Hi All,
I read a review of the Palladio exhibition in the Times recently, which I found interesting and I thought that some people might like to read it. The criticism is pretty relentless but seems to encapsulate the problems facing a curator designing an architectural exhibition.
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/architecture_and_design/article5599289.ece
Enjoy
Jennifer
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Hi Jennifer.....
ReplyDeleteexactly....I think that it seems that the key to this exhibtion (as the reviewer tacitly suggests) is that its a mirror for its intended audience...and if all the designers/curators can do is to, Gradgrind-like, present 'fact, fact, fact' then no wonder it appears (to the reviewer anyway)as so dry.....but we've not seen it?...have we...or has anyone been down to London to take a look?....
Well done anyway...only day 2 of the Blog and already 2 posts!
mark