Yayoi Kusama
Revised and Expanded Edition
An updated edition of the acclaimed monograph, celebrating one of the most iconic and revolutionary artists of our time. “Yayoi Kusama transcended the art world to become a fixture of popular culture, in a league with Andy Warhol, David Hockney, and Keith Haring.” —The New York Times Kusama is internationally renowned for her groundbreaking work […]
Frankenstein’s monster in popular culture
Frankenstein’s monster has a pervasive influence on popular culture. Here, we take a look at some of the illustrations and comic books that have taken the creature as their subject.
Affordable couture
When Louisa Rechter, AB ’09, and Alessandra Perez-Rubio, BFA ’09, couldn’t find designer, black-tie attire at a price point they could afford, they decided to create their own line. Mestiza New York, a fashion line blends Filipino and American style, is the happy result.
3 Stages of Architectural Education
Being located close to the geographical center of the United States carries with it the burden of balancing the theoretical investigations of the East Coast with the formal sculpturalism of the West Coast. The radical experiments in education that Heather Woofter and Sung Ho Kim carry out at Washington University in Saint Louis express the […]
Axi:Ome
WOOFTER+KIM
Edited by: Luis CarranzaIntroduction by: Nasrine SerajiEssays by: Kristina Van Dyke, Eric Mumford and Luis Carranza The book “Axi:Ome” is a collection of projects and essays about the St. Louis-based architectural practice led by Heather Woofter and Sung Ho Kim, which engages the architectural profession within the bounds of academic endeavors. Woofter and Kim have […]
Historical movies help students learn, but separating fact from fiction can be challenge
Students who learn history by watching historically based blockbuster movies may be doomed to repeat the historical mistakes portrayed within them, suggests a new study from Washington University in St. Louis. Findings suggest showing popular history movies in a classroom setting can be a double-edged sword when it comes to helping students learn and retain factual information in associated textbooks.
Spatial Practice
Axi:ome
The book “Spatial Practice” is a collection of projects and essays on Axi:Ome llc of St. Louis, a young architectural design studio. Like most young designers they employ digital tools as design process. The difference between their and other young digital practices is the final output of the design resolution. Axi:Ome llc fully develops their work within […]
Specular
Between Practice and Education
Derived from the Latin words axiom and forme, the American based office of Axi:Ome engages in architecture as research: a mode of practice that directly interfaces with social, cultural economic and environmental influences. Over the course of eight chapters a total of eleven works from the office are examined, including the Media Arcade and Locust […]
American Art of the 1980s
Mark Tansey, detail, *Four Forbidden Senses (Taste, Sound, Smell, Touch)* (1982), Oil on four canvas panelsThe art world of the 1980s was a place of artistic diversity and aesthetic contention. In January, the Gallery of Art at Washington University in St. Louis will revisit those years with American Art of the 1980s: Selections From the Broad Collections, which includes 14 large-scale paintings and sculptures by 11 celebrated and sometimes controversial figures.