Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen found controversy when they began thinking about the creation of the art pieces in 1991. Many people believed that they were frivolous, so they disapproved the establishment of the art. Despite the major nonacceptance of the shuttlecocks in the early 1990’s, the enormous shuttlecocks are now valued at the museum. Some people even pronounce them to be a representation of Kansas City itself. These are giant sculptures mimicking real life shuttlecocks that are
Frank Gehry Quote “When everybody else is ready for the ending, I’m just ready to begin,” Frank Gehry once wrote. “It’s been the story of my life” (qtd. in Templer, 1999, pp.1) Laying the Foundation Born on 28 February 1929 in Toronto, Canada, Frank O. Goldberg entered a household with a strong Polish and Jewish heritage. Twenty years earlier, Thelma Caplanski left Poland with her parents, a couple with deep religious morals. Once they settled in Toronto, the two decided to change
that are meant to portray the Architects feelings and emotions woven in with form and function. Frank Gehry has already mastered this skill and, as I said, is not simply and architect but an artist as well. Works Cited Bletter, Rosemarie H., Coosje van Bruggen, Mildred Friedman, Joseph Giovannini, and Thomas S. Hines. The Architecture of Frank Gehry. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1986. 1-50. Print. "Frank O. Gehry." Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detroit: Gale, 1998. Student Resources in Context