“From Las Vegas to Rome: Photographs by Iwan Baan” Opens at the American Academy | Architectural Record
A jumbled throng of onlookers contrast the classical sculptures of Rome’s 18th-century Fontana di Trevi, while imitations of the Sistine Chapel’s Renaissance frescoes greet visitors at Las Vegas’s Venetian hotel in the architectural imagery of RECORD’s contributing photographer Iwan Baan. On view at the American Academy in Rome, “From Las Vegas to Rome: Photographs by Iwan Baan” opened last week to commemorate the 50th anniversary of architects Steven Izenour, Denise Scott Brown, and Robert Venturi’s influential book, Learning from Las Vegas (1972). Curated by the Academy’s Andrew Heiskell interim arts director Lindsay Harris, the Dutch photographer’s expository photographs compare the seemingly disparate styles of the two archetypal cities.