SITE
SANTA FE PRESENTS A LECTURE BY WOLFRAM PUTZ OF GRAFT DESIGN THURSDAY, NOVEMBER
15, 2001
Santa Fe, NM - In conjunction with its Fourth International Biennial exhibition,
Beau Monde: Toward a Redeemed Cosmopolitanism, SITE Santa Fe
is pleased to present a lecture on architecture and exhibition design by Wolfram
Putz, principal in Graft Design, on Thursday, November 15, at 7 pm. The event
is part of the Art & Culture series. General Admission, $5; students,
seniors, and SITE Santa Fe Members at Friend and Family levels, $2.50; SITE
Santa Fe Members at Supporter level and above, Free.
Graft Design, an international design firm based in Los Angeles, seeks to redefine
not only how things look, but also how they are conceived. Their commissions
range from Brad Pitt's Hollywood house to the hottest restaurants in Los Angeles
to international art exhibitions, including SITE Santa Fe's Fourth International
Biennial. Elements from the natural world, such as wood and stone, are combined
with a sleek sensibility to create a serene environment that keeps the spaces
from becoming industrial or alienating.
A head designer at Graft, Wolfram Putz has received degrees in his native Germany
and in California. He has served as a visiting critic in Germany and California.
His exhibitions include Constructa Preis (1995) in Hannover, Germany,
and Terrain Vague (1996) in Barcelona, Spain. Among other awards Putz
has been the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship and a G.F.W. Laves Award and
Travel Scholarship.
Wolfram Putz and the other principals in Graft Design -- Chistoph Korner, Gregor
Hoheisel, and Lars Kruckeberg -- are participating artists in SITE Santa Fe's
Fourth International Biennial, Beau Monde: Toward a Redeemed Cosmopolitanism.
SITE Santa Fe's Art & Culture series is partially supported by The Brown
Foundation, Inc., Houston, Lannan Foundation, Madelin Coit and Alan Levin, Bobbie
Foshay-Miller and Chuck Miller, and Marlene Nathan Meyerson.
SITE Santa Fe's Fourth International Biennial Beau Monde: Toward a Redeemed
Cosmopolitanism, curated by Dave Hickey, is exhibit through January
6, 2002. |
photo: Fotodesign
clockwise from left: Lars KrŸckeberg, Gregor Hoheisel, Christoph Korner, Wolfram
Putz, Thomas Willemeit
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