Tag: Brutalism
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How Vincent Fournier captured Oscar Niemeyer’s Modernist masterpiece, Brasília
French visual artist and photographer Vincent Fournier speaks to Cultural Union about Brasília – his extraordinary body of work chronicling Oscar Niemeyer’s mid-century Brazilian capital city The beautiful, compelling and unnerving images of Vincent Fourier have been surfacing with an increasing tempo across the globe, and it’s surely because they speak so eloquently to our need to…
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Brutalist dreams: how visual artist Vincent Fournier photographs past visions of the future
French visual artist and photographer Vincent Fournier speaks to Cultural Union about his work chronicling the mid-century Futurist and Brutalist structures of eastern Europe We first encountered the work of French visual artist Vincent Fournier at the Civilization exhibition in the Saatchi Gallery in London, where his photography reframed contemporary life as something unfamiliar and other, challenging us to…
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Amy Lau on the beauty of Brutalist design
It’s a freezing day in New York when Amy Lau sits down with Cultural Union, just hours before she’s leaving for a tropical Hawaii beset by volcanic eruptions. We’d expect nothing less from the glamorous designer, who so effortlessly blends the ice-cool and the dramatic in the interiors she creates for her clients around the…