Projo Arts Blog

Here's one for the "Better Late Than Never" file.

More than a month after Arnie Zimmerman's urban extravaganza "Inner City" opened at the RISD Museum, the museum has finally released its catalog for the exhibit. The 40-page publication features plenty of photographs, along with an essay and interviews by the RISD Museum's contemporary art curator, Judith Tannenbaum.

Though small by traditional standards, the catalog does a good job of documenting the exhibit, which conjures up a miniature rust-belt city, complete with pint-size apartments, office buildings, bridges and a cast of doll-size citizens -- all made of ceramic stoneware. The catalog also includes shots of the first two versions of the show, which made its debut in 2007 at the Lisbon Architectural Triennial. (It was later shown at the national ceramics museum in Leeuwarden, Holland.)

The RISD show, which was developed in collaboration with Portuguese architect Tiago Montepegado, runs through Jan. 3. (The catalog, meanwhile, sells for $16.50 at risd/works.) In the meantime, check out this You Tube video, in which Zimmerman talks about his work (including "Inner City). You might also want to read the story I wrote for the Journal's Arts section.

[Photo: RISD Museum]

 

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