The New Metallic Organicism: Picking Up Where Gaudi Left Off

I'm starting to like Frank Gerhy and his crazy, bent up twisted metallic buildings. His latest is a new symphony concert hall in LA called the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

It looks at first glance like a bent twisted smashed beer can some drunk is trying to dispose of, but the more you look at it, the more alluring, organic, pleasing, even sensual it becomes, even though it's stainless steel! Whereas Gaudi worked on replicating the colors, tones, and feel of earth and clay (Sagrada Familia, Park Guel), I see Gearhy seeking to represent the organicism of metals and shiny stuff as it loses its man made form and returns to its natural state. Or, it's kind of cool how he uses these hard objects to make all kind of pretty, attractive shapes. Nice contrast.