TELLING DETAILS: The Architecture of Clifford Wiens

May 26, 2007 to August 26, 2007

TELLING DETAILS goes beyond the ‘fashion show’ approach of some design exhibitions that rely solely on photographs, to also use textual explanations, video footage of the architect, original working drawings and stunning new scale models built expressly for this exhibition by the architect, to interpret and explain the ideas and principles implicit in his design work.

This exhibition both “tells the details” of Glen Kerr-born Wiens and his work, and also finds the “telling details” — the essential ideas in each of his built creations. (Written by Trevor Boddy, Vancouver-based Art/Architecture critic and historian, exhibition curator of TELLING DETAILS).

Events:

The Ordinary Amazing Symposium: The Cultural Value of Modernist Architecture
Friday, May 25 to Sunday, May 27, 2007

BUILT: a sheltering mirage Performance Series by Robin Poitras

triangle (based on the University of Regina Heating and Cooling Plant) on Friday, May 25, 2007, 8:00 p.m.

circle (based on John Nugent Studio, Lumsen) on Saturday, June 23, 2007 at 2 p.m.

square (based on Silton Chapel) on Saturday, August 25, 2007 at 2 p.m.

Public tours on Thursdays and Fridays at 7 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays at 3 p.m. from June 1 to August 26, 2007.

TELLING DETAILS is organized and circulated by the Mendel Art Gallery with support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the City of Saskatoon and through a contribution from the Museums Assistance Program, Department of Canadian Heritage. At the MacKenzie, this exhibition is made possible through the generous support of the Donald and Claire Kramer Foundation. CBC Regina is the local media sponsor.

Image Credit:

Clifford Wiens
Heating and Cooling Plant, University of Regina, 1967
Photo: Henry Kalen. Courtesy of Clifford Wiens.

TELLING DETAILS: The Architecture of Clifford Wiens

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