Frank Gehry is best known for his iconic architectural landmarks, such as the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Walt Disney Concert Hall, or Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris among others. Frank Gehry has also produced a rich body of sculptural work that echoes the dynamism and spontaneity of his architectural practice.
In Untitled (London I), Frank Gehry does more than build form, he redefines it, bending structure until it breathes and moves. Born from the tension between the rigid and the fluid, a contrast that has defined Gehry’s practice since the late 1970s, this sculpture speaks in a language of movement and fracture, of construction caught on the edge of deconstruction.
Frank Gehry’s fascination with fish dates back to childhood, when his grandmother would bring home a live carp each week, letting it swim in the bathtub before preparing it for gefilte fish. But Gehry’s connection to the form extends beyond family memory. The architect and designer has described the fish as “the perfect form” and “a complete vocabulary,” a recurring motif that embodies his experimental approach to structure and movement. His iconic fish lamps, first created in 1983, trace the evolution of this fascination, culminating in works like Untitled (London I), 2013, where fluidity and form converge in light.
Frank Gehry has received numerous honors recognizing his profound impact on architecture and design, including the Pritzker Architecture Prize (1989), the Praemium Imperiale from the Japan Art Association (1992), the National Medal of the Arts (1998), the AIA Gold Medal (1999), the Gold Medal for Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (2002), and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2016). His work is represented in major public collections, including the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Art Institute of Chicago, Centre Pompidou, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Leeum Samsung Museum of Art, and Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea.
