Le Corbusier - Chandigarh - invitation to the opening

The Brno Architecture Gallery will present the work of the most significant architect of the 20th century. Le Corbusier, whose real name was Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, was a Swiss architect, urban planner, theorist, and painter by origin. The exhibition focuses on Chandigarh, the "new" capital of the Indian state of Punjab, which, like Niemeyer’s Brazil, was built on greenfield land. The city takes the shape of a human silhouette, with the Capitol complex representing its head, which encompasses government buildings, the National Assembly, and the Supreme Court. Exhibition visitors will be able to glimpse Chandigarh through the photographs of Milan Pitlach.

“The exhibition is complemented by seven original sketches by Le Corbusier from his early period, as well as original documentation from the Regional Gallery of Fine Arts in Zlín, recalling Le Corbusier's visit to Czechoslovakia.” state the curators of the exhibition, Tadeáš Goryczka and Jaroslav Němec.



“Le Corbusier, with his radical work and artistic sensibility, significantly influenced the development of modern architecture and is regarded as the greatest architect of the 20th century, whose legacy remains alive and inspires generations of architects and artists even today.” adds Gabriel Kurtis, director of the Brno Architecture Gallery. 


Le Corbusier described himself as follows: “I am self-taught and I am curious. I have no school, so I didn’t have to painstakingly unlearn what I would have learned there. I do not want to mix among academics, as one must not think academically. My only school is constant observation of nature and the things around us.

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Milan Pitlach (*1943) studied at the Czech Technical University in Prague. He is a member of the Chamber of Architects of the Federal Republic of Germany as well as in our country. He worked in London, spent several years at the renowned O.M. Ungers studio in Cologne, and has lived and worked in Shanghai, China, for the last few years. As an architect, he focuses primarily on residential and multifunctional complexes and urban projects. He has received many awards for his work in the Czech Republic and abroad. He belongs to significant Czech photographers, and his works have been and are presented in numerous galleries both in our country and worldwide; his writings are published, among others, in Revolver Revue and the Critical Appendices of Revolver Revue.


The exhibition was created at the Architecture Cabinet in collaboration with Milan Pitlach and with the support of the Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava, the Regional Gallery of Fine Arts in Zlín, and the Opava Cultural Organization OKO.

The exhibition will be opened by architect Petr Hurník on Tuesday, January 27, 2015, at 6:00 PM at the Brno Architecture Gallery. It will be open daily from 10 AM to 6 PM until February 20, 2015.

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