The Greengrocers Order, 2016 © Ordinary Architecture. All other photos by Francis Ware
Origins – A Project by Ordinary Architecture
15 October 2016 – 15 January 2017
In Summer 2016, I commissioned Charles Holland and Elly Ward of Ordinary Architecture to create a series of interventions around the Royal Academy’s historic buildings, exploring the mythological nature of the origins of architecture. Coinciding with a moment when much of the RA’s collections were off-site, the interventions – which varied from large-scale murals, to a playful new classical order – established a dialogue with the RA’s buildings and the ways they have been made to carry stories and ideas over time. Read more
Credits
Curator: Owen Hopkins
Organisational assistance: Helen Ikla
Collections Manager: Morgan Feely
Installation: RA Art Handlers and CBRE
Will thanks to Kate Goodwin, Phil Pearce and Imogen Willetts.
