for everyone a garden VI, from the series "for everyone a garden"
<p>Chicago-based artist David Hartt explores how architecture both reveals—and fails to fulfill—the ideals of a given community. Titled after a 1974 book by the architect Moshe Safdie that argues for the social benefits of modular and prefabricated design, these drawings depict the inadequacies of one such project—architect Jean-Louis Chanéac’s 1962 “juxtaposable cellules,” oval pods arranged in organic clusters. On the right, a well-dressed man in a luxurious interior expresses a leftist statement that clashes with his lavish environment.</p> <p>On the left, a diverse group of citizens protests under the banner of Safdie’s slogan; the subtext is that Chanéac’s spaces are only accessible to the wealthy. Hartt enlisted a professional illustrator to draft these images based on a digital collage he designed himself. He then glazed the drawings using color Plexiglas in the palette of 1960s and 1970s psychedelia, arguably another failed utopian project.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 2013
- Dimensions
- Each image/paper: 151 × 201 cm (59 1/2 × 79 3/16 in.); frame: 152.5 × 204 × 5.5 cm (60 1/16 × 80 3/8 × 2 3/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- David Hartt
Artist
Installation
David Hartt is a Canadian artist and educator living and working in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hartt works across various media to examine the transformation of ideas and histories over time.
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- David Hartt
- Year
- 2013
- Dimensions
- Each image/paper: 151 × 201 cm (59 1/2 × 79 3/16 in.); frame: 152.5 × 204 × 5.5 cm (60 1/16 × 80 3/8 × 2 3/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-2013-111897
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- Art Institute of Chicago
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