Dear
Polite Traveler,
The
initial indication that this museum would be first-class was outside its
doors. Fenced and crawling in front of
the museum are ten world-famous David Černý's "Babies" created to draw
our collective attention toward how we dehumanize ourselves.
Within
the same area is The Fault Line Meditation by Everette Solomon aka JEVPIC. Ingeniously, his installation reflects CA’s
San Andreas Fault while also helping us understand that “the fault is just a
fault” and not to dwell on our mistakes, but to understand them, learn from
them, and move forward. Beautifully lit
up at night, this brilliant art installation spoke to me as none has in quite
some time.
Is that a car resting on its front bumper?
A
car balanced on a pool of water, Gonzalo Lebrija’s History of Suspended
Time (A monument for the impossible) is a wonder. It’s a must-see, if just for the fun of
it.
Whoa! Marilyn is
Ginormous!
Forever Marilyn, By
Seward Johnson, is an impressive 26-foot tall, 24,000-pound sculpture created as
part of his series “Icons Revisited,” where the artist is sharing — in full 3-D
— that Marilyn’s image is part of those that become “larger than life.” We were
lucky enough to visit while it was also visiting.
Now for the juicy stuff.
Walk inside.
Taking
advantage of free admission on Thursday night, we joined the masked throngs of
visitors hungry for culture and
were not disappointed. Upon entering the
lobby, we—like many others—were struck by the elegance and intricacies of a giant
infinity globe. It was quite a
statement.
Check
out my slideshow of the creations by Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Longo, John
Divola, and the team of David Kaplan and Glenn Ostergaard. And proving that they are a world-class
museum, the museum even has a work by Agam—the
brilliant Israeli artist known for his kinetic art.
Will We Return?
If
in the area, definitely. It’s a world-class museum in the heart of natural beauty.
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