CREATIVE FUSION: SITE VERY SPECIFIC JUAN ARAUJO / CARACAS, VENEZUELA
Of all the venues to be used by FRONT International’s Madison resident artists, the Oberlin Weltzheimer/Johnson House is a peculiar one–not only because it is an artwork unto itself, designed by Frank Lloyd-Wright, but also for its physical distance from Cleveland, and perhaps the distintion of character between the city and the small college town.
The Venezuelan painter Juan Araujo experienced this engaging contrast between Cleveland and its fluctuating proximity of opposites, and Oberlin with the openness of this architectural jewel nested in the sheltered setting of a quaint college town. With support from the Cleveland Foundation, Araujo will create original pieces for the iconic home: a collection made specifically to inhabit spaces defined by one of the most important and distinctive American architects.
