Esoteric Survey

 The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego ( MCASD ) La Jolla has reopened after a major renovation and expansion by New York firm, Selldorf Architects . The gallery space was quadrupled from 10,000 to 40,000 square feet. It also adds one more name to the MCASD architect list. More on that later.  A Yoyoi Kusama pumpkin was added to the museum's collection.  It plays nicely off the Andy Goldsworthy egg outside. Sol Lewitt MCASD has one of the best collections of light and space works. Larry Bell John McCraken, Donald Judd and Robert Mangold Most of the galleries are filled with MCASD's own collection.  The exception is Niki de Saint Phalle in the 1960s The gallery spaces have been expanded and also include some impressive ceiling heights.  More Niki Niki de Saint Phalle, “Tir de Jasper Johns,” 1961 Speaking of Jasper Johns, here is his "Light Bulb I," 1958 Andy Warhol and Ed Ruscha Local boy, John Baldessari And his buddy, Richard Allen Morris And his buddy, Tom ...

Fire Station No. 4 (1966) by Robert Venturi The design fees for the building were paid for by the Cummins Foundation Architectural Program . The program became a formal part of the Cummins Foundation in 1960. It began with schools, but later grew to encompass all public projects. All the buildings in this post, with the exception of the I.M. Pei library, were funded by the program. The Cummins Foundation did give the library $800,000 grant, but it wasn't part of the Architecture Program. A list of the program's projects can be found here . Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cummins, Irwin  Miller, summarized the program with this statement: American architecture has never had more creative, imaginative practitioners than it has today. Each of the best of today’s architects can contribute something of lasting value to Columbus. L. Frances Smith Elementary School (1969) by John M. Johansen The "gerbil  tube" school caused some controversy when...