I have had the chance to see some of Josaih McElheny's work at the Phoenix Art Museum, very intriguing. I wish this clip showed more of his. it is taken from the PBS television series ART:21, and is an excellent series of interviews of and about contemporary artist's of many disciplines. Check at you local library. (....cause I haven't been able to download them, and that would be wrong :)
Josiah McElheny presenting as part of the program "Artists and Models" on March 12, 2007
(edited for time).
For the exhibition Projects 84, artist Josiah McElheny created a sculptural installation of crystalline glass, metal, and colored light that drew upon the visionary schemes of Paul Scheerbart, the Berlin poet and novelist, and Bruno Taut, the uncrowned leader of the circle of revolutionary architects that emerged in Berlin after World War I. McElheny's model-scale landscape depicting two structures—an "Alpine Cathedral" and a "City-Crown"—was a critique of the utopian ideals embodied in twentieth-century modernism.
For more information on the exhibition, please visit: http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/exhib...
Audio of the program, including a presentation by Joshua Siegel, the curator of the exhibition, is available at: http://moma.org/visit_moma/audio/2007... _2007.html
© 2007 The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Images courtesy of Josiah McElheny
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