MoMA, New York: 15 June – 23 September 2013. ‘Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes’ presents a comprehensive exhibition on the work of Le Corbusier, (1887–1965). Born Charles-Édouard Jeanneret he adopted Le Corbusier in 1920, an altered form of his maternal grandfather’s name, Lecorbésier. The show encompasses his work as architect, interior designer, artist, city planner, writer, and photographer.
These two interior views recreate the Villa Jeanneret-Perret (Maison Blanche) designed by Le Corbusier in 1912 for his parents.
Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes reveals the ways in which Le Corbusier observed and imagined landscapes throughout his career, using all the artistic mediums and techniques at his disposal, from early watercolors of Italy, Greece, and Turkey, to sketches of India, and from photographs of his formative journeys to architectural models of his large-scale projects.
All of these dimensions of his artistic process, including major paintings and four reconstructed interiors, are presented in the largest exhibition ever produced in New York of Le Corbusier’s protean and influential oeuvre.
Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes draws on MoMA’s own collection, and substantially on exclusive loans from the Paris-based Le Corbusier Foundation.
Above: Recreated interior of the ‘Villa Church‘ from 1927.
MoMA is the only U.S. venue for the exhibition, which will travel to Fundació “la Caixa” in Barcelona (January 28–May 11, 2014), and to Fundació “la Caixa” in Madrid (June 11–October 13, 2014).
The exhibition is organized by guest curator Jean-Louis Cohen, Sheldon H. Solow Professor in the History of Architecture, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, with Barry Bergdoll, The Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at MoMA.
All images © 2013 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photographs: Jonathan Muzikar
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