Monday, October 12, 2009

Andrew Mackenzie's "Broken Homes"

I found Mackenzie's article very interesting and well written. He explores the very essence of Morton's Valhalla and more broadly 'home' as a symbol of this change in society where the ideas of the public and private are changing.
Mackenzie mentions some of Morton's other architectural works such as 'Mies van der Rohe' and I was interested in comparing them with 'Valhalla'. I found another article by Mackenzie in Broadsheet vol 32 no 3 which is a review of Callum Morton's 'HABITAT EXHIBITED' at the NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA' 2003 and 'MORE TALK ABOUT BUILDINGS AND MOOD' at MCA. Its interesting to compare the two articles and Morton's works focus on in each. Valhalla seems to be an intense manifestation of ideas an emotions that have been appearing throughout his work over the years. However as Mackenzie suggests his works, in particular 'Valhalla', show Morton works evolving to become more complex and deeply meaningfull, seeming to focus on human emotions as opposed to the human condition.

http://www.cacsa.org.au/publications/broadsheet/BS_v32no3/bs_24.pdf

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