Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future

13th September '08 - 4th January '09

Walker Arts Center & The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Minneapolis, MN

If you happen to be in Minneapolis during the holiday season then be sure to take advantage of your last chance to see 'Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future'.

The Walker Art Center and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts jointly present this first major museum retrospective of architect Eero Saarinen’s short but prolific career.

As one of the most celebrated and controversial masters of 20th-century architecture, Saarinen rejected the dogma of an orthodox modernism and instead adopted a varied approach to architectural design, letting the subject and site guide his inventive solutions.

Featured in the exhibition are never-before-seen sketches, working drawings, models, photographs, furnishings, films, and other ephemera from various archives and private collections. Exploring his entire output of more than 50 built and unbuilt projects, it provides a unique opportunity to consider Saarinen’s innovations in the use of new materials, technologies, and construction techniques within the larger context of postwar modern architecture.

In this collaborative presentation, the Walker Art Center will feature Saarinen’s furnishings and residences as well as his designs for churches and academic and corporate campuses, while the Minneapolis Institute of Arts will present his designs for airports, memorials, and embassies, as well as his early work within the context of its modernist design collection.

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Eero Saarinen, Miller House, Columbus, Indiana - circa 1957 Photographer Ezra Stoller ©Ezra Stoller/ESTO

Eero Saarinen, Sketch of David S. Ingalis Hockey Rink, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut - circa 1953 Courtesy Eero Saarinen Collection. Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University