Brussels 1958 World's Fair, "A World View: A New Humanism, " Atomium 30"x38"

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Jade Doskow
Brussels 1958 World's Fair, "A World View: A New Humanism, " Atomium 30"x38"
2007

Name: Brussels 1958 World's Fair, "A World View: A New Humanism, " Atomium 30"x38"
Brand: Jade Doskow
Rating: 5 (4 reviews)

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This photograph was taken at the site of the Brussels 1958 World's Fair, "A World View: A New Humanism," Atomium. Available as 30"x38" Digital C-print, signed and editioned on reverse by the artist, Jade Doskow. Print 2/5 available unframed, please inquire about additional editions. “Lost Utopias” by Jade Doskow is a decade-long photographic series documenting the remaining architecture of international World’s Fairs. These once iconic global attractions have left in their wake some of the most daring and unusual structures on the planet--- the Seattle Space Needle, Paris’s Eiffel Tower, Brussels’ Atomium, New York’s Unisphere---but often there was little planning for how these initially temporary spectacles would last into the future. In Doskow’s photographs, we experience how these provocative and grandiose sites exist now, whether tourist attraction, repurposed for less noble aspirations, or neglected and forgotten. World’s Fairs often exist at a strange intersection of inspirational hope for future technologies and designs, braggadocio, and a (possibly misplaced) sense of global cooperation. The architecture—Space-age, Belle Époque, Victorian, Classical, Neo- classical, Art deco, Brutalist—might seem cutting-edge or sometimes outdated, but it is always outrageous. Doskow’s “Lost Utopias” encompasses a wide range of locales and architectural styles, including New York, Seattle, Montréal, Brussels, San Francisco, San Diego, St. Louis, Philadelphia, and San Antonio. Often Doskow will return to a site repeatedly with years in between shoots, revealing the changes, both subtle and sudden, which occur on a specific urban site over time. The revered mid-century architect Philip Johnson designed the New York State Pavilion in Queens, New York, for the 1964 World’s Fair. Following the close of the fair, the Pavilion served as a roller-skating rink and then a concert venue before falling into disrepair. Doskow photographed this unusual structure in 2007, 2013, and again in 2017. The New York State Pavilion embodies the impossibility of many of the remaining world’s fair structures: designed by a famed architect, existing on the periphery of a major city, but without the necessary funds to keep the structure functional for contemporary uses. Other images present sites that are not as well-known but especially surreal, such as Victorian washrooms in Philadelphia constructed for the 1876 Centennial Exposition and an overgrown, prizewinning Moreton Bay Fig Tree, planted for the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition. In “Seattle Science Center Arches at Night,” bone-white Neo-Gothic arches soar upward against an inky black sky, delicate Japanese-inspired lanterns illuminating the expanses. Through the arches one can glimpse the vertically striated façade of the Seattle Science Center, designed by the architect Minoru Yamasaki; this same façade would appear just a few years later in the form of the twin towers in New York.

Creator:
Jade Doskow (American)
Creation Year:
2007
Dimensions:
Height: 30 in (76.2 cm)Width: 38 in (96.52 cm)
Medium:
C Print
Movement & Style:
Contemporary
Period:
2000-2009
Condition:
Gallery Location:
New York, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU6922751143

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