This exhibition of works by architects and artists installed at Rudolph Schindler's house in West Hollywood, California takes the fraught relationship between the architect and his wife as its theme.
The Soft Schindler? exhibit features works by 14 architecture studios and artists that intend to add softness to or contrast with the house, which the celebrated modernist architect completed in 1922.
The showcase was curated by architecture critic Mimi Zeiger, who intends the project to explore the outdated idea of binary concepts.
Among the works on show are the Swaddle Stools by Tanya Aguiñiga and Don't! I will by Design, Bitches, which covers clerestory windows
"Soft Schindler? participants, through their respective practices and presented works, show the incompleteness of binary ideas in architecture, sculpture, and design," said a project description. "Femininity versus masculinity, inside versus outside, heavy versus light, rational versus emotional ? framing such notions as outmoded."
Zeiger came up with the idea after learning about the relationship between Schindler and his wife Pauline, who lived together in the house.
The Austrian-born American architect had designed the property in West Hollywood as a home and office for two couples, with a shared kitchen. When tensions rose between Pauline and Rudolph, they chose to live in the separate wings.
Berlin artist Sonja Gerdes's installation comprises bright colours that contrast the house's existin...