Jason Oddy British, b. 1967
The Palace of Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 1999
C-Print
large: 101 x 127 cm 39 3/4 x 50 in
small: 40 x 50 cm 15 3/4 x 19 11/16 in
small: 40 x 50 cm 15 3/4 x 19 11/16 in
Edition of 10
Titled, dated, signed and numbered on reverse
JO0055
As concrete expressions of the aspiration to global harmony and order the United Nations headquarters in New York and Geneva are instances of superlative design. In the photographs Oddy made...
As concrete expressions of the aspiration to global harmony and order the United Nations headquarters in New York and Geneva are instances of superlative design. In the photographs Oddy made in these twin seats of world government he sought to isolate and accentuate some of their most salient features. The Salle des pas perdus is the main concourse of the Palace of Nations. Designed by committee in the 1920s to house the ill-fated League of Nations, this building with its neo-classical, somewhat totalitarian design, is now the Geneva outpost of the United Nations.