Migrating Modernism. The Achitecture of Harry Seidler

Abstract

Migrating Modernism: The architecture of Harry Seidler is an interdisciplinary curatorial research project that brings together scholars in the fields of architectural history and late modernist art, to explore the work of Seidler & Associates. The project examines how Seidler’s transnational education and émigré identity would shape an architectural philosophy and cross-disciplinary collaborations during Australia’s post-war economic boom in the second half of the 20th century. Its focus will research Seidler’s collaborations with major international architectural figures such as Pier Luigi Nervi and Marcel Breuer, alongside commissions with major American artists including Josef Albers, Alexander Calder, Helen Frankenthler, Frank Stella and Sol LeWitt.