Philip Johnson
Glenn Walls. Philip Johnson. Pencil on Paper. 2018
Glenn Walls. Philip Johnson. Pencil on Paper. 2018
National Pride
Glenn Walls. National Pride – Indigenous Flag. Acrylic Perspex. 59 cms diameter, 2017.
“Tell him he’s dreaming” is taken from the 1997 Australian movie, “The Castle”.
A Dollop of Modernism does everybody good (Barcelona Pavilion)
A dollop of Modernism does everybody good. Digital Print, 2017. Photographed on location at Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona Pavilion, Barcelona, Spain. 2017.
A dollop of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe does everybody good. Digital Print, 2017. Photographed on location at Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona Pavilion, Barcelona, Spain. 2017.
A dollop of Modernism does everybody good. Digital Print, 2017. Photographed on location at Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona Pavilion, Barcelona, Spain. 2017.
Stop Being Poor
Stop Being Poor, 2017. Mirror plinth, mirror perspex, yellow paint, wood. mixed media
A dollop of Modernism does everyone good.
A dollop of Modernism does everyone good. Digital Print, 2017. (Reworking of the work; Le Corbusier designed nothing for me. 2011).
Why Bother
Why Bother. (Woman’s Nike Sky Dunk Hi Essential). Jelutong wood, mirror perspex, yellow paint. 2017
Retrospective
Dual Meaning of Things, 2009. Exhibited at Westspace Sept 2009. Part of the Superlost series.
Prototype for Sophisticated Living No 1. Mirror tiles, wood, skateboard woods. 65 x 65 x 45 (approx.).
Prototype for Sophisticated Living No 1. Mirror tiles, wood, skateboard woods. 65 x 65 x 45 (approx.)
Superwheels. Mirror tiles, wood, skater wheels.
I am one of God’s mistakes. Part of Superlost exhibition. Mirror perspex, wood.
Super Suspended 2. Mirrored tiles, skate wheels, various materials. 2016
Based on the Continuous Monument by Superstudio. Background taken from Cite de I’Architecture et du Patrimoine.
Supershoe 2. (Woman’s Nike Sky Dunk Hi Essential). Jelutong wood, Mirror tiles. 2017
Installation view. Exhibition Carlton Hotel & Studios.
The Death of Architecture (Superstudio: The Continuous Monument). Metal Staples, wood, skater wheels. 2016
Prototype for Sophisticated Living No 3. Adidas soccer ball, wood, fake fur
Supershoes. Mirror tiles, wood. Nike Shoes. Begun 2008. Completed 2017
Less is More. Mirror perspex on wood. 2017
The Death of Architecture (Superstudio: The Continuous Monument)
Glenn Walls. The Death of Architecture (Inspired by Superstudio, The Continuous Monument). Metal staples & Skateboard wheels. 2016
Glenn Walls. The Death of Architecture (Inspired by Superstudio, The Continuous Monument). Metal staples & Skateboard wheels. 2016
Superstudio, The Continuous Monument. Never constructed 1969 – 71
On top of the world… Il Monumento Continuo, a gridded structure that the Superstudio architects suggested would eventually cover the planet (Glancey, J. 2003).
The Death of Architecture (Part 4)
The Death of Architecture (Part 4) . Based on Superstudio, The Continuous Monument. Mirrors, mirrored perspex on wood, skater wheels
The Death of Architecture (Part 4) . Based on Superstudio, The Continuous Monument. Mirrors, mirrored perspex on wood, skater wheels
The Death of Architecture (Part 4) . Based on Superstudio, The Continuous Monument. Mirrors, mirrored perspex on wood, skater wheels
The Death of Architecture (Part 4) Mirrored perspex on wood.
The Death of Architecture (Part 4) Mirrored perspex on wood.
The Death of Architecture (Part 3)
The Death of Architecture (Part 3). Mirror perspex, Jelutong wood and wool rug
The Death of Architecture (Part 3). Mirror perspex, Jelutong and wool rug
The Death of Architecture (Part 3). Development work. Jelutong
The Death of Architecture (Part 3). Development work. Jelutong
The Death of Architecture (Part 3). Development work. Jelutong
Death of Architecture: Farnsworth House (Part 2)
Death of Architecture: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Farnsworth House (Part 2)
The Death of Architecture. Superstudio (Part 1)
Super Suspended 2. Mirrored tiles, skate wheels, various materials. 2016
Based on the Continuous Monument by Superstudio. Background taken from Cite de I’Architecture et du Patrimoine.
White People
White People and their Spaces. Mirror acrylic on wood. 2014
More to come…….
What you would see if you were Superstudio….
Large scale bookcovers
Self and Boring Others, 2014
No Difference At All is based on R. D. Laing 1961 book, Self and Others (seen in the top work). Eminent Italian graphic designer Germano Facetti designed the cover. R.D. Laing was a Scottish psychiatrist who wrote extensively on mental illness. The World Health Organisation considered homosexuality a mental illness until 1993. Using Facetti design of Laing’s book cover, No Difference At All highlights that sexual preference within the LGBTI community is no longer considered a mental illness by most western countries, however countries such as Uganda recently have imposed harsh anti gay laws and continue to label it as a mental disorder. The three circles are the colour of the Uganda flag. The red circle of the work is a mirror where we see a reflection of ourselves, noting that there is no difference at all, legally or medically between any of us. We are all the same no matter what our sexual preference may be.
