Form: Contemporary Architects At Play

3rd May - 31st August '08

Lois & Richard Rosenthal
Center for Contemporary Art
44E. 6th Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202

To celebrate the importance of design in our lives, the Contemporary Arts Center and Formica® Corporation have set a brief for ten world-renowned architects including Zaha Hadid, Michael Graves and Bernard Tschumi.

Asked to transform Formica® brand laminates and solid surfaces into design objects that people can “sit upon, lean upon, play upon.”, the signature architects have produced a collection of remarkable new works that span a spectrum of scale, design and intent.

The fabricated designs, ranging in scope from domestic pieces to conceptual sculpture, will be offered in live auction Saturday May 10, 2008, and will be on exhibition from May 3 through August 31.

Christie's is the official auctioneer for the live sale.
Auction proceeds benefit CAC exhibitions and educational programming.

www.contemporaryartscenter.org

Buzz Yudell sketch for Form

Thom Mayne - Morphosis - sketch for Form