Enjoy two full days of member-only access to Bruce Goff: Material Worlds and see the exhibition before it opens to the public.
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This major retrospective celebrates the unbounded creative practice of American architect Bruce Goff (1904–1982). Best known for his groundbreaking, idiosyncratic single-family homes in suburban and rural areas across the United States, Goff charted an alternative narrative for a modern architecture imbued with individuality, materiality, and fantastical invention.
The first major show of the architect’s work in over 30 years, this exhibition is drawn primarily from the Art Institute’s vast Bruce Goff collection and archive. The project features over 200 works including spellbinding architectural drawings, elaborate architectural models, and a selection of Goff’s ambitious, little-known abstract paintings.
Together, the project showcases the radical independence of Goff’s vision. His provocative structures—with their expansive approach to materials, diverse cultural influences, and sensitivity to the regional landscape—remain unprecedented within 20th-century American architecture.
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