Artists Space

Architecture & Design Project Series:
Zaha Hadid

June 4 – July 26, 2003

Coinciding with the opening of Zaha Hadid’s first built project in the United States – the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Arts in Cincinnati – Artists Space is mounting a large-scale exhibition of her visionary work, including the unveiling of the design for her most recent US commission – the Price Tower Arts Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

Photograph of a large building on an urban street composed of rectangular sections of dark black and white stone that jut variously in towards and away from the building
[Photograph of a large building on an urban street composed of rectangular sections of dark black and white stone that jut variously in towards and away from the building's facade. The bottom portion of the building is supported by two white columns and has a glass facade.]

Mainspace

Opening Reception
Wednesday June 4, 6 - 8:30pm

This exhibition provides an in-depth look at several built and unbuilt projects by Hadid including new drawings, models, digital animations and paintings.

Artists Space is honored to host this significant exhibition of Hadid’s provocative and challenging architecture at this critical junction in her career. This exhibition extends the tradition of Artists Space’s Architecture and Design Series, which has featured the work of emerging and established architectural practitioners since 1978.

Zaha Hadid is one of the world’s most renowned architects. Recent projects such as the Rosenthal Center, the Center for Contemporary Arts, Rome, Wolfsburg Science Center, and the Strasbourg Tram Station, extend and build on over 20 years of radical experimentation and research in the fields of urbanism, architecture and design.

A dimly lit gallery space with wooden flooring. Three large, rectangular photographs of various buildings’ architectural details are suspended from the ceiling, hanging on thin wires. Two of the images have been printed on a tarp-like material, while the image on the far left is suspended within a large sheet of transparent plexiglass.
Zaha Hadid. Installation view, Artists Space, 2003. [A dimly lit gallery space with wooden flooring. Three large, rectangular photographs of various buildings’ architectural details are suspended from the ceiling, hanging on thin wires. Two of the images have been printed on a tarp-like material, while the image on the far left is suspended within a large sheet of transparent plexiglass.]
A dimly lit gallery space with wooden flooring. Several sheets of thin gray board hang from the gallery ceiling by thin wires such that they form a set of suspended display walls. The boards are arranged such that they face one another and form a hallway-like area that one can walk through. Various photographs and architectural renderings of buildings are displayed on the walls. A wall arranged to the far right of the others displays black san-serif wall text. Large header text on the wall reads, “ZAHA HADID.”
Zaha Hadid. Installation view, Artists Space, 2003. [A dimly lit gallery space with wooden flooring. Several sheets of thin gray board hang from the gallery ceiling by thin wires such that they form a set of suspended display walls. The boards are arranged such that they face one another and form a hallway-like area that one can walk through. Various photographs and architectural renderings of buildings are displayed on the walls. A wall arranged to the far right of the others displays black san-serif wall text. Large header text on the wall reads, “ZAHA HADID.”]
A dimly lit gallery space with wooden flooring, white walls, and white columns. A large, amorphous brown structure with curved sides and a smooth surface is displayed on the gallery floor closest to the viewer. Behind this structure, three columns run diagonally across the gallery space. A gray plinth is located behind the leftmost column and supports several small models. Further back behind the columns and stretching out across the wide gallery space are various photographs of a variety of buildings and building complexes. These images are screenprinted on sheets of tarp that hang from the gallery ceiling.
Zaha Hadid. Installation view, Artists Space, 2003. [A dimly lit gallery space with wooden flooring, white walls, and white columns. A large, amorphous brown structure with curved sides and a smooth surface is displayed on the gallery floor closest to the viewer. Behind this structure, three columns run diagonally across the gallery space. A gray plinth is located behind the leftmost column and supports several small models. Further back behind the columns and stretching out across the wide gallery space are various photographs of a variety of buildings and building complexes. These images are screenprinted on sheets of tarp that hang from the gallery ceiling.]

Major support for this exhibition was provided by Donna Karan and The Karan-Weiss Foundation.

Additional support is provided by Elise Jaffe and Jeffrey Brown, the Stephen A. and Diana L. Goldberg Foundation and the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

In-kind services provided by the Mercer Hotel and Bestype Imaging.

Special thanks to Markus Dochantschi, Matias Musacchio, Woody Yao, Bree Jeppson, Curatorial Assistant Christine Messineo, Project Manager Liz Campbell, and Chris Perry.