Matthew Woodward: View From the Birth Day July 13, 2012

The White City of Chicago's 1893 World's Columbian Exposition represented one of the crowning achievements of the American Beaux-Arts movement, bringing the glory of Renaissance Europe and classical antiquity to the shores of Lake Michigan, which influenced the architecture of the City Beautiful movement for decades to follow. Incorporating ironwork and moldings into his pieces, Matthew Woodward hearkens back to this American Renaissance of architecture, demonstrating how this era has been re-appropriated and re-contextualized in the ever-changing interconnected landscapes of the American city and identity. Through this legacy, he focuses on the function of classical ideals as they move through the time and space of our everyday life.