Johnson Wax Headquarters (exterior), Racine, Wisconsin. Photo by Jack E. Boucher, National Park Service, 1969.
SC Johnson and the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation entered into a long-term loan agreement on July 14, allowing the company to display artifacts highlighting Wright’s impact on families and the home. The agreement is an exciting addition to the wealth of Frank Lloyd Wright-related sites around Chicago, but raises questions about Wright’s place in popular conceptions of architectural history.
A forthcoming exhibit, building on SC Johnson’s long relationship with the architect, will be located in the company’s Wright-designed Racine, WI headquarters and include personal artifacts from Wright and objects designed for clients. Notable items include chairs from Wright’s homes in Oak Park, Spring Green, and Scottsdale, as well as pieces from Wright’s Plaza Hotel suite, displayed for the first time in history.
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Cite:
Jacobson , Samuel.
"SC Johnson to Exhibit Frank Lloyd Wright Wright Artifacts" 11 Aug 2011. ArchDaily. Accessed 25 May 2013. <http://www.archdaily.com/155124>
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The focus of the exhibit is about artifacts for the home designed by Wright, and I don’t really understand the linkage between this and the events of his personal life, as stated by the writer of this article.
I realize corporate news doesn’t do much of it anymore (they use the phrase “some say” instead of knowing what they’re talking about), so many people may not be familiar with it.
If you watch the old interviews with Mike Wallace and FLW, much of it is about social and political issues.
Nonetheless, unless these objets trouves somehow
have compelling “slanted” descriptions attached, such an exhibition is still to the good.
Typically with architects, the ubiquity of their work in a region generally leads to a corresponding shallowness in regional public perception. Like the eye of a hurricane.
Of course the exhibit stuff will appear as branded. The entire original building was/is a brand. That’s what the client wanted………. Go visit!
The focus of the exhibit is about artifacts for the home designed by Wright, and I don’t really understand the linkage between this and the events of his personal life, as stated by the writer of this article.
I think it’s called investigative journalism.
I realize corporate news doesn’t do much of it anymore (they use the phrase “some say” instead of knowing what they’re talking about), so many people may not be familiar with it.
If you watch the old interviews with Mike Wallace and FLW, much of it is about social and political issues.
Unfortunately that now seems strange to people.
Nonetheless, unless these objets trouves somehow
have compelling “slanted” descriptions attached, such an exhibition is still to the good.
Typically with architects, the ubiquity of their work in a region generally leads to a corresponding shallowness in regional public perception. Like the eye of a hurricane.
Of course the exhibit stuff will appear as branded. The entire original building was/is a brand. That’s what the client wanted………. Go visit!