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I was at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles designed by Frank Gehry again last weekend and noticed for the first time as I roved about its roof how much the exterior stainless steel undulating walls resembled Serra's forms. I, too, thought it would be fun to bat around a handball against these surfaces, made even more fun by all the reflections. And in that respect, Gehry's stainless steel would be more fun than Serra's fragile and easily marked rust-coated surfaces. (+) |
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Unfortunately in this economy many Art Museums may become handball
courts. |
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I agree about the Gehry structures, but there is something deeply
satisfying about a tennis ball striking the inscrutably hard surface of a
wall of steel that is at least 4 inches thick. Just think of the sharp ping;
the tiny puff of rust, and the desperate attempts of the competitors to
avoid colliding with the unmoving walls. The added element of course is that they look like they could actually fall over. |
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