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In his first solo museum exhibition, "Germane Barnes: Columnar Disorder," Barnes recasts the canonical foundations of Western architecture through the lens of the African diaspora. Critically reflecting on the enduring legacy of the Classical orders—the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian—whose distinctive columns endure across our built environment today, Barnes upends these long-standing and ubiquitous conventions by reimagining architectural orders rooted in the Black experience, history, and values.
Hear from Chicago-born architect Germane Barnes; Mabel O. Wilson, professor of Architecture and African American and African Diaspora Studies at Columbia University; and Lisa Ayla Çakmak, chair and curator of Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium, for a conversation on "Germane Barnes: Columnar Disorder."
This program is generously sponsored by the Boshell Family Foundation.
In his first solo museum exhibition, "Germane Barnes: Columnar Disorder," Barnes recasts the canonical foundations of Western architecture through the lens of the African diaspora. Critically reflecting on the enduring legacy of the Classical orders—the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian—whose distinctive columns endure across our built environment today, Barnes upends these long-standing and ubiquitous conventions by reimagining architectural orders rooted in the Black experience, history, and values.
Hear from Chicago-born architect Germane Barnes; Mabel O. Wilson, professor of Architecture and African American and African Diaspora Studies at Columbia University; and Lisa Ayla Çakmak, chair and curator of Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium, for a conversation on "Germane Barnes: Columnar Disorder."
This program is generously sponsored by the Boshell Family Foundation.
