Martin Herbert on Pablo Bronstein

Artforum | February 1, 2007| | Copyright

OPENINGS

Pablo Bronstein knocked down London Bridge and commissioned two architects-ostentatious postmodernist Terry Farrell and eighteenth-century purveyor of Neoclassical elegance William Chambers-to collaborate on its replacement, a passÃ© riot of disharmonious ornament crowned with a giant precariously balanced globe. He seated Filippo Juvarra, Baroque pioneer of illusionistic perspectives for theater sets and designer of basilicas, at a draftsman's desk beside Michael Graves, architect of Disneyland's resort hotels, and left them to foment an unholy mix of elegant piazzas and ...

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