Brad Cloepfil receives Graham Foundation Grant for Case Work
May 29, 2015
The Graham Foundation has just named Brad Cloepfil and Allied Works among its 2015 grant recipients for the project Case Work: Drawings and Models.
Curated by Dean Sobel of the Clyfford Still Museum, Case Work offers an inside view into Allied Works’ unique approach to design, a process driven by a rich material and physical investigation. The conceptual models and sketches featured in the exhibition—forged of diverse matter such as reclaimed timbers, porcelain, resin, glass, lead, and steel— distill the essence of each project, and explore the dialogue among material, technique, and intention that lies at the heart of architectural practice. Installed within a series of custom-built cases, these works will initiate discourse on building and site, public and private space, and the very nature of making and structure.
Founded in 1956, the Chicago-based Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts awards grants in order to foster the development and exchange of ideas about architecture and its larger role in art, culture and society. The Foundation is most interested in projects that “investigate the contemporary condition, expand historical perspectives, or explore the future of architecture and the designed environment,” while bringing the work of architects, designers, planners and artists to new audiences.
Cloepfil is one of the Foundation’s six exhibition grantees for 2015. Case Work will open at the Denver Art Museum in January 2016 before traveling to several national and international venues and will be accompanied by a full-length catalogue published by D.A.P.
The Graham Foundation has just named Brad Cloepfil and Allied Works among its 2015 grant recipients for the project Case Work: Drawings and Models.
Curated by Dean Sobel of the Clyfford Still Museum, Case Work offers an inside view into Allied Works’ unique approach to design, a process driven by a rich material and physical investigation. The conceptual models and sketches featured in the exhibition—forged of diverse matter such as reclaimed timbers, porcelain, resin, glass, lead, and steel— distill the essence of each project, and explore the dialogue among material, technique, and intention that lies at the heart of architectural practice. Installed within a series of custom-built cases, these works will initiate discourse on building and site, public and private space, and the very nature of making and structure.
Founded in 1956, the Chicago-based Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts awards grants in order to foster the development and exchange of ideas about architecture and its larger role in art, culture and society. The Foundation is most interested in projects that “investigate the contemporary condition, expand historical perspectives, or explore the future of architecture and the designed environment,” while bringing the work of architects, designers, planners and artists to new audiences.
Cloepfil is one of the Foundation’s six exhibition grantees for 2015. Case Work will open at the Denver Art Museum in January 2016 before traveling to several national and international venues and will be accompanied by a full-length catalogue published by D.A.P.