A new exhibition at New York’s Metropolitan Museum tracks the architect’s career.
Credit New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art for achieving something nearly impossible, or at least exceedingly difficult: making an exhibition on the work of architect Paul Rudolph a disappointing snoozer. One could hardly ask for a more. Rudolph’s career spanned six decades, during which time he produced a string of visually dramatic, highly influential buildings that reshaped both the direction of modernism and the American city.
The result is a dutiful summary of Rudolph’s career, not the “major exhibition” advertised by the museum. It relies almost entirely on Rudolph’s large-format drawings, many borrowed from the Library of Congress, custodian of the Rudolph archive. These are supplemented by a small number of models , pieces of Rudolph-designed furniture and ephemera. The slim exhibition catalog promises, but does not deliver, a “long-overdue reassessment” of his career.
Another design cavil: reflected glare on tilted displays makes them a challenge to read for anyone with less than perfect eyesight.Notwithstanding these issues, the show is still worth a visit, because Rudolph’s work, in any context, is so utterly compelling.
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