Richard Meier
(USA, b.1934 )
Richard Meier is better known as one of the most important architects working today, and as a winner of the Pritzker Prize, the profession’s highest honor. He has completed major buildings, including museums civic centers, courthouses, corporate headquarters, and residences all around the world. Some Meier projects include the Getty Center, Los Angeles, California, and the High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States. He built the City Hall and Library at The Hague, The Netherlands; the City Tower, Prague, Czech Republic; Ara Pacis Museum, Rome, Italy; Shenzen Houses, China; and the recently completed the Xin-Yi Residential Towers in Taipei.
Richard Meier的設計以簡練純粹的牆面線條、變化豐富的光影著稱。與建築師身份並行,同時也是位抽象藝術家,此次展出的12幅網版印刷,是取材自旅行相關廣告的拼貼藝術(Collage)作品,也沿用了他一貫將物件「經解析再重組」的建築設計手法。Meier的拼貼藝術始於康乃爾大學求學時期,隨著多年在國外旅居、飛行的經驗,累積更為多元的素材。這些抽象的拼貼藝術作品也與他的建築設計相輔相成,不僅是他作為建築師的創作泉源,也奠定他靈感激發和思維能力。如同自身著名設計簡潔純白的建築般,適度的留白面積,以素材紙張的材質、形狀、顏色組合,強調畫面的幾何形式,象徵建築中的空間配置與構成。旅行中所取得的素材,也因時間累積而有褪色等變化,如同Meier於世界各地的建築作品一般,將作為一個歷史的鏈結,連結過去與現在。














