SP2405 Frank Gehry: Big Dreams and Big Fish

SP2405 Frank Gehry: Big Dreams and Big Fish

Class | This class is completed

29995 W 12 Mile Rd Farmington Hills, MI 48334 United States

3rd Floor

5/6/2024 (one day)

10:00 AM-11:30 AM EDT on Mon

$20.00

$0.00

Irving Goldberg thought his son, Frank, was a dreamer who would never amount to anything. Grandma Leah Caplan sat on the floor with Frank to build imaginary houses and futuristic cities out of wood scraps from Grandpa Caplan's hardware store. Frank Gehry’s architecture was first noticed upon the building of his own house in a Los Angeles suburb using corrugated metal and chain link fencing. Gehry rocketed to fame as a starchitect at age 68 with the Getty Museum in Bilbao. The full story will be traced, fish and all!

Evans, Wendy

Art historian Wendy Evans has advanced degrees from Oxford University, England and WSU, Detroit. She taught art history at Wayne State, is a longtime DIA volunteer, and loves to share her passion for art with groups in the metro area and beyond. In the 15 years between 2006 and 2021 Evans gave 55 presentations at SOAR on a wide range of art topics. More information is at www.art-talks.org