
Unpacking
The Marciano Collection
Jamie G. Manne(Editor)
Prestel (Publisher)
Published on 1. May 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
328 pages
978-3-7913-5620-4 (ISBN)
Description
The Maurice and Paul Marciano Art Foundation is one of the world's most diverse and important private collections of contemporary art. This book offers an incisive view of a wonderfully pluralistic collection and heralds its new permanent home in an architecturally and historically significant former Scottish Rite Masonic temple designed by Millard Sheets. Conceived as an "artist's playground," the building has been transformed by contemporary architect Kulapat Yantrasast of wHY Architecture and Design into a spectacular platform for art and education, including a wide array of exhibition spaces. Highlighting the foundation's first exhibition curated by Philipp Kaiser in its stately new location, the book also includes an interview with and biography of architect Millard Sheets; an essay on the secret Masonic rituals that once took place in the building; and insights from Yantrasast on the synergy between a historic structure, contemporary art, and the urban environment.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Munich
Germany
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 249 mm
Width: 249 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
1627 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-7913-5620-4 (9783791356204)
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Persons
JAMIE G. MANNE is the founding director of the Marciano Art Foundation. She lives in Los Angeles.