Le Corbusier Open University Study Day at the Barbican

Le Corbusier Open University Study Day
21 March 2009 11am-5pm
At the Barbican, Redgrave Suite, Level 4

Tickets: £20/£15 OU concessions

OU staff and students qualify for a reduced price, which includes admission to the Barbican show: Le Corbusier – The Art of Architecture

Le Corbusier repeatedly asserted that his innovations as an architect depended on his passion for the fine arts and his practice as a painter, sculptor and designer. Is this true and what was the nature of the relationship between art and architecture in his work?

Chaired by Tim Benton, Professor Department of Art History, Open University. Speakers include Christopher Green, Professor Emeritus, Courtauld Institute of Art, Stanislaus von Moos, exhibition curator and Professor Emeritus, Department of Art History, University of Zurich, Caroline Maniaque, Associate Professor at the Ecole nationale supérieure d’architecture et de paysage de Lille and artist Simon Starling.

This event is open to all and the ticket price includes entry to the exhibition.

Part of Le Corbusier: Schools and Families
Part of Le Corbusier: The Art of Architecture

Tickets can be booked on-line.

For more information about Le Corbusier at the Barbican see: http://www.barbican.org.uk/lecorbusier