Buildings for Best Products

Summary information

Date

Wed Dec 12 1979 until Sun Feb 10 1980

Location

MoMA ^{type:exhibition building spaces}
11 West 53rd St. ^{type:thoroughfare names}

Carried out by

The Museum of Modern Art

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Concurrent exhibitions

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1979

1980

October 1979

November 1979

December 1979

January 1980

February 1980

March 1980

April 1980

Buildings for Best Products

Projects: Video XXX, Urban Focus/New York

In the Twenties: Portraits from the Photography Collection

Art of the Twenties

Marc Chagall: Prints, Monotypes, Illustrated Books

Women of the Nineties: Fin-de-Siècle Prints

Movin'

Projects: Video XXXI, Nan Hoover: Fields of Blue

Four Recently Discovered Picabias and Other Modern Master Acquisitions

Projects: Video XXXII

Jackson Pollock: Drawing Into Painting

Eileen Gray

Photography (Winter 1979–1980): Bill Arnold

Special Projects (Winter 1979–1980)

Video (Winter 1979–1980)

Artists' Stamps and Stamp Images

Architecture (Winter 1979–1980): Friday Architects: "Projective Images"

Sound (Winter 1979–1980): Julie Wachtel: Follow the Leader

Image and Object in Contemporary Sculpture

International Studio Program (Winter 1979–1980)

Film (Winter 1979–1980): Dara Birnbaum: "Kiss The Girls: Make Them Cry"

Poetry (Winter 1979–1980): Brad Gooch and Frank Moore

Sean Scully: Paintings,1975-1979

Merrill Wagner

Studio Workspace Exhibition 1979–1980

Dimitry Merinoff: Paintings 1950-1970

Ellen Phelan

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

#	Start	End	Title
1	1979-11	1980-01	Projects: Video XXX, Urban Focus/New York
2	1979-11	1980-03	In the Twenties: Portraits from the Photography Collection
3	1979-11	1980-01	Art of the Twenties
4	1979-11	1980-01	Marc Chagall: Prints, Monotypes, Illustrated Books
5	1979-11	1980-01	Women of the Nineties: Fin-de-Siècle Prints
6	1979-12	1980-02	Movin'
7	1980-01	1980-01	Projects: Video XXXI, Nan Hoover: Fields of Blue
8	1980-01	1980-04	Four Recently Discovered Picabias and Other Modern Master Acquisitions
9	1980-01	1980-03	Projects: Video XXXII
10	1980-02	1980-03	Jackson Pollock: Drawing Into Painting
11	1980-02	1980-04	Eileen Gray

#	Start	End	Title
1	1979-12	1980-01	Photography (Winter 1979–1980): Bill Arnold
2	1979-12	1980-01	Special Projects (Winter 1979–1980)
3	1979-12	1980-01	Video (Winter 1979–1980)
4	1979-12	1980-01	Artists' Stamps and Stamp Images
5	1979-12	1980-01	Architecture (Winter 1979–1980): Friday Architects: "Projective Images"
6	1979-12	1980-01	Sound (Winter 1979–1980): Julie Wachtel: Follow the Leader
7	1979-12	1980-01	Image and Object in Contemporary Sculpture
8	1979-12	1980-01	International Studio Program (Winter 1979–1980)
9	1979-12	1980-01	Film (Winter 1979–1980): Dara Birnbaum: "Kiss The Girls: Make Them Cry"
10	1979-12	1980-01	Poetry (Winter 1979–1980): Brad Gooch and Frank Moore

#	Start	End	Title
1	1979-11	1979-12	Sean Scully: Paintings,1975-1979
2	1979-11	1979-12	Merrill Wagner
3	1979-12	1980-01	Studio Workspace Exhibition 1979–1980
4	1980-01	1980-02	Dimitry Merinoff: Paintings 1950-1970
5	1980-01	1980-02	Ellen Phelan

Artists

There were 9 persons who influenced this exhibition.

