Architectural Exhibitions and Their Books
Preparing for this post I counted roughly one hundred books in my library that are related to exhibitions. Surprisingly, given that I tend to buy catalogs and other companion books to exhibitions I visit, only a quarter of those hundred are exhibitions I have seen in person. Granted, a fair number of them are classics that predate my existence, such as The International Style, the book version of MoMA's Modern Architecture: International Exhibition from 1932, or are from exhibitions that happened on the other side of the world, including two of the exhibition catalogs featured here. The fact I have so many catalogs that do not function as souvenirs to exhibitions I visited points to their enduring value: They are permanent records of temporary displays and, as such, expose the research and contents from exhibitions to considerably more people than who attended. Not all books coming out of architectural exhibitions are the same. Many of them function like art catalogs and have a two-part structure of critical essays followed by color plates that catalog the works on display. Such a normative structure works for monographic shows and historical surveys, both of which consist primarily of previously made content that can be documented ahead of time for publication. But many architectural exhibitions, especially the ubiquitous biennials and triennials, feature projects that are specially commissioned and are often installed right up until opening day (architects and their ...
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