"In Memoriam is published every Wednesday afternoon and honors those we recently lost in the art world. He made iconic postmodernist designs for museums, libraries, and concert halls, with the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao being his most instantly recognizable work. He was a "true original," Mary Anne Gilmartin, an architect who worked with Gehry, told Hyperallergic. "An artist, an architect, and a fearless visionary who changed the way we experience cities.""
"With her late husband, John Godwin, she designed around 1,000 buildings for their architectural practice, including schools built in the aftermath of Nigeria's independence from Great Britain. He made large-scale textiles that promoted the collective's aims of positive images of Black pride and self-determination. He also taught at various colleges across the East Coast. A figurative painter, he depicted fellow residents of New Jersey - relatives, neighbors, students, colleagues - in dreamy compositions."
Frank Gehry made iconic postmodernist designs for museums, libraries, and concert halls, with the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao as his most recognizable work. Mary Anne Gilmartin called him "an artist, an architect, and a fearless visionary who changed the way we experience cities." A British artist exhibited across Britain and illustrated books, including a travelogue and a co-written memoir. With her late husband John Godwin she designed around 1,000 buildings, including schools built after Nigeria’s independence. A textile artist created large-scale works promoting images of Black pride and taught at East Coast colleges. A figurative painter depicted New Jersey residents in dreamlike compositions. A hospital arts pioneer integrated performing and visual art into medical care. A photographer practiced playful, tongue-in-cheek "subjective documentary" and worked in advertising. A primary school teacher promoted visual arts and was described as "Paarl's Picasso."
Read at Hyperallergic
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]