LACMA 2

The art was both inspiring and disappointing.

 

The first work we checked out was Walter de Maria's installation.

I found it mesmerizing. A piece easy to go back to again and again.

Then it was lunch at Ray's, good food, with fun people, and great conversation.

Levitated Mass by Michael Heizer was very disappointing.

 I was shocked that the boulder was set on these steel shelves, and that 2 sections of the boulder had been leveled to rest on these awful shelves. Why wasn't the boulder resting on the beautiful concrete walls, why were the walls so far apart?

It had the potential to be an amazing piece and experience but fell very short of either. Maybe it's because I've hiked in areas where this boulder had been extracted and understand the beauty it holds and the experience it gives.

I obviously missed the best part of this piece, the transportation. This would have been amazing to see this mass on a flatbed trailer driving down a street or freeway. The $10 million price tag for this piece makes me discussed in the museum art world. The money could have been much better spent, maybe making the museum more accessible to a more diverse segment of the population. And, I don't even want to think about the destruction the extraction of this boulder was on the environment it came from.

After the shock of this piece I had so looked forward to experience we went into see the Ken Price retrospective.

Forgot all about the boulder. This work was delightful, and brought back many memories of working with clay, the physicality and ability to play with surfaces.

We went over to A+D Museum to check out the exhibit on Eero Saarinen exhibit.

LOVE him!

Back to the museum for a cocktail and a quick view before experiencing the Richard Serra again.

And then Chris Burden's Urban Lights, at night.

What a treat.

There were some things I missed, which I would have liked to see, but it was an extremely full day. A wonderful mini vacation. Refreshed, motivated, and inspired me.