Oldenburg moved to Los Angeles in 1963 "because it was the most opposite thing to New York [he] could think of" [REF].
In addition to freestanding projects, they occasionally contributed to architectural projects, among them two Los Angeles projects in collaboration with architect Frank O. Gehry: Toppling Ladder With Spilling Paint, which was installed at Loyola Law School in 1986, and Binoculars, Chiat/Day Building, completed in Venice in 1991; [REF].