



Ian Kiaer
Endnote, Ledoux (yellow), 2016
Plastic, aluminum fan, foam, pencil and ink on paper under plexiglass
Variable dimensions.
© Ian Kiaer
Further images
The work in this show is part of a larger project that has been preoccupied with a volume of engravings by Claude Nicholas Ledoux, specifically his 'House of the Agricultural...
The work in this show is part of a larger project that has been preoccupied with a volume of engravings by Claude Nicholas Ledoux, specifically his 'House of the Agricultural Guards for Maupertuis.' This image of a building, an uncompromising sphere set in in an Arcadian landscape, speaks of a concern for geometry and symmetry that is seemingly shared by the space of the Neubauer Collegium, a former Unitarian seminary. The works draw on a text from a previous exhibition that I made in Vassiviere CIAP, itself a visionary building on an artificial lake, designed by Aldo Rossi who was also influenced by Ledoux. Like Ledoux's image, these works perhaps never quite emerge from their oscillation between proposition and model....
Provenance
Collection the artist, London, UKExhibitions
26 February - 22 April 2016, 'Ian Kiaer: Ledoux', Neubauer Collegium University of Chicago, Chicago (solo exhibition)
23 October - 14 November 2015, 'Tooth House', And Now Gallery, Dallas (solo exhibition)