1. august 2015 Alaska beyond Magazine 19
Los Angeles, CA
A Master Builder’s Works
Los Angeles–based architecture icon Frank Gehry is famous
for works such as the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, in
Spain; the “Dancing House” Nationale-Nederlanden
building in Prague, in the Czech Republic; the sinuous
aluminum and stainless steel EMP Museum near the Seattle
Space Needle; and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA.
Gehry’s models, designs and drawings will be displayed
in the exhibition “Frank Gehry,” showing September 13–
March 20, 2016, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Organized by LACMA and
the Paris Musée National d’Art Moderne, the show will feature more than 200
drawings—some never displayed in public before—and 66 architectural models.
Gehry’s postmodern designs are known for strong geometric forms and unusual
materials. Exhibition themes will include Gehry’s relationship to urbanism and city
architecture, and his uses of digital design. For more information, call 323-857-6000
or visit lacma.org/art/exhibition/frank-gehry. —Teagan Fast
Freeze Frames Award-winning photographer Florian Schulz endured cold-weather extremes,
camped in polar bear country and dove in frigid water under sea ice to record the images in the
exhibition “Florian Schulz: To the Arctic,” showing through November 1 at the Anchorage Museum.
His photos reveal spectacular scenes from the circumpolar world—from herds of migrating caribou
to shimmering northern lights. Call 907-929-9200 or visit anchoragemuseum.org. —Teagan Fast
Wildlife photographer
Florian Schulz captured
this image of a snowy owl
in the Alaska Arctic.
Left: A Frank Gehry
project model of the
Walt Disney Concert
Hall, in LA. Below: A
circa-1991 design sketch
of the Guggenheim
Museum, Bilbao.
Top,©FlorianSchulz/visionsofthewild.com;BottomLeft,©2015GehryPartners,
LLP,imagecourtesyGehryPartners,LLP;bottomright:CollectionFrankGehry,
LosAngeles,©2015GehryPartners,LLP,imagecourtesyGehryPartners,LLP