How to avoid everything
How to avoid everything booklet
Glenn Walls, How to avoid everything, Yellow booklet, Perspex,
10 x 15 cms, 2014
I am Australian
I am Australian. I will wear black until something blacker comes out. Perspex on wood. 2014 (study for larger work).
I am Australian. I will wear white until something whiter comes out. Perspex on wood. 2013/14 (study for larger work).
I am Australian is based Marcel Duchamp cover design for the Surrealist oriented publication Minotaure No 6, 1934. Minotaure was published between 1933 and 1939. The magazine focused on articles relating to Surrealist principles and theories, architecture and also contained the first published essays of the famed French psychiatrist and philosopher, Jacques Lacan (Vol. 1 & 4). Duchamp cover utilizes modernist principles of simplicity and lent itself to the redesign of the aboriginal flag. Alfred Deakin was Australia’s second prime minister and instrumental in the writing of the White Australia policy.
Nothing for me. Part 2
Glenn Walls. Modernist architecture is a lie.
Le Corbusier & Pierre Jeanneret, Villa Savoye, 1928 – 31, Digital Print 2013.
Shot on location at Le Corbusier & Pierre Jeanneret, Villa Savoye. Poissy, France. September 2013.
Glenn Walls. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed nothing for me.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona Pavilion, 1929.
Shot on location at Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona Pavilion. Barcelona, Spain. September 2013.
Glenn Walls. Le Corbusier designed nothing for me.
Le Corbusier & Pierre Jeanneret, Villa Savoye, 1928 – 31.
Shot on location at Le Corbusier & Pierre Jeanneret, Villa Savoye. Poissy, France. September 2013.
Works
Superwheels. Mirror tiles, skateboard wheels. 2013
Prototype for Sophisticated Living No 4. Balsa wood, paint, 2007 -13
I Am Anonymous. Mirror perspex, wood. 120 x 240 cms. 2007 – 13
How to Avoid Everything. Theoretical Book Covers 2013
How to avoid being you. Hiding your being in the built environment. Perspex on wood. 2013
How to avoid being you. Hiding your being in the built environment. Perspex on wood. 2013
How to Avoid Modernism – Ulises Carrión
How to Avoid Modernism – Ulises Carrión
Pencil on Graph paper. 2012
Ulises Carrión is credited with being one of the first artists to write a general theory about artists’ books. His influential essay, ‘The New Art of Making Books,’ written in 1975, analyzes the traditional form of books in the context its tactile, visual, and intellectual merits. Carrión’s work with visual and concrete poetry expanded the use of the book as a medium for artistic expression that uses the page as an alternative gallery space.
The above information is taken from the following website:
Life without Objects
Book covers. Installation view.
Includes (lower right hand side): Shelter. Le Corbusier, Unité d’Habitation ( Version 1). Perspex on wood. 2012. 19 x 29 cms (study for larger work)
Prototype for Sophisticated Living No 1 (Version 2). Mirror tiles, skateboard wheels. 65 x 65 x 45 (approx.). 2007/2012
Book covers. Installation view. Front sculpture: Hoodwink (after Sean). Jelutong, Mirror perspex, Mirror tiles, white tape. 2012. (Prototype)
Shelter. Le Corbusier, Unité d’Habitation ( Version 1). Perspex on wood. 2012. 19 x 29 cms (study for larger work)
Installation view. TCB Inc. Untitled (Baseball Bats). Baseball bats and mirror tiles. Dimension variable. 2012
Book covers. Installation view.
Includes: Shelter. Le Corbusier, Unité d’Habitation ( Version 1, study for larger work), Everything Popular is Wrong, All Art Is Useless. Perspex on wood. 2012. 19 x 29 cms. 2012
Hoodwink (after Sean). Jelutong, Mirror perspex, Mirror tiles, white tape. 2012 (Prototype)
Life without Objects.
Opening Wednesday 15th February 2012
6 – 8pm
TCB
12 Waratah Pl Melbourne VIC 3000. Wed – Sat 12 noon – 6pm
Exhibition dates: 15 Feb – 3 March
The Grid. Le Corbusier, Unite d’Habitation 1946 – 52. 2011 & 2012
The Grid. Le Corbusier, Unite d’Habitation 1946 – 52 Vs Superstudio. Ink on paper. 2012
Shelter (Aboriginal Flag). Le Corbusier, Unité d’Habitation ( Version 1). Perspex on wood. 2012. 19 x 29 cms (study for larger work)
The Australian Aboriginal Flag is a flag that represents Indigenous Australians. It was designed in 1971 by Aboriginal artist Harold Thomas, who is descended from the Luritjapeople of Central Australia and holds Intellectual propertyrights in the flag’s design. The flag was originally designed for the land rights movement, and it became a symbol of the Aboriginal people ofAustralia.
The symbolic meaning of the flag colours (as stated by Harold Thomas) is:
- Black: Represents the Aboriginal people of Australia
- Red: Represents the red earth, the red ochre and a spiritual relation to the land
- Yellow: Represents the Sun, the giver of life and protector
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