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Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum

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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum says:

For the building’s 50th anniversary, the Guggenheim invited scores of artists to leave practicality or even reality behind in conjuring their proposals for the space. In this exhibition of ideal projects, certain themes emerge, including the return to nature in its primordial state, the desire to climb the building, the interplay of light and space, the interest in diaphanous effects as a counterpoint to the concrete structure, and the impact of sound on the environment. Conceived as both a commemoration and a self-reflexive folly, Contemplating the Void confirms how truly catalytic the architecture of the Guggenheim can be.

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A show like this only cements Frank Lloyd Wright's rep as an epochal visionary. After all, the world is still trying to fill the "void" he left a half-century later. This exhibition of awesome, would-be interventions for his Guggenheim rotunda touches upon that childlike urge to climb the building and includes countless permutations of light, space, and sound. Look out for 2D contributions by designers Fernando and Humberto Campana, conceptual artist Lawrence Weiner, sculptor Alice Aycock, architects Snøhetta and Toyo Ito & Associates, and so many more.

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