'I think the fish form is architectural': Watch Frank Gehry talk about his latest sculpture exhibition in Los Angeles
“I think the fish form is architectural, that’s my take. I like the expression of movement. I wondered if we could recreate that in some way, could get in a building,” Frank Gehry reflected in a new video released by the Gagosian Gallery in conjunction with his Spinning Tales exhibition on view through today. Video via Gagosian on YouTube. The exhibition traces the lineage of Gehry's famous fish sculptures from their beginnings as an unintentional side-product of his experimentations into a plastic laminate called ColorCore to their zenith in the form of an installation at the 1992 Olympic Summer Games in Barcelona, and finally to their terminus in the gallery’s eighth showing of the fluid copper and polyvinyl sculptures that opened June 24th. The gallery pulled out all the stops for the exhibition, which included a performance from Grammy-winning artist Esperanza Spalding as well as an appearance by conductor Gustavo Dudamel, who is working with Gehry on an upcoming project. Prev...
“I think the fish form is architectural, that’s my take. I like the expression of movement. I wondered if we could recreate that in some way, could get in a building,” Frank Gehry reflected in a new video released by the Gagosian Gallery in conjunction with his Spinning Tales exhibition on view through today.
Video via Gagosian on YouTube.
The exhibition traces the lineage of Gehry's famous fish sculptures from their beginnings as an unintentional side-product of his experimentations into a plastic laminate called ColorCore to their zenith in the form of an installation at the 1992 Olympic Summer Games in Barcelona, and finally to their terminus in the gallery’s eighth showing of the fluid copper and polyvinyl sculptures that opened June 24th.
The gallery pulled out all the stops for the exhibition, which included a performance from Grammy-winning artist Esperanza Spalding as well as an appearance by conductor Gustavo Dudamel, who is working with Gehry on an upcoming project.
