Hans Hollein - transFORMS
Published by Centre Pompidou
- From wednesday, march 5, 2025 to monday, june 2, 2025
- 11:00 AM-9:00 PM
- Centre Georges Pompidou - Beaubourg place Georges Pompidou, 75004 Paris, France
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Although the Austrian Hans Hollein (1934 – 2014) is widely recognised as an architect, his work extends far beyond that field. As an artist, theorist, designer and exhibition curator, he embodied a wholehearted commitment to every area of creative practice, true to his 1968 manifesto Everything Is Architecture.
The exhibition “Hans Hollein transFORMS” offers a deeper understanding of the coherence of his creative and critical approach. It highlights his most iconic works, which mark the course of an exploration spanning more than half a century. His association with postmodernism deserves to be reconsidered in light of his involvement in the various movements that shaped the post-avant-gardes from the 1960s to the 1980s, ranging from Art Informel to conceptual art and radical architecture.
In 1987, the Centre Pompidou devoted a major exhibition to the Austrian architect, and in 2016, the Musée national d’art moderne acquired a substantial collection of his works, including installations, models, drawings and archival materials covering every aspect and period of his practice.
Cover: Hans Hollein, “Sketch for the Façade of the Strada Novissima”, 1st Venice International Architecture Biennale, “La presenza del passato” [The Presence of the Past], 1980 -. © Private Archive Hollein -. Photo credit: Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Philippe Migeat/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn
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Centre Georges Pompidou - Beaubourg
place Georges Pompidou, 75004 Paris, France