VERNACULAR
Dan Schwalm + Taiyo Watanabe, 2020
Digital Prints
"Exactly. And that leads somewhere else. This is my hope - that I always get somewhere I can't find otherwise. Always try to find new ways. An unknown landscape. This is a very poetic affront. I think that's what often happens, that you go into the fog and feel your way through."
- Rudolf Polanszky in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist, Gagosian Quarterly, Winter 2019 Issue
ver·nac·u·lar
/vərˈnakyələr/
noun
1. the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.
"he wrote in the vernacular to reach a larger audience"
2. architecture concerned with domestic and functional rather than public or monumental buildings.
"buildings in which Gothic merged into farmhouse vernacular"
adjective
1. (of language) spoken as one's mother tongue; not learned or imposed as a second language.
2. (of architecture) concerned with domestic and functional rather than public or monumental buildings.
two seemingly different landscapes
two seemingly different artists
one apparent abstract
one apparent technique
different colors
black and white
particular
seemingly
seemingly different landscapes
seemingly different artists
apparently different artists
seemingly apparent abstract
one vernacular
Show Sponsor:
Lucky Bucket Brewing Co.
Dan Schwalm + Taiyo Watanabe, 2020
Digital Prints
"Exactly. And that leads somewhere else. This is my hope - that I always get somewhere I can't find otherwise. Always try to find new ways. An unknown landscape. This is a very poetic affront. I think that's what often happens, that you go into the fog and feel your way through."
- Rudolf Polanszky in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist, Gagosian Quarterly, Winter 2019 Issue
ver·nac·u·lar
/vərˈnakyələr/
noun
1. the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.
"he wrote in the vernacular to reach a larger audience"
2. architecture concerned with domestic and functional rather than public or monumental buildings.
"buildings in which Gothic merged into farmhouse vernacular"
adjective
1. (of language) spoken as one's mother tongue; not learned or imposed as a second language.
2. (of architecture) concerned with domestic and functional rather than public or monumental buildings.
two seemingly different landscapes
two seemingly different artists
one apparent abstract
one apparent technique
different colors
black and white
particular
seemingly
seemingly different landscapes
seemingly different artists
apparently different artists
seemingly apparent abstract
one vernacular
Show Sponsor:
Lucky Bucket Brewing Co.
Photos Courtesy of Dan Schwalm & Taiyo Watanabe
Video Courtesy of Taiyo Watanabe
About the Artists:
Dan Schwalm is an architectural photographer for HDR’s global architecture company based out of Omaha, Nebraska. He creates visually compelling images for projects ranging in size from 1,000 square feet to millions of square feet for both domestic and international HDR architects, interior designers and other professionals to help tell their project stories, all while adhering to a corporate budget. Schwalm’s work is featured in many publications, and he has helped HDR win an ever-increasing amount of design awards.
www.danschwalmphoto.com
Taiyo Watanabe is a professional architectural designer and an accomplished architectural photographer. He received a Bachelor of Architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles. With a background in architecture coupled with a keen interest in photography this has resulted in masterful and technically precise architectural captures. Watanabe's photographs have been included in publications such as Architect Magazine, Architectural Record, CLOG, HYPEBEAST, Log, Taschen books and others.
www.taiyowatanabe.com
Dan Schwalm is an architectural photographer for HDR’s global architecture company based out of Omaha, Nebraska. He creates visually compelling images for projects ranging in size from 1,000 square feet to millions of square feet for both domestic and international HDR architects, interior designers and other professionals to help tell their project stories, all while adhering to a corporate budget. Schwalm’s work is featured in many publications, and he has helped HDR win an ever-increasing amount of design awards.
www.danschwalmphoto.com
Taiyo Watanabe is a professional architectural designer and an accomplished architectural photographer. He received a Bachelor of Architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles. With a background in architecture coupled with a keen interest in photography this has resulted in masterful and technically precise architectural captures. Watanabe's photographs have been included in publications such as Architect Magazine, Architectural Record, CLOG, HYPEBEAST, Log, Taschen books and others.
www.taiyowatanabe.com