Now showing at the Istituto Valenciano di Arte Moderna is the first exhibition – ever presented in a museum – by and about John Pawson. The British architect, born in Halifax in 1949, is in fact not only the man the show is all about: he also personally curated the exhibition design.

Pawson describes a theme path that highlights the key elements of his work as a designer and architect. Right from the beginning it is characterised by an extremely simple and poetic idiom – so much so that it has often been treated more as art than as architecture – and has frequently earned him the title of master of contemporary minimalism.

On show here are all his works – flats, art galleries, shops, restaurants, furniture and objects – realised or still on paper: from the London flat for Bruce Chatwin to Calvin Klein’s boutiques in New York, Tokyo and Seoul; from the Novy Dvur monastery in Bohemia, now under construction, to furniture for Driade.

until 1.9.2002
John Pawson
Insitut Valencià d’Art Modern (IVAM)
Julio González Center
Guillem de Castro 118, Valencia
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