The Bristol Art Museum Announces
Form and Function
at Rogers Free Library
On View October 14th, 2025 - November 19th, 2025
Form and Function
at Rogers Free Library
On View October 14th, 2025 - November 19th, 2025
"To provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history... but to articulate it."
Daniel Libeskind, Berlin Jewish Museum
Buildings, memorials, and sculptures, give us insight into historical views of people, places, and spaces. Classical Greek and Roman public venues were constructed for political and social activities while paying homage to mythical leaders. The Renaissance's art and architecture was popular throughout Europe because it emphasized the humanities and the importance of individualism. The United States periodically incorporated Classical and European styles during its early centuries. By the lates 1800s, Louis Sullivan created architecture that served a purpose and reflected the American character. He rejected the influences of previous cultures for designs and structures that married the aesthetic and needs of a modern nation arguing that "form ever follows function." Maya Lin, the designer of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington D.C. recently explained that art and architecture may create an alternative view for people to experience their environment.
For this exhibit, "Form and Function," please submit works that you think express architecture as an artistic genre and/or having a purpose. Choose public works and structures that describe or give meaning to a location through concept and design. Consider the importance of light, space, and usage. The juror for this show is Bob Daylor. He is a plein air landscape/seascape watercolorist and member of the Rhode Island Watercolor Society and Westport Art Group. While primarily self-taught, he has taken art classes at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, RISD, and the Watercolor Society of Rhode Island. Daylor is a civil engineer/land planner whose work has included national and international projects. He holds a Bachelor and Master degrees in Civil Engineering from Northeastern University and was a Loeb Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
This exhibit will be on view from October 14th, 2025 - November 19th, 2025.
Daniel Libeskind, Berlin Jewish Museum
Buildings, memorials, and sculptures, give us insight into historical views of people, places, and spaces. Classical Greek and Roman public venues were constructed for political and social activities while paying homage to mythical leaders. The Renaissance's art and architecture was popular throughout Europe because it emphasized the humanities and the importance of individualism. The United States periodically incorporated Classical and European styles during its early centuries. By the lates 1800s, Louis Sullivan created architecture that served a purpose and reflected the American character. He rejected the influences of previous cultures for designs and structures that married the aesthetic and needs of a modern nation arguing that "form ever follows function." Maya Lin, the designer of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington D.C. recently explained that art and architecture may create an alternative view for people to experience their environment.
For this exhibit, "Form and Function," please submit works that you think express architecture as an artistic genre and/or having a purpose. Choose public works and structures that describe or give meaning to a location through concept and design. Consider the importance of light, space, and usage. The juror for this show is Bob Daylor. He is a plein air landscape/seascape watercolorist and member of the Rhode Island Watercolor Society and Westport Art Group. While primarily self-taught, he has taken art classes at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, RISD, and the Watercolor Society of Rhode Island. Daylor is a civil engineer/land planner whose work has included national and international projects. He holds a Bachelor and Master degrees in Civil Engineering from Northeastern University and was a Loeb Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
This exhibit will be on view from October 14th, 2025 - November 19th, 2025.
