The Cultural Landscape Foundation E L EV E N T H A nn Ual Silent Auction Catalogue List of Artists Adrian K Studio Janelle L. Johnson, ASLA Brian K. Thomson Charles Anderson, FASLA Mikyoung Kim, FASLA Michael Van Valkenburgh, FASLA Amy Ransom Arnold, ASLA Larry Kornegay, ASLA Michael Vergason, FASLA Keiji Asakura, FASLA Louis Kurz H. Keith Wagner, FASLA Thomas Balsley, FASLA Tom Lamb Garie Waltzer W.H. Bartlett Tom Leader, ASLA Alan Ward, FASLA In 2003, The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) Stacy Bass Carol Sue Lebbin-Spector Camille Warmington launched the Pioneers of American Landscape Design initiative in partnership with the American Society of Tiffany Beamer, ASLA Keith LeBlanc, FASLA Anne C. Weary Landscape Architects (ASLA). The goal is to document, Erika Blumenfeld William Lesch Dean West collect, and preserve the unique, first-hand perspectives Tom Bollinger Diane Love George Ziegler of renowned landscape practitioners and make them Vincent C. Brandi Alex S. MacLean available for future generations of stewards, designers, Marion Brenner, Affiliate ASLA Cheryl Maeder and researchers in a free, online archive. To support the Roberto Burle Marx Steve Martino, FASLA development of this and other important educational Laura Burnett, FASLA Mimi McKay, ASLA initiatives, TCLF is conducting its Eleventh Annual Silent Clyde Butcher Jonathan Mueller, FASLA Auction of artwork. Robert Chipman, ASLA James Nelson This year’s auction features over eighty sketches, Thomas Dolliver Church Thomas R. Oslund, FASLA paintings, photographs, books, and other ephemera Claude Cormier, FCSLA Theodore Osmundson, FASLA made by notable artists and landscape architects. In Taylor Crombie with Jeffrey Plank Pat Pickett addition to the diverse collection of work by both veteran Gonzalo Cruz, ASLA Lala Rašcic and emerging landscape architects, the auction includes The Cultural Landscape Foundation M.C. Reardon nearly a dozen works by celebrated photographers from Matthew J. Cunningham, ASLA Scott Reinholt, ASLA across the country. Topher Delaney James Richards, FASLA Angela D. Dye, FASLA David Rubin, ASLA ANNUAL SPONSOR L E A D S ponsor PRESENTING S ponsor Craig Farnsworth, ASLA Cass Salzwedel Chris Faust Lucinda Reed Sanders, FASLA Richard Fenker Ryosuke Shimoda Tyler Forgacs, ASLA René D. Shoemaker Tom Fox Kevin W. Sloan, ASLA Adriaan Geuze, ASLA Brent Smith Brad J. Goldberg Ken Smith, FASLA Millicent Harvey W. Gary Smith, FASLA Susan Hatchell, FASLA Richard Sneary Ron Henderson, FASLA Stephen E. Strom Gary R. Hilderbrand, FASLA Curtice Taylor The Cultural Landscape Foundation Silent Auction 2015 ∙ ASLA Annual Meeting & EXPO ∙ Booth 646 ∙ Chicago ∙ November 7 - 8 Charles Anderson FAS L A “Red Drawing”. Metropolitan Park, Athens, Greece 2015 Red pencil on trace, signed Dimensions: 24” x 15” (unframed); 28” x 18” (framed) ABOUT THE A R TIST Anderson is the president and principal of Los Angeles-based WERK, a continuation of his former practice, Charles Anderson Landscape Architecture, in Seattle. His work is founded on the goal of creating places for civic expression. There are two distinct threads that he explores as part of every project, which also define the trajectory of the larger body of his work. The first is a genuine love of nature and the second is a passion for the arts, particularly land art and sculpture. This love of wild landscapes and contemporary art informs his work philosophically and provides a lens through which his projects are understood. Anderson graduated in 1985 with an M.L.A. from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. In practice for more than thirty years, his experience includes an extensive record of large and complex projects completed with internationally recognized architecture firms and artists. His civic projects include Metropolitan Park, a 500-acre park in Athens, Greece; the Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park; the visitor centers at Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument; and the International Peace Garden on the border of Manitoba and North Dakota. ABOUT THIS PIECE This is the conceptual “red drawing” of the plan for Metropolitan Park in Athens, Greece. The drawing was prepared in February 2015 for the development of the submittal entitlements to the Greek Government. Red color pencils, erasers, and trace paper allow for drawing and redrawing lines, erasing and drawing again until the composition feels right and in balance. It was a process first developed in the design competition for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Metropolitan Park, the centerpiece of a 1600-acre development, includes a mile of coastline and the redevelopment of the aging Hellinikon Airport. Project Hellinikon is a collaboration among WERK, Doxiadis+, Fosters + Partners, Arup, and a European design team. www.werk.us 5 The Cultural Landscape Foundation Silent Auction 2015 ∙ ASLA Annual Meeting & EXPO ∙ Booth 646 ∙ Chicago ∙ November 7 - 8 Amy Ransom Arnold ASLA Kalendarium Hortense, store 2015 Graphite on paper, signed Dimensions: 