Frank Gehry
American, born in Canada, 1929-2025
Wishful Thinking, from Wishful Thinking series, 2022
Multi-color screenprint and collage with silver leaf
© 2022 Frank Gehry
It is always tea-time around this table. Wiry kettles and teacups fill the tabletop. Curious figures surrounding it appear to be made of colored and metallic papers, playing cards, and cut shapes of hearts and crowns. These playful constructions are evocative of the extraordinary architectural designs for which Frank Gehry is known. This screenprint collage is part of a 10-image series inspired by the Mad Hatter’s tea party in Lewis Carroll’s 1865 classic Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; the series recreates a large-scale immersive sculptural installation the artist made the same year, displayed at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.