Wordless Essay #7

Joseph Gandy (English, 1771 - 1843), Soane at night, 1811, drawing. Sir John Soane’s Museum, London, United Kingdom

Kurt Schwitters (German, 1887 - 1948), The Hannover Merzbau, 1933. Photo by Wilhelm Redemann (German, 1892 - 1953)

Olivia Erlanger (American, b. 1990), Soft Kiss, 2020, plexiglass, architectural model, urethane resin, dibond, lichen, charcoal, wood, acrylic paint, artificial snow #15. Image from OFLUXO

Villanovan, Hut Urn, 8th Century BCE, terracotta. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia

Pepón Osorio (Puerto Rican, b. 1955), En la barbería no se llora (No Crying in the Barbershop), 1994, mixed media with barber chairs, photographs, objects, and video. Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Ryūji Miyamoto (Japanese, b. 1947), Kowloon Walled City, photographed in 1987 / printed in 2004, gelatin silver print. M+, Hong Kong, China

Carrie Walter Stettheimer (American, 1869 - 1944), The Stettheimer Dollhouse (detail of foyer), 1916 - 1935. Museum of the City of New York

James Casebere (American, b. 1953), “Bright Yellow House”, 2018, framed archival pigment print mounted to dibond. Image from Artsy

Antony Gormley (English, b. 1950), Space Station, 2007, Corten steel. Image from Galleria Continua, Boissy-le-Châtel, France

Bodys Isek Kingelez (Congolese, 1948 - 2015), Ville Fantôme, 1996, installation detail. Image from Art Papers