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Architecture Shows at UCSB in Goleta, CA, USA: Events Programme
Jun 9, 2017
University of California Santa Barbara Exhibition News
Location: Isla Vista – campus of the UCSB in Goleta, California, United States of America
Clocks and Clouds: The Architecture of Escher GuneWardena

On view: July 8 ? August 20, 2017 Opening Reception: July 7, 5:30-7:30pm
The Art, Design, & Architecture Museum presents Clocks and Clouds: The Architecture of Escher GuneWardena, a mid-career survey of the firm founded in Los Angeles by Frank Escher and Ravi GuneWardena in 1997.
The work shown highlights Escher GuneWardena?s generous and boundary-blurring engagement with art, craft, and architecture while presenting the full scope of their architectural practice, their collaborations with artists, and their explorations in architectural history. House of Seven Screens:

photo by Clarke Henry, 2016
The exhibition is designed as an assemblage of material from the studio, with shifts in themes and media as one moves through the space of the gallery. Included are examples of Escher and GuneWardena?s collaborations with artists, as well as their exploration into the realm of performance (Pauline: An Opera, 2013), and works that incorporate historical material from the Architecture and Design Collection at UC Santa Barbara. ?Portraits? of Escher GuneW...