Beyond Surface Appeal: Literalism, Sensibilities, and Constituencies in the Work of James Carpenter Whiting Sarah
Beyond Surface Appeal: Literalism, Sensibilities, and Constituencies in the Work of James Carpenter Whiting Sarah Two essays and a set of original diagrams consider the parameters of the "something…
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Beyond Surface Appeal: Literalism, Sensibilities, and Constituencies in the Work of James Carpenter Whiting Sarah
Two essays and a set of original diagrams consider the parameters of the "something beyond" in James Carpenter's projects. Linder draws out the continuities between this early work and Carpenter's current practice as a glass designer, demonstrating a consistent focus on literalism--materiality, spatial perception, and inhabitation--as opposed to phenomenological effect, expression, and representation. Architectural historian Mark Linder offers a long view of Carpenter's work, placing his early career as an installation artist and experimental filmmaker in the context of contemporary art practices.
Rather than succumbing to the technique of Brechtian estrangement (which has become a default strategy for avant-garde practices in all domains), Carpenter gently eases his Architectural critic Sarah Whiting examines the sensibilities and constituencies that emerge from Carpenter's practice.