8” x 8” (unframed); 111/8 ” x 113/8” (framed) ABOUT THE A R TIST Arnold received an M.L.A. from the University of Virginia and an M.F.A. from the University of Washington, Seattle. As principal of land+form landscape architecture since 2000, her projects have included sites around the Washington, D.C., area. Her project “elevation 314” earned the Award for Exceptional Design from the Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 2005, and the Award for Sustainable Design from the Virginia Chapter of the ASLA in 2007. ABOUT THIS PIECE This series of drawings are 1:1 full-size descriptions of the material, practical, and process language of gardening. Influenced by black-and-white diagrams included in how-to books of the late 1800s to mid-1900s, the imagery has been chosen to reflect garden traditions, horticultural practices, and shared garden lore. Soil, wood, seed, stone, and sky are configured and arranged, describing actions necessary to manage seasonal change and provide protection and sanctuary in the face of sudden disruption. Paper tents shield a seedling, a paper cone channels water into the ground, a concrete bird rests on a wall, and a saw blade is designed to “cut and cleanse.” Simultaneously abstract and figurative, garden, gardener, and gardening are compressed in a conversation of change, disruption, and renewal. Moments from personal stories and larger meta-narratives are expressed in each of the drawings. https://amyransomarnold.squarespace.com 7 The Cultural Landscape Foundation Silent Auction 2015 ∙ ASLA Annual Meeting & EXPO ∙ Booth 646 ∙ Chicago ∙ November 7 - 8 Keiji Asakura FAS L A Entsuji and Hieizan 2015 Woodblock print on watercolor paper, signed Edition: 4/4 Dimensions: 24” x 19” (unframed) ABOUT THE A R TIST Asakura is a founding principal of Asakura Robinson Co. in Houston, Texas. Born in Tokyo, he attended high school, college, and began practice in California. Asakura has since provided urban design, landscape architecture, and planning services from his Houston office for over 24 years. As a dedicated community supporter, Asakura serves on many boards and commissions and volunteers numerous hours to beautification and philanthropic efforts. A B O U T T H IS P I E C E This block print depicts a view of the Entsuji Garden, circa 1639, from the veranda of the Imperial Hataeda Teahouse in Kyoto, Japan. Keiji has visited this garden many times and it is still his favorite. The block print distills the layers of Mt. Hiei, a bamboo grove, an ephemeral mixed hedge, cryptomeria trunks, stones, moss, and the veranda frame to their essence, as he sees them. www.asakurarobinson.com 9 The Cultural Landscape Foundation Silent Auction 2015 ∙ ASLA Annual Meeting & EXPO ∙ Booth 646 ∙ Chicago ∙ November 7 - 8 Thomas Balsley FAS L A Hunter’s Point South Park - Promontory and Marsh Study 2014 Felt tip pen and Prismacolor colored pencils, signed Dimensions: 24” x 12” (unframed); 251/2” x 131/2” (framed) ABOUT THE A R TIST Balsley is the lead designer of Thomas Balsley Associates, an urban landscape architecture firm based in New York City, whose work has had a profound impact on the built environment and the quality of life in cities across the United States. His firm’s portfolio of award-winning projects and competitions include Dallas’ Main Street Garden, Cleveland’s Perk Park, Tampa’s Curtis Hixon Park, Tokyo’s Gate City, and Seoul’s Leeum Samsung Museum of Art. His work at Riverside Park South, Gantry Park, Hunter’s Point South, and Peggy Rockefeller Plaza has helped to reshape New York City’s public realm. In acknowledgement of his contribution to public space in the City of New York, a park on 57th Street was renamed in his honor as Balsley Park. His teaching and speaking engagements at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, the University of Pennsylvania, the National Building Museum, Seoul National University, etc., together with publications and TV appearances, such as on the BBC’s Around the World in 80 Gardens, have brought his work to an international audience. In the Spacemaker Press monograph Thomas Balsley: The Urban Landscape, architecture critic Herbert Muschamp of the New York Times wrote: “Balsley inscribes places with a dual portrait of nature and culture in modern dress.” He is also the recent recipient of the 2015 ASLA Design Medal. A B O U T T H IS P I E C E The tidal marsh and interpretive trail system are critical components of Hunter’s Point South Park’s promontory and skyline overlook. This design sketch is one that studies its appearance from the East River and Manhattan skyline views, and its interface with the shoreline. www.tbany.com 11 The Cultural Landscape Foundation Silent Auction 2015 ∙ ASLA Annual Meeting & EXPO ∙ Booth 646 ∙ Chicago ∙ November 7 - 8 W. H. Bartlett View below Table Rock 1839 Steel plate engraving Dimensions: 67/8” x 43/4” (unframed); 9” x 12” (framed) Donated by Arleyn Levee, Honorary ASLA A B O U T T HE A R TIST Born in London, Bartlett, a landscape illustrator, traveled around the world documenting the landscape.