Paparazza Moderna: Lovers & Frenemies
This exhibition by the artist duo Lake Verea features visceral encounters with single-family houses that expose the stories behind the facades of Modern architecture.
The first chapter, “Frenemies” (2011–2018) focuses on houses designed in the United States by iconic Modernist architects, particularly spotlighting pairs of architects who started as friends, then suffered a rupture and were later reconciled: Walter Gropius vs. Marcel Breuer; Rudolf M. Schindler vs. Richard J. Neutra; and Philip Johnson vs. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The resulting portraits of each house are not documentary but rather are compositions of multiple photographs capturing an immediate and personal encounter with the architecture.
A second chapter, “Lovers” (2025), pivots from the United States to Europe and from men to women. The product of 9000 km of travel through eleven countries, this series highlights the contributions of female architects, designers, and artists that were often obscured by historical mores and partnerships with male architects, often their romantic partners. These photos bear witness to the work of Eileen Gray, Charlotte Perriand, Nelly van Doesburg, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Truus Schröder, Lotte Stam-Besse, Aino Marsio-Aalto, Elissa Aalto, Grete Prytz Kittelsen, Ragna Grubb, Inger Exner, Lilly Reich, Eszter Pécsi, and Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky.
Exhibition Credits
All works by Lake Verea
(Francisca Rivero-Lake Cortina & Carla Verea Hernández)
Concept and exhibition design by Lake Verea
(Francisca Rivero-Lake Cortina & Carla Verea Hernández)
Rendering and 3D model by Imanol Meza Coriche
Graphic design by Cam Rivero-Lake
Photographic printing by Griffin Editions
Exhibition Team
Andrew Benner, Director of Exhibitions
Alison Walsh, Exhibitions Coordinator and Registrar
Installation and Fabrication Team
Jay Bates, Ryan Cyr, Evan DiGiovanni, Jaime Kriksciun, Zach Wilder
Publication Designer
David Reinfurt
Publications Director
Nina Rappaport
Lake Verea would like to thank for research support and travel:
Catherine Petitgas, Ingar Dragset, Simon Fujiwara, Patricia Hernádez, Ramón Gandarias and Anne Clergue. Special thanks to Brenda and Sox Danilowitz, Eeva-Liissa Pelkonen and Turner Brooks, Andrew Benner, Alison Walsh, and ALL at the Yale University team for making this dream come true. We thank the Vitra Design Museum for hosting Paparazza Moderna exhibition in 2019. Thanks especially to Mateo Kries, Rolf Fehlbaum, Federica Zanco, and Viviane Steppmanns. We thank our families for their unconditional support: Adelaida Cortina Cespedes, Paco Rivero-Lake, Josefa Rivero-Lake Cortina, Rodolfo Albin Rivero-Lake, Camila Rivero-Lake, Patricia Hernández Ramirez, Ramón Gandarias, Pedro Verea Hernández, Jimena Woodworth, Jimena Verea Woodworth, Antonia Verea Woodworth, Ursula Verea Hernández, Carlos Peyrelongue, Juan Manuel Martínez Parente Verea, Marina Martínez Parente Verea, Jacinta Verea Hernández, Jacinta Puente Verea, and Santiago Puente Verea. Thank you to galler-ies, collectors and best friends Juan Carlos Bendana-Pinel, Yasuko Egawa, Issa Maria Benitez, Fernando Cordero, Iris & Jean Baptiste Dalle, Lolita Beistegui, Ignacio Garza, Jamie Denburg Habie, Hector Esrawe, Darin Klein, Arthur Castro, Juan Carlos Campos, Colette Decroux, Rudy Weissenberg, Rodman Primack, Sophie Avernin, Javier Arredondo, Alejandra Rios, Mercedes Saenz, Lucas Dougherty, Sandra Vertiz, Oren Tatcher, Rosa Yagüe, Fabiola Iza, Daniel Garza-Usabiaga, and Pablo León de la Barra.
The Yale School of Architecture’s exhibition program is supported in part by the Robert A.M. Stern Fund, the Pickard Chilton Dean’s Resource Fund, the Nitkin Family Dean’s Discretionary Fund in Architecture, the Fred Koetter Exhibitions Fund, the Kibel Foundation Fund, and the James Wilder Green Dean’s Resource Fund.
Visit the Exhibition
The Yale Architecture Gallery is located at Paul Rudolph Hall in New Haven, CT.
Enter through 190 York Street, New Haven, CT 06511 and proceed to the second floor.
The Yale Architecture Gallery is open 9 - 5 on weekdays and 10 - 5 on Saturdays. The Gallery is closed on major holidays.
