Between Earth and Heaven: The Architecture of John Lautner

Over the course of a career spent largely in Los Angeles, John Lautner captured the essence of southern California in more than 150 distinctive structures. Trained by Frank Lloyd Wright, Lautner is best known for his private commissions such as the Elrod Residence in Palm Springs, featured in the James Bond movie Diamonds are Forever, and Los Angeles’s iconic ‘Chemosphere’.

The only European showing of this large scale retrospective will feature over 70 original drawings and models, spanning a 50-year period, as well as short films by award-winning documentary maker, Murray Grigor.

Between Earth and Heaven: The Architecture of John Lautner was organised by the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, in cooperation with The John Lautner Foundation and The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles. It is made possible through major gifts from the Dunard Fund USA, the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency and Frank and Berta Gehry.

Additional support is provided by the Llyod E. Rigler-Lawerence E. Deutsch Foundation, Helen and Sam Zell, the Harriett and Richard Gold/Gold Family Foundation; Ronnie and Vidal Sassoon, the 1011 Foundation, Inc., Bobby Kotick, The Brotman Foundation of California, The Fran and Ray Stark Foundation, The Getty Foundation, The City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs, the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts as well as Michael W. Lafetra, Trina Turk and Jonathan Skow, and Adelle Yellin.

 

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