The Case Studies

Abstract

The cities of the future, rather than being made of glass and steel as envisioned by earlier generations of urbanists, are instead largely constructed out of crude brick, straw, recycled plastic, cement blocks, and scrap wood." Mike Davis, Planet of Slums, 2006 In their most recent works, Oliver Boberg and Peter Bialobrzeski, two veteran artists at L.A. Gallery, have both dealt with the topic of buildings in poor urban neighborhoods of the Southern hemisphere. A juxtaposition of the two workgroups thus suggested itself, and is especially enlightening since the works bear motivic and formal similarities despite having originated in entirely dif ferent ways.