Past Exhibits + Events – Kibel Gallery

Master of Architecture Spring 2012 Thesis Projects
May 20 – August 20, 2012 | Kibel Gallery

The Collaborative Legacy of Merce Cunningham
May 20 – August 20, 2012 | Kibel Gallery

• Exhibit curated by Beth Weinstein, Assistant Professor University of Arizona
• Features seven works by Cunningham and his collaborators, seven collaborations between subsequent generations of choreographers with architects, and a selection of Merce Cunningham films.
• Designed by Ronit Eisenbach and Kristen A. Fox

Movement: Robert Siegel Architects
January 25 – May 07, 2012 | Kibel Gallery

• Exhibit curated by Anthony Ames, FAIA, one of Atlanta?s most important residential architects
• Featured a series of paintings, models and a dinnerware set, both inspired and the inspiration for Ames? functional yet expressive modernist architecture
• Previously exhibited at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta
• Designed by Ronit Eisenbach and Kristen A. Fox

Anthony Ames Architect: Object-Type Landscapes
September 14 – December 13, 2011 | Kibel Gallery

• Exhibit curated by Anthony Ames, FAIA, one of Atlanta?s most important residential architects
• Featured a series of paintings, models and a dinnerware set, both inspired and the inspiration for Ames? functional yet expressive modernist architecture
• Previously exhibited at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta

Lines of Inquiry: The Architectural Drawings of Brian Kelly
October 13 – December 31, 2010 | Kibel Gallery

• Showcased more than 30 drawings by Brian Kelly, Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Maryland
• Designed by Ronit Eisenbach, Kibel Gallery Chair; Christine Arnold and Michael Fischer, Exhibition Designers

Stairways in the Air: Paradoxes of Weight and Vision in the Stereotomy of Renaissance and Baroque Architecture
October 13 – December 31, 2010 | Kibel Gallery

• Featured research and documentation on the historic tradition of stereotomy from Mark Schneider, architectural historian at Virginia Tech's School of Architecture and Design
• Curated by Mark Schneider and made possible by: Ronit Eisenbach, Kibel Gallery Chair, and Hooman Koliji, Associate Professor of Architecture

Letarouilly Then and Now: Images of Rome
March 12–May 10, 2010 | Kibel Gallery

• Exhibit curated by Kevin Hinders, University of Illinois
• Featured reproductions of engravings and original photographs documenting buildings of Renaissance and Baroque Rome as depicted by Paul Marie Letarouilly in his three-volume Édifices de Rome Moderne.
• Curator's gallery talk was delivered during the Schumacher Symposium
• Coordinated by Ronit Eisenbach

Installations by Architects: Building Questions, Building Dialogue
January 28–February 24, 2010 | Kibel Gallery

• Exhibit curated by Ronit Eisenbach, Kibel Gallery Director, and Sarah Bonnemaison
• This traveling exhibit, which has been shown at a variety of venues in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, featured selected projects from Eisenbach and Bonnemaison's book, Installations by Architects (Princeton Architectural Press).
• Designed by Ronit Eisenbach and Michael Fischer with assistance of Peter James and Lisa Lacharite-Lostrito

Ruth Adler Schnee: A Passion for Color and Design
October 9, 2009–January 15, 2010 | Kibel Gallery

• Exhibit curated by Ronit Eisenbach, Kibel Gallery Director
• Schnee, who has been called a "Detroit Treasure," helped to bring the Mid-Century Modern movement to Michigan. Her work has been shown by the Detroit Institute of Arts and collected by the Archives of American Art. A film documentary produced in conjunction with this exhibit made its East Coast debut at the gallery opening.
• Designed by Ronit Eisenbach, Mercedes Afshar and Ruth Adler Schnee

Master of Architecture Spring 2009 Thesis Projects
May 13–September 1, 2009 | Kibel Gallery

Casa Cattaneo: A Jewel of Italian Rationalism
March 30–May 9, 2009 | Kibel Gallery  (inaugural show)
November 9–27, 2009 | University of Virginia (traveling)

• Exhibit curated by Professor Thomas L. Schumacher, a recognized expert on Italian Rationalism
• This traveling exhibit featured rarely seen drawings, photographs and a model of architect Cesare Cattaneo's best-known work, a small multi-family building outside Como, Italy.
• Designed by Peter James
  

Places of Refuge: The Dresser Trunk Project
March 30–May 9, 2009 | Kibel Gallery

• Exhibit curated by William Darryl Williams, University of Virginia
• The Dresser Trunk Project is a traveling exhibition that chronicles the lost stories, memories and places of refuge for black travelers during segregation in the US South. This multimedia show offered an array of 11 "memory boxes" created by 10 artists, architects and landscape architects.
• Exhibit and gallery talk coordinated by Ronit Eisenbach

SUBSEQUENT ACTION: Creative Work on Neglected Ground
Spring 2009 | Kibel Gallery

• Exhibit curated by Dean Garth Rockcastle
• Focuses on an enthusiasm for, and commitment to, discovering and reawakening neglected, underutilized, marginalized, derelict, or even ruined structures, landscapes, and urban contexts, through insightful, constructive and creative engagement.
• Symposium guest include scholars and professionals: Complete Event Agenda
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feminist practices: interdisciplinary approaches
Fall 2008 | Kibel Gallery

• Exhibit curated by Syracuse professor Lori Brown
• Focuses on architects who use feminist methodologies in their research and design and create works to explore personally and regionally relevant problems pertaining to their environment
• Click here to view the exhibit online

Affordable Housing: Designing an American Asset
Spring 2008 | Kibel Gallery

• Exhibit co-curated for the National Building Museum by Professors Ralph Bennett and Isabelle Gournay
• First shown at the National Building Museum, then toured the country before coming to the University of Maryland

School Buildings: The State of Affairs
Spring 2008 | Kibel Gallery

• Installation organized by Assistant Professor Isaac Williams with the AIA DC Chapter Committee on Architecture for Education and the Embassy of Switzerland
• Exhibit created by the AIA New York Chapter Committee for Architecture for Education and ETH Zurich/Center for Cultural Studies in Architecture

Macro to Micro: Grimshaw Architects
Fall 2007 | Kibel Gallery

• Previously on view at the Queens Museum of Art
• In coordination with Grimshaw's  Fall 2007 appointment to Kea Distinguished Professorship

Waclaw Zalewski: Shaping Structures
Fall 2007 | Kibel Gallery

• Exhibit developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Gallery talk by Professor Deborah Oakley, Matthew Daw, Zachary Kates, and David Foxe 

The White House Meets the Bulldozer: Harry Truman's Renovation 1947–1952
Spring 2007 | Kibel Gallery

• On loan from the White House Historical Association
• Gallery talk by White House Chief Curator, William G. Ollman 

Summer Works: 2006
Fall 2006 | Kibel Gallery

• Study abroad programs, Discovering Architecture, "Placing Space" work
• Gallery used as teaching tool and laboratory for spatial design.
• Curated and designed by "Placing Space" students who applied the lessons of the course to this task.
• Gallery talk by student participants in each program.

Smart Growth and Choices for Change
Fall 2006 | Kibel Gallery

• Gallery talk by curator and adjunct Professor Mary Konsoulis addressed both the content and the charge of educating the general public about critical issues of the built environment for a general public audience.

Cities are for People: The Visual Voice of John Wiebenson – 13 Years of Political Cartoons
Spring 2006 | Kibel Gallery

• Co-curated by Ronit Eisenbach and Mary Konsoulis. Co-designed by Ronit Eisenbach and graduate student Farzam Yazdanseta.
• Gallery talk by Roger Lewis, Sam Smith, Constance Ramirez