BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills is pleased to announce an extensive exhibition of collages created by the renowned architect Richard Meier. The 120 collages that will be on exhibit were produced between 1987 and 2003, however Meier has been creating collages for over four decades.

Meier is the youngest-ever recipient of the Pritzker Prize, which is widely considered to be architecture’s highest honor. He is internationally known for his cultural and civic projects, including the Getty Center, Los Angeles; the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona; the Jubilee Church, Rome; and the Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills.

Unlike Meier’s architectural drawings, the collages are non-representational; but, like his architecture, they derive their visual power from the suggestion of space. Meier’s well-documented concern with light as an architectural material is reflected in his collages through his use of color, texture, placement and shape.

Comprised of small fragments of found items, often gleaned throughout Meier’s travels to his projects around the world, the collages combine their own histories, former uses and meanings into a layered composition.

The collages contained in the exhibition measure 10”x 10”. The square, in architecture, represents an ideal and basic form; in this sense, the collages may be considered within the context of the architectural grid.

A fully illustrated catalog, designed by Massimo Vignelli and with an introductory essay by David Shapiro accompanies the exhibition.