Iannis Xenakis. Architect, Composer, Visionary (Drawing Papers 88)

"Iannis Xenakis: Composer, Architect, Visionary" explores the fundamental role of drawing in the work of Greek avant-garde composer Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001). A leading figure in twentieth century music, Xenakis was trained as a civil engineer, then became an architect and developed revolutionary designs while working with Le Corbusier. The book accompagnies an exhibition at the Drawing Center New York which comprised of nearly 100 documents created between 1953 and 1984. Included are rarely-seen hand-rendered scores, architectural drawings, conceptual renderings, pre-compositional sketches, and graphic scores, as well as essays by Ivan Hewett, Carey Lovelace, Sharon Kanach, and Mâkhi Xenakis. "Iannis Xenakis: Composer, Architect, Visionary" was co-curated by Xenakis scholar Sharon Kanach and critic Carey Lovelace and travelled to the Canadian Centre for Architecture and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.