmaking, psychological, quotation, reality, space, time and works on paper ![]() If you are not particularly moved by it, then pass it by. If you are a fan of Modernism, this is highly recommended. Interesting as well, there was one display book presenting several houses he had designed in Europe. ![]() ![]() His contributions are really not known to most American/Canadians. I'd recommend making time to see this little gem. Approaching the house, you realize how 4 towers seem to accentuate the cubist shape of the home. The whole house is a precursor to Modernism. In the living room, his use of gold tile pulls from his familiarity with the Egyptian era and Byzantine however, among all of this are elements of his art and design. Yes, it is small however, it takes time to examine what he did do and achieve. Stuck is known to be a major force in moving towards Modernism, for which this home is a tribute to and about his work.įor those individuals who tout Art Nouveau is "wonderful", this is worth seeing from both an academic and visual view. Tiffany lived between l943 and l930, both having contributed so much to the development of art and design. However, we most certainly are strangers to such unnecessary and brusque treatment.įranz Stuck lived between 18. I myself am a fifty-five year old silver-haired holder of three masters' degrees, and we are no strangers to galleries and museums. We were not eating, drinking, using phones or camera flashes. The room in question was not busy, it being a Sunday morning. It was closed, and had no protruding umbrella or other such item. The bag was a simple, elegant, modest-sized ladies' handbag, not a backpack. Unfortunately, barely a minute later the same member of staff decided to escort my companion across the room to the exit, having decided (with us having already seen the majority of exhibits in the room, and having previously spent more than half an hour uneventfully in the presence of three other security staff in the historic rooms) that her handbag was now too big and needed to be left in the cloakroom! Never mind - I assumed it was just an honest mistake. Having been around all the historic rooms, we were then more than half way around the "Common Ground" exhibition when I was told not to touch an exhibit, even though I hadn't done so and was merely pointing towards something. Much as I would like to praise the museum's fabric and contents, as well as the delightful theatrical story telling, our experience was totally ruined by a member of staff. ![]()
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