Rafael Jackson
@rafajack.bsky.social
Art and Architectural History Professor at UPR-RP, and earlier at UPR-RUM and UAM • Research in modernist/contemporary visual culture and architecture • Personal account
Better this way? 😉
August 3, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Better this way? 😉
Timeless beauty
Chair designed by the Austrian architect Josef Hoffmann (1907)
Philadelphia Museum of Art.
#josefhoffman #viennasecession
Chair designed by the Austrian architect Josef Hoffmann (1907)
Philadelphia Museum of Art.
#josefhoffman #viennasecession
July 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Timeless beauty
Chair designed by the Austrian architect Josef Hoffmann (1907)
Philadelphia Museum of Art.
#josefhoffman #viennasecession
Chair designed by the Austrian architect Josef Hoffmann (1907)
Philadelphia Museum of Art.
#josefhoffman #viennasecession
Today I will be discussing amazing projects like these. Can’t wait!
Photos: Filippo Poli, Camouflaj (CC).
Photos: Filippo Poli, Camouflaj (CC).
April 24, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Today I will be discussing amazing projects like these. Can’t wait!
Photos: Filippo Poli, Camouflaj (CC).
Photos: Filippo Poli, Camouflaj (CC).
Coming soon… Make an image of Gaudi as a saint on a trencadís background.
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April 24, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Coming soon… Make an image of Gaudi as a saint on a trencadís background.
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Nothing new under the sun.
Left: Jayden Smith at the 2025 Grammy Ceremony, © Robyn Beck
Right: Architects dressed as buildings. The 1931 Beaux-Arts Ball, New York City
#costumes #architecture #beauxartsball #2025grammys
Left: Jayden Smith at the 2025 Grammy Ceremony, © Robyn Beck
Right: Architects dressed as buildings. The 1931 Beaux-Arts Ball, New York City
#costumes #architecture #beauxartsball #2025grammys
February 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Nothing new under the sun.
Left: Jayden Smith at the 2025 Grammy Ceremony, © Robyn Beck
Right: Architects dressed as buildings. The 1931 Beaux-Arts Ball, New York City
#costumes #architecture #beauxartsball #2025grammys
Left: Jayden Smith at the 2025 Grammy Ceremony, © Robyn Beck
Right: Architects dressed as buildings. The 1931 Beaux-Arts Ball, New York City
#costumes #architecture #beauxartsball #2025grammys
This is kind of similar to some of Lynda Benglis’s amazing artworks, like «Contraband» (1969, Whitney Museum) #contemporaryart #derivative #visualparaphrasing
January 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This is kind of similar to some of Lynda Benglis’s amazing artworks, like «Contraband» (1969, Whitney Museum) #contemporaryart #derivative #visualparaphrasing
Happy New Year with a bittersweet picture.
Photo: Shirley MacLaine, «The Apartment» (dir. Billy Wilder, 1960)
Photo: Shirley MacLaine, «The Apartment» (dir. Billy Wilder, 1960)
December 31, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Happy New Year with a bittersweet picture.
Photo: Shirley MacLaine, «The Apartment» (dir. Billy Wilder, 1960)
Photo: Shirley MacLaine, «The Apartment» (dir. Billy Wilder, 1960)
It’s his supervillain’s name in the DC multiverse
[photo: design by pohcsneb]
[photo: design by pohcsneb]
December 28, 2024 at 10:25 AM
It’s his supervillain’s name in the DC multiverse
[photo: design by pohcsneb]
[photo: design by pohcsneb]
Amazing! A visual inspiration for Los Angeles in «Blade Runner» (1982)
December 19, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Amazing! A visual inspiration for Los Angeles in «Blade Runner» (1982)
Art deco building in a modest neighborhood, San Juan (Puerto Rico)
#artdecoinpuertorico #artdecoarchitecture #artdecoarchitectureinpuertorico #architecture #modernarchitecture
#artdecoinpuertorico #artdecoarchitecture #artdecoarchitectureinpuertorico #architecture #modernarchitecture
December 17, 2024 at 9:48 AM
Art deco building in a modest neighborhood, San Juan (Puerto Rico)
#artdecoinpuertorico #artdecoarchitecture #artdecoarchitectureinpuertorico #architecture #modernarchitecture
#artdecoinpuertorico #artdecoarchitecture #artdecoarchitectureinpuertorico #architecture #modernarchitecture
Cornelis van Eesteren and Theo van Doesburg: Entry for a shopping arcade (project, 1924).
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret: Cité de Refuge, París (1929-1933).
#lecorbusier #vaneesteren #vandoesbourg #destijl #modernarchitecture #visualdialogues
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret: Cité de Refuge, París (1929-1933).
#lecorbusier #vaneesteren #vandoesbourg #destijl #modernarchitecture #visualdialogues
December 16, 2024 at 12:19 AM
Cornelis van Eesteren and Theo van Doesburg: Entry for a shopping arcade (project, 1924).
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret: Cité de Refuge, París (1929-1933).
#lecorbusier #vaneesteren #vandoesbourg #destijl #modernarchitecture #visualdialogues
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret: Cité de Refuge, París (1929-1933).