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Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates

SITE (Sculpture in the Environment)

Michael Graves Allan Greenberg

Michael Graves

Biographical statement American, born 1934

Born 1934 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 2015

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Michael Graves

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Michael Graves was involved in 11 exhibitions across 4 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 4 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1960s,1980s with 2 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1967-01	1967-03	MoMA	The New City: Architecture and Urban Renewal
2	1968-09	1968-11	MoMA	Architecture of Museums

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1975-03	1975-05	MoMA	Architectural Studies and Projects
2	1979-02	1979-04	MoMA	Transformations in Modern Architecture
3	1979-08	1979-09	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions: Architecture and Design
4	1979-12	1980-02	MoMA	Buildings for Best Products

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1981-01	1981-03	MoMA	Inside Spaces
2	1989-07	1989-11	MoMA	Painters for the Theater

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2002-10	2003-01	MoMA	The Changing of the Avant Garde: Visionary Architectural Drawings From the Gilman Collection
2	2006-04	2006-07	MoMA	Architecture and Design Drawings: Rotation 3
3	2009-03	2009-09	MoMA	Stage Pictures: Drawing for Performance

Allan Greenberg

Biographical statement American, born South Africa 1938

Born 1938 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Allan Greenberg

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Allan Greenberg was involved in 2 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 2 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 2 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1979-06	1979-07	MoMA	Architectural Projects by Roger Ferri and Allan Greenberg
2	1979-12	1980-02	MoMA	Buildings for Best Products

Anthony Lumsden

Biographical statement

Born ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died

Nationality

Gender

External information resources for Anthony Lumsden

viaf.org

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Anthony Lumsden was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1979-12	1980-02	MoMA	Buildings for Best Products

Charles Moore

Biographical statement American, 1931–2010

Born 1931 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 2010

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Charles Moore

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Charles Moore was involved in 7 exhibitions across 5 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1970s,2000s with 2 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s,1960s,1990s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1948-07	1948-09	MoMA	New York Private Collections

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1965-03	1965-05	MoMA	The Photo Essay

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1979-02	1979-04	MoMA	Transformations in Modern Architecture
2	1979-12	1980-02	MoMA	Buildings for Best Products

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1994-10	1995-01	MoMA	American Politicians: Photographs from 1843 to 1993

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2000-11	2001-01	MoMA	The Path of Resistance
2	2004-11	2005-06	MoMA	Photography: Inaugural Installation

Venturi and Rauch

Robert A. M. Stern

Biographical statement American, born 1939

Born 1939 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Robert A. M. Stern

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Robert A. M. Stern was involved in 4 exhibitions across 3 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 2 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1980s,1990s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1979-02	1979-04	MoMA	Transformations in Modern Architecture
2	1979-12	1980-02	MoMA	Buildings for Best Products

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1981-01	1981-03	MoMA	Inside Spaces

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1996-07	1996-10	MoMA	Recent Gifts Honoring Philip Johnson's Ninetieth Birthday

Stanley Tigerman

Biographical statement

Born ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died

Nationality

Gender

External information resources for Stanley Tigerman

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Stanley Tigerman was involved in 3 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 3 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 3 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1979-02	1979-04	MoMA PS1	Architecture (Winter 1979): Stanley Tigerman
2	1979-02	1979-04	MoMA	Transformations in Modern Architecture
3	1979-12	1980-02	MoMA	Buildings for Best Products

Buildings for Best Products

Summary information

Date

Location

Carried out by

Concurrent exhibitions

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

MoMA

MoMA PS1

Clocktower Gallery

Artists

A

E

G

Michael Graves

Exhibitions

1960s (2)

1970s (4)

1980s (2)

2000s (3)

Allan Greenberg

Exhibitions

1970s (2)

L

Anthony Lumsden

Exhibitions

1970s (1)

M

Charles Moore

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

1960s (1)

1970s (2)

1990s (1)

2000s (2)

R

S

Robert A. M. Stern

Exhibitions

1970s (2)

1980s (1)

1990s (1)

T

Stanley Tigerman

Exhibitions

1970s (3)

Acknowledgements