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For Immediate Release
Price Tower Arts Center To Unveil Bruce Goff: A Creative
Mind
BARTLESVILLE, OK – Price Tower Arts Center announces its upcoming
exhibition, Bruce Goff: A Creative Mind. The exhibition
uses modern technology to highlight the architectural achievements of one of the
20th century’s most internationally respected architects, Bruce Goff.
The exhibition opens on January 21st and continues through May 1st at Price
Tower Arts Center, located at 510 Dewey Avenue in Bartlesville,
Oklahoma.
The exhibition is a collaborative effort involving Price Tower Arts Center,
the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art and the Colleges of Architecture and
Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. Goff’s original drawings
are the primary resource for the exhibition which will be brought to life
utilizing 3-D construction models and cinematic photorealistic computer
animation. Previously, the objects were only seen in developmental stages,
renderings or historic photographs.
“Bruce Goff: A Creative Mind gives people a chance to
see what could have been and, in some cases, what is in danger of being
forgotten. All of the works in this exhibition were never realized or have
been demolished, with the exception of the Bavinger House. I think people
will feel a sense of wonderment as they see the interesting means of fabrication
and construction conceived by Goff,” said Price Tower Arts Center Curator
Scott W.
Perkins.
The exhibition will include approximately 12 short virtual movies, 27 framed
copies of renderings or blueprints, four 3-D printed models and a large pod
enabling visitors to experience a virtual tour of one of Goff’s
architectural
designs.
“This is a special exhibition for Price Tower Arts Center. Bruce
Goff was born in Kansas in 1904, but moved with his family to Oklahoma at the
age of two. At the age of 12, an architectural firm in Tulsa took him on
as an apprentice. Although, he had no formal education beyond high school,
he was invited to teach at the University of Oklahoma. After he retired
from the university, he set up his architectural practice in Apartment 4 of the
Price Tower. He worked for eight years on the 9th and 10th floors of the
tower designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. During that time, he saw 11 projects
realized,” added
Perkins.
After he left Bartlesville, Goff worked in Kansas City, Missouri and Tyler,
Texas. He died in 1982 in Tyler. This exhibition gives visitors the
exciting opportunity to experience virtual walk-throughs of some of Goff’s
most stunning designs, giving them an understanding of why Goff is considered
among the pioneers of the organic design
movement.
Sponsors for Bruce Goff: A Creative Mind include
ConocoPhillips, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Oklahoma Arts Council
and Furthermore: a program of the J.M. Kaplan Fund.
About Price
Tower
The landmark destination for art, architecture and design, Price Tower Arts
Center, a 501(c) 3 nonprofit, provides local, regional and global audiences
with the experience of great art, architecture and design in an arts complex
whose centerpiece is Frank Lloyd Wright's only skyscraper, the Price
Tower.
This National Historic Landmark building, completed in 1956, contains a
museum with permanent and changing exhibition galleries; original and restored
historic Wright interiors (available by tour); and The Wright Place museum
store.
Visitors may also experience Wright's masterpiece as guests of Inn at Price
Tower, a high-design hotel that the Arts Center has created within Wright's
skyscraper, along with the Inn's eclectic Copper
Bar.
Historic tours are available with advanced reservations. Admission is
$10 adults, $8 seniors (65+), $5 students and children 16 and under and includes
admission to the museum exhibitions (tax not included as may be applicable). For
more information, the public may call 918.336.4949 or visit the web site at www.pricetower.org.
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