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20sketchesfromthearchivesofWalterPichler,ca.196163|DrawingMatter

WalterPichler
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Twentysketchesfromthearchives,ca.196163

Architectureisabrutalmatter.Itcrushesthosewhocannotstandit,saidWalter
Pichler.Between1961and1963,thesculptoranddesignerworkingincollaborationwiththearchitect
HansHollein,anddrawingonconversationswithRaimundAbrahamandFriedrichAchleitner,
introducedaradicallyadventurousnewplasticitytoarchitecture,puttingforwardimaginary
prototypesinwhichcitiesmightbeburiedundergroundassingleunitsordispersedascontinuous
sculpturaltopographiesinthelandscapewhosedwellingsmightconsistofcommunicationcells,
emotivecavesorwatchtowersandwheresacredspaceswouldbeconstructedfromtheinterstices
betweencollidingmonumentalforms.

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20sketchesfromthearchivesofWalterPichler,ca.196163|DrawingMatter

WalterPichler(19362012),StudyforanUndergroundCity.Penandinkandphotocollageonwove
paper,300x350mm
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WalterPichler(19362012),Studysketch,untitled.Penandinkonpaper,230x300mm

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WalterPichler(19362012).Studysketch,untitled.Penandinkonwovepaper,210x295mm

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WalterPichler(19362012),Studysketch,untitled.Pencil,penandinkonwovepaper,280x235mm

WalterPichler(19362012),Studysketch,untitled,1963.Penandinkonwovepaper,161x169mm

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WalterPichler(19362012),Studysketch,untitled.Penandinkonwovepaper,279x235mm

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20sketchesfromthearchivesofWalterPichler,ca.196163|DrawingMatter

WalterPichler(19362012),Studysketch,untitled.Penandinkonwovepaper,222x256mm

WalterPichler(19362012).Studysketch,untitled.Penandinkonwovepaper,279x235mm
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WalterPichler(19362012).Studysketch,untitled.Penandinkonwovepaper,284x215mm

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WalterPichler(19362012).Studysketch,untitled.Penandinkonwovepaper,287x431mm

AssomeyearslaterwithSuperstudio(whoseproposalsweregreatlyinfluencedbyPichers
drawings),thesearepropositionsofstudiedambiguity.Questionsratherthansolutions,theyaremade
tofallonadeliberatelyuncertainlinebetweenartandarchitecture,themechanisticandthe
biomorphic,thedomineeringandthehumane,theironicandtheideal.

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WalterPichler(19362012).Studysketch,untitled.Penandinkandwashontrace,145x250mm

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WalterPichler(19362012).Studysketch,untitled.Penandinkonwovepaper,210x292mm

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20sketchesfromthearchivesofWalterPichler,ca.196163|DrawingMatter

WalterPichler(19362012),Studysketch,untitled.Blackandblueinkonpaper,349x300mm

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20sketchesfromthearchivesofWalterPichler,ca.196163|DrawingMatter

WalterPichler(19362012).Studysketch,untitled.Penandinkontrace,227x290mm

WalterPichler(19362012).Studysketch,untitled.Penandinkontrace,302x228

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WalterPichler(19362012).Studysketch,untitled.Penandinkontrace,216x190mm

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20sketchesfromthearchivesofWalterPichler,ca.196163|DrawingMatter

WalterPichler(19362012).Studysketch,untitled.Penandinkontrace,228x302mm

WalterPichler(19362012).Studysketch,untitled.Penandinkonwovepaper,209x298mm

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WalterPichler(19362012).Studysketch,untitled.Penandinkonwovepaper,209x298mm
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