GUGGENHEIM: GEGO
I had never heard of Gertrud Goldschmidt, or Gego, as she called herself. Her German Jewish family left Stuttgart in 1938 after she had studied engineering and architecture to escape
Nazi persecution by fleeing to Venezuela which became her home for the rest of her life. Two thirds of the Frank Lloyd Wright Guggenheim Museum was given over to displaying her talents. She made abstract shapes in many mediums. She painted, constructed simple beautiful wire arrangements, made geometric shapes with wood, did book designs, designed large buildings. We went to the museum to see another artist, Sarah Sze, who combined everyday objects and digital equipment and uses of light in an exhibit called Time Lapse, but it was Gego who struck me with intensity.
On May 23 PBS Newshour did a segment on Sarah Sze discussing the profundity of her exhibit and showing me what I missed. Look for yourself. https://youtu.be/9qKy0R19YNA
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 