Kathleen Herbert In her recent body of work Kathleen Herbert has been exploring, through etchings, sculpture and video, the architecture and cultural impact of Expo 58, the world's first trade fair in Brussels in 1958. Held within the context of reconstruction, the Cold War and decolonisation, the intention of the World’s fair was to prepare an inventory of the scientific, technological and cultural achievements by mankind. It was a response to the needs of civilisation and placed emphasis on optimism looking towards a more humane world. These ideals were expressed through architecture and none of the buildings achieved this purpose more than, The mighty Arrow of the civil engineering, a famous eighty-metre cantilevered arrow made from reinforced concrete and Le Corbusier’s Philips Pavilion. |
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