Vorbesteller
Neu
Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
22.06.2026
Verlag
Acc Art Books - IpsukSeitenzahl
120
Maße (L/B/H)
25.4/25.4/0.6 cm
Gewicht
319 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-966515-17-3
The White Compositions are symbolically charged with highly specific references that speak to Ames's work and life as an architect in Georgia preoccupied with modernism, art and basketball, among other cultural and literary meanings.
Ames playfully collages architectural elements, such as facades organized by grids, with everyday (yet highly specific) objects--like a Morandi-esque vase, a Corbusian pair of glasses, a can of coke, an electric guitar, or a basketball hoop. The contrast between the (supposedly) rational, objective, and universalizing characteristics of modernism in confrontation with the particular, the idiosyncratic, and the autobiographical quotidian communicates a uniquely Ames-ian sensibility that provides a distinctive and refreshing take on the 20th-century architectural movement.
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Anthony Ames has operated his eponymous architecture office since 1976 and began painting in 1984. Ames' White Compositions--a series of 11 monochromatic relief wall sculptures--originate from and elaborate on the architect's painting practice, closely attending to proportion, layout, recurring forms, and motifs found within both his artistic and built works. His paintings--as described by Courtney Coffman in her previous review of Ames's solo exhibition at a83 gallery in New York--"oscillate somewhere between the formality of a still life, the dynamism of sculptural relief, and the juxtaposed delight of collage." A natural evolution in Ames's practice, the 11 wall sculptures are accompanied by documents that provide insight into the precise and accomplished nature of Ames' design process: from buildings to art.
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