Art in Public Places/Environmental Art
Paolo Soleri
Thursday, 26 Jan 1978 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
A pioneer in the field of arcology, Soleri was born and educated in Turin, Italy. Between 1947 and 1949 he worked as an apprentice under Frank Lloyd Wright. In 1970 he presented a one-man show at the Corcoran Gallery of art in Washington and has also had his work exhibited at the whitney Museum of American Art in New York and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.Soleri is known not only as an architect and sculptor, but as an author. his most recent works include Arcology: The City in the Images of Man(1969) and The Mesa City Sketchbook(1971).
Part of the National Affairs Series: Art in America Today - A Public Matter.
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