December 1, 1993
WHAT: THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM’S WEST WING OPENING
Press Preview Thursday, December 2, 1993, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Egyptian Reinstallation - Third Floor
Featuring over 500 objects from the world renowned Egyptian collection, which have seldom or never been on view. Highlights include sarcophagi, coffins, the cartonnage of Nespanetjerenperre, and a wrapped 2,600 year old mummy never before on view at The Brooklyn Museum
Arata Isozaki: Works in Architecture - Fourth Floor
30-year retrospective designed and conceptualized by the architect, on view through February 27, 1994
Contemporary Permanent Installation - Fifth Floor
Features more than 50 works from 1946 to 1992 in a wide range of media, opened initially on February 19, 1993
WHEN:
December 3, 1993
WHERE:
The Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York
HOURS:
Wednesday - Sunday, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day
ADMISSION:
Suggested donation: $4.00; students with valid I.D. $2.00; and older adults $1.50. Free to members and to children under 12 accompanied by an adult. Group tours or visits can be arranged through the Education Division, ext. 221
The completely redesigned and renovated interior of the West Wing of The Brooklyn Museum by Arata Isozaki & Associates and James Stewart Polshek and Partners will provide 30,000 square feet of additional modern gallery space on three floors of the original 1897 McKim, Mead & White Beaux-Arts building, not open to the public since the 1930s.
Brooklyn Museum Archives. Records of the Department of Public Information. Press releases, 1989 - 1994. 07-12/1993, 165. View Original
December 1, 1993
List of Images Available
Images are for use only with articles or reviews about the West Wing opening and the exhibition, Arata Isozaki: Works in Architecture, December 3, 1993 - February 27, 1993. Please return all photography materials to the Public Information Department of The Brooklyn Museum at your earliest convenience. Thank you.
SLIDES
Sant Jordi Sports Hall, 1983-1990
Perspective, 1989
Silkscreen
(Photograph by Yasuhiro Ishimoto)
Art Tower Mito
Perspective, 1989
Silkscreen
(Photograph by Yasuhiro Ishimoto)
Art Tower Mito
Perspective, 1989
Silkscreen
(Photograph by Yasuhiro Ishimoto)
Tsukuba I (Building in ruins)
Silkscreen, 1985
The architect’s vision of his building in the fliture.
(Photograph by Yasuhiro Ishimoto)
BLACK & WHITES
Prototype House, 1968-1980
Model
(Photograph by Yasuhiro Ishimoto)
Team Disney Building, 1987-1991
Model
(Photograph by Yasuhiro Ishimoto)
Tsukuba Center Building, 1979-1983
Model
(Photograph by Yasuhiro Ishimoto)
Tsukuba I (Building in ruins)
Silkscreen, 1985
The architect’s vision of his building in the future.
(Photograph by Yasuhiro Ishimoto)
Brooklyn Museum Archives. Records of the Department of Public Information. Press releases, 1989 - 1994. 07-12/1993, 156-157. View Original