Barragan vs. Mangold : "The Quiet Revolution"

<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"try me, senseless today.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span> before daylight they came.</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">falling, not to get up.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span> before, nothing could change.</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ></span><br /><br /><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8157/7315244118_d83c70305f_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8157/7315244118_d83c70305f_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 690px; height: 969px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7081/7315171624_b85b16343e_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7081/7315171624_b85b16343e_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 700px; height: 499px;" /></a><br /><br /><br />"try me, so tender. the last time it's so nice to get there.<br />try me, so tender. bet you don't foget to wonder too.<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> a balance has taken so long.</span></span>"<br /><br /><br />1.<span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Luis Barragan House</span></span>, Tacubaya, Mexico City 1947 ... "Through a combination of International Style and traditional Mexican architecture and materials, Barragan created a modernism not of industrialized Europe, but of pre-industrial Mexico, not of sleek steel and glass but of warm, natural materials; <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">not of the modernist "machine for living" but of spaces that respect human needs.</span></span> - "Barragan" Armando Salas Portugal photographs, Rizzoli<br /><br /><br />2. <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Julia Mangold</span></span> Untitled, 1994 Waxed steel 100 x 205 x 15 cm Private collection, USA. <a href="http://www.barthacontemporary.com/jmangold/works/steel_wall_sculptures.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bartha Contemporary.</span></a> ... "Striped to a bare minimum Mangold’s sculptures and works on paper reflect on a visual language associated with early American Minimalism as well as European concrete art, however rather than merely relying on a limited notion of romanticised modernism or an hard edge aesthetic the artist’s works evolve through a refined play on human scale and the deliberate confrontation of precise forms and sensual surfaces.<span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> It is the artist’s inherent ability to unite these two seemingly opposing traits, which in turn lend the works an extraordinary sense of presence."</span></span><br /><br /><br style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLTtNXkVy3s" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;">all lyrics by sea and cake, "everyday"</span></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-----------------</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" >--------------------</span>

Barragan vs. Mangold : "The Quiet Revolution"

"try me, senseless today. before daylight they came. falling, not to get up. before, nothing could change. "try me, so tender. ...

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a store visit with Dead by Accident

<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"Can I come to your house?</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> Caught in the ropes and the wires</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> The sun settles hard in the south</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> Winter lives in my bones" <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srxsiq7kAZ4"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">- STARS</span></a><br /></span><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;"><br /></div><br /><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7097/7096525063_063049e21c_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7097/7096525063_063049e21c_b.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 789px; height: 1024px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7104/6950453504_ed3e6a4849_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7104/6950453504_ed3e6a4849_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 701px; height: 1051px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dead by Accident</span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">is Emmanuel Picault's latest addition (opened less than a month ago) to his Mexico City gallery/stores, and his dedication to the work of Mexican designers. Located a quick walking distance from Chic By Accident,his other store in the Roma Norte, Dead by Accident's focus is on the story and symbolism of death.<br /><br />All works are created by Mexican artisans and designers: works ranging from wood-blocks prints, to papier-mâché skulls, and the most exquisite ceramic tiles in opaque whites and earthly blacks. The main table centering the interior is covered in leather and adhered by glue and nails, while the tattered edges hang freely. The same leather-work carries onto the floor. The afternoon we were in the store with Emmanuel, an earthquake hit. The room slowly shaking, the skulls beginning to vibrate, as we were sipping mezcal.<br /><br style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Slowly the earth settled back into its form.</span> </span></span>- David John<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">(all photography by David John)</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5463/6950453174_9a046bebfa_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5463/6950453174_9a046bebfa_b.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 687px; height: 1024px;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7251/7096524931_f051dae839_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7251/7096524931_f051dae839_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 700px; height: 467px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">top image, leather table surface by Emmanuel Picault</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7048/7096525489_2996a3c404_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7048/7096525489_2996a3c404_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 699px; height: 783px;" /></a></div><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">leather continues to the floor, and on the base of the tables.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"></div><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7210/7096525259_18eb1cca87_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7210/7096525259_18eb1cca87_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 700px; height: 467px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5117/6950453756_86c0af162e_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5117/6950453756_86c0af162e_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 699px; height: 1067px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">(all photography by David John)</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">--------------------</span>

a store visit with Dead by Accident

"Can I come to your house? Caught in the ropes and the wires The sun settles hard in the south Winter lives in my bones" - STAR...

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