{"id":2450,"date":"2011-05-02T10:23:49","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T16:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/?p=2450"},"modified":"2011-05-09T09:24:01","modified_gmt":"2011-05-09T15:24:01","slug":"free-admission-on-thursday-may-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/2011\/05\/free-admission-on-thursday-may-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Lloyd Wright closes Sunday, May 15"},"content":{"rendered":"

Frank Lloyd Wright exhibition closes Sunday, May 15<\/strong>
\nLast chance to see this “don’t miss” show<\/em><\/p>\n

Milwaukee, Wis.<\/strong> – Museum visitors have just a few days left to see the visually-entralling exhibition on Frank Lloyd Wright. With over one hundred rare drawings\u2014including more than thirty never before seen by the public\u2014scale models, furniture, photo enlargements, and rare video footage, Frank Lloyd Wright: Organic Architecture for the 21st Century<\/em> explores the principles of Wright\u2019s architecture and their relevance today.\u00a0The exhibition closes on Sunday, May 15.<\/p>\n

Reflecting on Wright\u2019s impact during his lifetime and his significance today,\u00a0the exhibition\u00a0highlights the many triumphs of Wright\u2019s career and focus on his grand opus of suburban planning, Living City (1958) which, though never realized, was the culmination of all his work.<\/p>\n

\u201cThroughout his career, Wright spoke of his organic architecture in terms of time, place, and people. In relation to time, Wright was specifically interested in technological innovation, particularly in how the advances of the day allowed him new freedoms as an architect,\u201d said Brady Roberts, chief curator for the Milwaukee Art Museum. \u201cRegarding place and people, the surrounding landscape and local resources always influenced Wright\u2019s designs and materials, whether for family residence, workplace, or urban plan. He wanted to connect with new technology and use it to advance his architecture.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wright also designed furniture, fabrics, art glass, lamps, dinnerware, silver, linens, and graphic arts, which are also featured in the exhibition.\u00a0 Wright was a prolific writer, an educator, and philosopher, authoring twenty books and countless articles, lecturing throughout the United States and Europe, and developing remarkable plans for urban living that continue to be examined by modern architects.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cWright was a prophetic thinker, decades ahead of his peers. In many ways, key aspects of his career relate to issues and practices of architecture today, including sustainability and efficiency,\u201d said Roberts. \u201cIn examining Wright\u2019s concern with material and space efficiency, economical use of manufactured materials, attention to local environment, and use of natural light, we see his profound contribution as a visionary for architectural practice in the twenty-first century.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wisconsin is an exceptional resource for exploring Wright-designed buildings, including Wright\u2019s home and studio in Spring Green, known as Taliesin. The exhibition also explores local Wright sites in Milwaukee and Racine.<\/p>\n

\u201cMilwaukee has Burnham Street, the Bogk House, the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, and nearby buildings like the Johnson Wax Administration Building and Wingspread in Racine,\u201d said Roberts. \u201cWith his home in Oak Park and Taliesin in Spring Green both only a short drive away, Milwaukee is the central starting point for Wright enthusiasts to experience his organic vision.\u201d<\/p>\n

In conjunction with the exhibition and in partnership with Kohl\u2019s, the Museum has opened the Kohl\u2019s Art Generation Gallery \u201cJust the WRIGHT Size,\u201d where kids can come create their own architectural masterpieces with wood and foam blocks, draw, and enjoy a miniature Wright-inspired dollhouse.\u00a0 Activities in both the Kohl\u2019s Art Generation Gallery and the Kohl\u2019s Art Generation studio are free.<\/p>\n

Admission to the Museum is $14 for adults, $12 for seniors and students, and children age 12 and under are free. The Museum is open Tuesday-Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and until 8 p.m. on Thursdays.<\/p>\n

Frank Lloyd Wright: Organic Architecture for the 21st Century<\/em> <\/a>is organized by the Milwaukee Art Museum and the Phoenix Art Museum in conjunction with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Scottsdale. The exhibition will travel to the Phoenix Art Museum in 2012.<\/p>\n

ABOUT FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT<\/strong>
\nFrank Lloyd Wright (1867\u20131959) spent more than 70 years creating designs that revolutionized the art and architecture of the 20th century. In all, he designed 1,141 works\u2014including houses, offices, churches, schools, libraries, bridges and museums. Of that total, 532 resulted in completed works, 409 of which still stand. Wright also designed furniture, fabrics, art glass, lamps, dinnerware, silver, linens and graphic arts. In addition, he was a prolific writer, an educator and a philosopher. He authored 20 books and countless articles, lectured throughout the United States and in Europe, and developed a remarkable plan for decentralizing urban America that continues to be debated by scholars and writers to this day.<\/p>\n

EXHIBITION SPONSORS
\n<\/strong>Frank Lloyd Wright: Organic Architecture for the 21st Century is sponsored by SC Johnson Fund and PNC, with the Figge Foundation and Thomas K. Figge. Additional generous support is provided by Andy Nunemaker, the Dorothy W. Inbusch Foundation, the Ruth St. John and John Dunham West Foundation, and the Wisconsin Department of Tourism.<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE MUSEUM
\n<\/strong>The Milwaukee Art Museum\u2019s far-reaching holdings include more than 25,000 works spanning antiquity to the present day. With a history dating back to 1888, the Museum houses a collection with strengths in 19th- and 20th-century American and European art, contemporary art, American decorative arts, and folk and self-taught art.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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