Zaha Hadid: Architecture, Design and Related Arts

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 18:15PM - 20:30PMBecome a Member

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A talk by Jane Pavitt.

On 2^nd August 2022 the Zaha Hadid Foundation welcomed HENI Art Club to their iconic space on Bowling Green Lane, Zaha Hadid’s former architectural office, for an exclusive talk about the legendary architect, designer and artist.

Jane Pavitt, Head of Learning and Research at the Zaha Hadid Foundation, introduces us to the architect’s life and work, looking back in time to reveal what shaped her unique style.

Internationally recognised as one of the most important architects of the modern period, Zaha Hadid is frequently credited with developing a whole new architectural language in her quest for what she described as ‘complex, dynamic and fluid spaces.’

Attendees received a personal tour of the Foundation’s inaugural exhibition Zaha Hadid: Reimagining London, which delves into the collections and archives of the Foundation, uncovering rare and unseen works, including personal sketchbooks, from over 40 years of practice.

Venue

The venue at 10 Bowling Green Lane is full of history, a grade-II listed Victorian former school which stood as Hadid’s architectural office for 38 years.

Image Credits:

Heydar Aliyev Center, Aleksandr Zykov, Kirov, Baki, Azerbaijan, 2017, CC BY 2.0
Francesco Di Capua, The MAXXI – Museum of Contemporary Art of the XXI Century, Zaha HADID – The MAXXI (2009) – (Rome – Italy), CC BY 2.0
QE Olympic Park London Aquatics Centre, Zaha Hadid, Fred Romero from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0

Organiser: HENI Art Club

Event Type: Live

Professor Jane Pavitt

Head of Research and Learning, Zaha Hadid Foundation

Professor Jane Pavitt is ZHF’s Head of Research and Learning, responsible for academic partnerships, curatorial projects and public programmes. She is a curator, writer and historian of architecture and design. Her previous roles include Head of Research Impact at Kingston University, Dean of Humanities at the Royal College of Art, and Principal Research Fellow at Brighton University and the Victoria and Albert Museum. She has curated and authored a range of exhibitions and publications on modern and contemporary architecture and design including Brand.New (2000); Cold War Modern: Art and Design 1945-70 (2008) and Postmodernism: Style and Subversion (2011) and Superstructures: The New Architecture 1960-1990 (2018). She is a member of the AHRC Peer Review College, the editorial board of the Journal of Design History, and the curatorial committee of the Design Museum. She is a Visiting Professor of Kingston School of Art.

Professor Paul Greenhalgh

Director, Zaha Hadid Foundation

Paul Greenhalgh is internationally renowned as an historian of art and design and the decorative arts. For the last decade he has been Director of the Sainsbury Centre at the University of East Anglia, UK, and Professor of Art History and Museum Strategy there. Prior to this, he held a number of senior roles in museum and university life in a number of countries, including Head of Research at the V&A Museum, London, Director and President of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art and Design in Washington DC, USA, and President of NSCAD University, Canada. He has published widely on the visual arts, and curated and taught in leading organisations all over the world. He originally trained as a painter before becoming an art historian. Early in his teaching career, he encountered ceramic, which eventually led to Ceramic, Art and Civilisation (Bloomsbury, 2020).

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Zaha Hadid: Architecture, Design and Related Arts

Event Details

Organiser: HENI Art Club

Event Type: Live

Professor Jane Pavitt

Professor Paul Greenhalgh

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