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text by Pierluigi Serraino | German translation by Annette Wiethüchter and Kyra Stromberg, French translation by Jacques Bosser
Le maître du modernisme
Les trésors exhumés de Julius Shulman
Nous avons tellement vu certains bâtiments des années 1950 et 1960 dans des livres ou des magazines qu'ils représentent aujourd'hui l'esprit du design architectural de cette époque. Mais qu'en est-il de ceux qui ont été oubliés en route et qui n'ont jamais, ou presque, trouvé leur place dans ces publications ?
Les archives inexploitées de Julius Shulman font apparaître un visage oublié du modernisme. Grâce à ce livre, Taschen les fait sortir de l'ombre dans un grand hommage au modernisme californien sous toutes ses formes. C'est un peu comme glisser à l'intérieur d'une histoire intime, dans des maisons rarement présentées que l'on n'avait jusqu'ici pas vraiment eu la chance d'apprécier. En rassemblant près de 200 chefs-d'oeuvre délaissés, Modernism Rediscovered - La redécouverte d'un modernisme rend hommage à ces réalisations moins célèbres, mais tout aussi exceptionnelles et essentielles dans la constitution de ce mouvement moderne de l'architecture.
The Master of Modern
Discoveries from the Julius Shulman vaults
The buildings burned into our memories, which for us represent the spirit of 1950s and 1960s architectural design, are the ones whose pictures were widely published in magazines and books ; but what about those that got lost along the way because they rarely or never appeared in print ?
The abandoned files of Julius Shulman show us another side of Modernism, one that has been overlooked for many years. With this book, Taschen brings it to light, paying homage to California Modernism in all its forms. It's like sneaking into a private history, into homes that have rarely been seen and hardly appreciated as of yet. Bringing together nearly 200 forgotten masterpieces, Modernism Rediscovered breathes eternal life into these outstanding contributions to the modern architectural movement.
Meister der Moderne
Entdeckungen aus den Archiven Julius Shulmans
Die Gebäude, die in unserer Erinnerung den Geist der Architektur der 1950er- und 1960er-Jahre verkörpern, sind die, deren Abbildungen überall durch Magazine und Bücher verbreitet wurden. Doch was ist mit denen, die irgendwo auf der Strecke blieben und kaum oder nie veröffentlicht wurden ?
Das Archiv von Julius Shulman zeigt uns eine andere Seite der Moderne, um die es so viele Jahre lang ruhig gewesen ist. Mit diesem Buch bringt Taschen sie zurück ans Licht und würdigt den kalifornischen Modernismus in all seinen Formen. Es ist, als schleiche man sich in eine private Geschichte und in Häuser hinein, die bis jetzt nur selten wahrgenommen und kaum geschätzt wurden. Modernism Rediscovered- Die wiederentdeckte Moderne versammelt beinahe 200 vergessene Meisterwerke und zollt den weniger bekannten, doch hervorragenden Vertretern der modernen Architekturbewegung Tribut.
The photographer : American photographer Julius Shulman's images of Californian architecture have burned themselves into the retina of the 20th century. A book on modern architecture without Shulman is inconceivable. Some of his architectural photographs, like the iconic shots of Frank Lloyd Wright's or Pierre Koenig's remarkable structures, have been published countless times. The brilliance of buildings like those by Charles Eames, as well as those of his close friend, Richard Neutra, was first brought to light by Shulman's photography. The clarity of his work demanded that architectural photography had to be considered as an independent art form. Each Shulman image unites perception and understanding for the buildings and their place in the landscape. The precise compositions reveal not just the architectural ideas behind a building's surface, but also the visions and hopes of an entire age. A sense of humanity is always present in his work, even when the human figure is absent from the actual photographs. Today, a great many of the buildings documented by Shulman have disappeared or been crudely converted, but the thirst for his pioneering images is stronger than ever before.
The author : Pierluigi Serraino is a practicing architect residing in the San Francisco Bay Area. The author of many books on architecture, including Taschen'sModernism Rediscovered, his articles and projects have appeared in Architectural Design, ArCA, Global Architecture, Hunch, Construire, Architettura, ACADIA, and Journal of Architectural Education.
