The W Hawkins Ferry House in Michigan is the setting for a group art exhibition, ‘Unobstructed Views’, organised by the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit in conjunction with Library Street Collective

在20世纪中叶，密歇根是现代主义建筑的中心，特别是当时蓬勃发展的底特律工业中心。汽车城成为建筑师的家，像Eero Saarinen和Minoru Yamasaki，家具制造商Steelcase和Herman Miller在西密歇根并不太远。

现在，由于一场慈善拍卖和团体展览，由知名度较低的william kessler设计的一颗隐藏的现代主义建筑宝石正在郊区的格罗斯波因特小镇被重新发现。“畅通无阻”由底特律当代艺术馆与图书馆街联合主办，在W Hawkins Ferry House展出了34位艺术家的作品。

W霍金斯渡船房“通畅”的安装观

这座由凯斯勒(他在Bauhaus创始人沃尔特·格罗皮乌斯(Walter Gropius)手下学习，在山崎公司工作)设计，在底特律东北10英里处的圣克莱尔湖(LakeSt Clair)有着壮观的景色，它的名字来源于他的前主人-已故建筑历史学家、艺术赞助人和四面八方的社会名流W·霍金斯·费里(W Hawkins Ferry)(他专门委托凯斯勒在风景如画的环境中展示他的艺术收藏)。

底特律画廊图书馆街集体(底特律画廊)创始人安东尼·库里斯(Anthony Curis)解释说，我们从修复过程中了解了大部分关于这栋房子具体细节的知识。2015年，他和妻子JJ一起买下了这栋房子。他继续说：“我们每次都会遇到惊喜，在地下室的爬行空间里，我们发现了原来的胡桃门，以及艺术家格伦·迈克尔斯(Glen Michaels)设计的露台的一整套替代台面。”

房子最令人印象深刻的元素之一是宏伟的楼梯，它建造在一个单一的接地基座上，台阶起伏的花岗岩水磨石。与这个巨大的特点相比，是微妙的使用钢琴线连接到不锈钢支柱，以创造几乎看不见的二楼阳台。

W霍金斯渡船房“通畅”的安装观

该装置可供公众在8月10日之前使用，其特色是迈克·凯利(Mike Kelley)、KAWS和Paul Kremer等知名艺术家的作品，以及威利·韦恩·史密斯(Willie Wayne Smith)等更多新兴艺术家的作品。它将于7月27日星期四举行慈善拍卖，所有收益都将用于MOCAD的项目(出价可能会通过Paddle 8在线公布)。

在1969年《美丽的杂志》杂志上，一位评论家描述了这个家的“无阻碍的观点”，超越了艺术和风景，成为了凯斯勒设计的核心。

Untitled, 2016, acrylic and spray paint on canvas, by Nina Chanel Abney. Courtesy of the artist

Designed in 1964 by Meathe, Kessler & Associates, the historic house boasts dramatic views over the Lake St Clair

Artworks by the likes of Greg Bogin form a dialogue with the house’s midcentury furniture

Sun Up/Sun Down (for GL), 2017, acrylic and urethane on canvas, by Greg Bogin Acrylic. Courtesy of the artist

Wood paneling and a one-of-a-kind staircase are key features of the home

The works of 34 artists are scattered across the modernist house

Cartilage Denial Reference, 2016, by Holton Rower. Courtesy of the artist

From left, NOT YET TITLED, 2017, by KAWS; Dinner Party, 2017, by Josh Reames; and Untitled (Depression), 2017, by Beverly Fishman. Courtesy of the artists

NOT YET TITLED, 2017, acrylic on canvas, by KAWS

The east-facing glass façade

The 5,275 sq ft home is shaped like a box, with three of the walls sheathed in cypress

AK, 2017, by Andrew Kuo. Courtesy of the artist

Untitled, 2017, by Scott Reeder. Courtesy of the artist

Detail of Summer Lunch at Scala dei Turchi, 2017, by Katherine Bernhardt. Courtesy of the artist

Weed, 2015 (bottom right), by Tony Matelli. Courtesy of the artist

Read Right to Left, 2016 (left), by Trudy Benson; and “Stop copying my De Kooning style, I thought ‘chu was on that Twombly tip at the moment. Smh”, said De’Andre to Timmothy, 2014, by Devin Troy Strother. Courtesy of the artists

Alufoil (Deco Side Table), 2017, by Chris Schanck. Courtesy of the artist

Model for South eld, 2016, by Charles McGee. Courtesy of the artist

Stunts and Shows, 2014, by Derrick Adams. Courtesy of the artist and Tilton Gallery

keywords:Modernism, American art, Modernist architecture

关键词：现代主义，美国艺术，现代主义建筑