#lecorbusier #vaneesteren #vandoesbourg #destijl #modernarchitecture #visualdialogues
Amazing! It reminds me of Shigeru Ban’s «Curtain Wall House» in Tokyo (1994-1995)
December 15, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Amazing! It reminds me of Shigeru Ban’s «Curtain Wall House» in Tokyo (1994-1995)
Thank you! And Robert Mallet-Stevens for the amazing architectural sets
December 13, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Thank you! And Robert Mallet-Stevens for the amazing architectural sets
When this kind of messages get more than 1K likes and other really insightful have only dozens or a hundred, you are living an X moment 🙄
December 13, 2024 at 10:35 AM
When this kind of messages get more than 1K likes and other really insightful have only dozens or a hundred, you are living an X moment 🙄
Postmodernist architecture may be fine when it is designed with tons of irony, but it can be so harmful if designed seriously. This is an example of the latter
#postmodernisminpuertorico #postmodernhaha #moreisabore
#postmodernisminpuertorico #postmodernhaha #moreisabore
December 12, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Postmodernist architecture may be fine when it is designed with tons of irony, but it can be so harmful if designed seriously. This is an example of the latter
#postmodernisminpuertorico #postmodernhaha #moreisabore
#postmodernisminpuertorico #postmodernhaha #moreisabore
Finally! Ending a chapter on this for a book on visual reception
#theskinilivein #lapielquehabito #visualreception #eldeseo #pedroalmodovar
#theskinilivein #lapielquehabito #visualreception #eldeseo #pedroalmodovar
December 9, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Finally! Ending a chapter on this for a book on visual reception
#theskinilivein #lapielquehabito #visualreception #eldeseo #pedroalmodovar
#theskinilivein #lapielquehabito #visualreception #eldeseo #pedroalmodovar
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: “Plan for a house made of brick” (1923/1924).
Piet Mondrian: “Composition with Large Red Plane, Yellow, Black, Grey and Blue” (1921).
#modernistarchitecture #modernism #miesvanderrohe #mondrian #destijl
Piet Mondrian: “Composition with Large Red Plane, Yellow, Black, Grey and Blue” (1921).
#modernistarchitecture #modernism #miesvanderrohe #mondrian #destijl
December 9, 2024 at 12:02 AM
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: “Plan for a house made of brick” (1923/1924).
Piet Mondrian: “Composition with Large Red Plane, Yellow, Black, Grey and Blue” (1921).
#modernistarchitecture #modernism #miesvanderrohe #mondrian #destijl
Piet Mondrian: “Composition with Large Red Plane, Yellow, Black, Grey and Blue” (1921).
#modernistarchitecture #modernism #miesvanderrohe #mondrian #destijl
That’s true! And in any kind of artistic expression. I am thinking of Tarsila do Amaral and her amazing paintings 😍
December 7, 2024 at 2:21 PM
That’s true! And in any kind of artistic expression. I am thinking of Tarsila do Amaral and her amazing paintings 😍
The Museo de Arte de São Paulo is always in my top list. How ingenious was Lina Bo Bardi: she designed a joyful and colorful brutalist building
Photos: Wilfredor, Mike Peel
#architecture #brutalism #brazilianbrutalism #linabobardi #contemporaryarchitecture #joyfularchitecture
Photos: Wilfredor, Mike Peel
#architecture #brutalism #brazilianbrutalism #linabobardi #contemporaryarchitecture #joyfularchitecture
December 7, 2024 at 1:00 PM
The Museo de Arte de São Paulo is always in my top list. How ingenious was Lina Bo Bardi: she designed a joyful and colorful brutalist building
Photos: Wilfredor, Mike Peel
#architecture #brutalism #brazilianbrutalism #linabobardi #contemporaryarchitecture #joyfularchitecture
Photos: Wilfredor, Mike Peel
#architecture #brutalism #brazilianbrutalism #linabobardi #contemporaryarchitecture #joyfularchitecture
December 1, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Honoré Daumier’s busts of French politicians during the government of King Louis-Philippe
#kakistocracy #art #nineteenthcenturyart #frenchart
#kakistocracy #art #nineteenthcenturyart #frenchart
November 21, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Honoré Daumier’s busts of French politicians during the government of King Louis-Philippe
#kakistocracy #art #nineteenthcenturyart #frenchart
#kakistocracy #art #nineteenthcenturyart #frenchart
Raoul Hausmann: «Mechanical Head (The Sign of the Times)», 1920
The only surviving assemblage made by its author, it seems an uncanny prophecy of the days to come. Seven years later, Fritz Lang directed «Metropolis», haunted by the image of the gynoid #hausmann #metropolis #lang #arthistory
The only surviving assemblage made by its author, it seems an uncanny prophecy of the days to come. Seven years later, Fritz Lang directed «Metropolis», haunted by the image of the gynoid #hausmann #metropolis #lang #arthistory
November 19, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Raoul Hausmann: «Mechanical Head (The Sign of the Times)», 1920
The only surviving assemblage made by its author, it seems an uncanny prophecy of the days to come. Seven years later, Fritz Lang directed «Metropolis», haunted by the image of the gynoid #hausmann #metropolis #lang #arthistory
The only surviving assemblage made by its author, it seems an uncanny prophecy of the days to come. Seven years later, Fritz Lang directed «Metropolis», haunted by the image of the gynoid #hausmann #metropolis #lang #arthistory
Schinkel’s spirit on a Mies’s building: Altes Museum in Berlin v. Crown Hall in Chicago
#architecture #modernistarchitecture #modernarchitecture #miesvanderrohe
#architecture #modernistarchitecture #modernarchitecture #miesvanderrohe
November 17, 2024 at 10:51 PM
Schinkel’s spirit on a Mies’s building: Altes Museum in Berlin v. Crown Hall in Chicago
#architecture #modernistarchitecture #modernarchitecture #miesvanderrohe
#architecture #modernistarchitecture #modernarchitecture #miesvanderrohe