Aalvaar Aalto in Seven Buildings
Aalvaar Aalto in Seven Buildings
Date: 29 July – 10 October 1999
Space: Air Gallery (now Gallery 4)
This exhibition illustrated Aalto’s architecture, interiors, furniture and object designs as ‘total works of art’. The sites chosen were Paimio Sanatorium, Viipuri City Library, Villa Mairea, Saynatsalo Town Hall, National Pensions Institute, Rautatalo Office Building and Vuoksenniska Church.
The exhibition was devoted to seven buildings linked by Gesamtkunstwerk (or total works of art), the idea of integrated design covering architecture, interiors, furniture and objects, and the unity of the whole with its environment. The seven buildings, although functionally different, reflected the various phases of Aalto’s career and illustrated its diversity.
Artists: Aalvaar Aalto