Had a great visit at the new Broad Museum in Los Angeles, and enjoyed the stunning collection of contemporary (and other twentieth century) work. It's an incredible space – traditional white box in many ways, but with addition of swoopy organic forms on the first floor and the ever-present veil visible through the windows and roof of the third floor galleries. Really great space.
Some of my reflections are in the captions below.
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| Selfie in front of "the veil." (That's what they call the outer shell.) |
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| So apparently John Baldessari uses "Trixie" for some of his work. Hunh. |
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| I've retitled this Jean-Michel Basquiat painting, "I will finish what you started." |
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| Glenn Ligon was represented with a series of "runaway slave" posters that describe the artist. |
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Me, in Yayoi Kusama's "Infinity Mirrored Room." Transcendant experience.
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| Detail from Jasper Johns' "Flag." Up close you can really see the collage work. |
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| Another detail from Jasper Johns' "Flag." Hard to capture it with an iPhone. |
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| Detail from Jasper Johns' "White Flag." Wait for it... |
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| Jasper Johns' "White Flag." Have you guessed yet that I'm a Johns fan? |
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| Kara Walker is doing some incredible cutout work. This is a look through a vitrine toward her mural, "African't." |
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| Sorry, Ellsworth Kelly, but there's a huge mistake in the brochure about where "Green Angle" is located. HUGE. |
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| The Broads like Jeff Koons, and there are a lot of his works on display. |
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| I discovered Barbara Kruger when I was in college learning about design and art. Still love her work. |
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| Detail from a Roy Lichtenstein piece. Ben Day dots FTW! |
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| Lichtenstein sculpture. Works weird effects on your eyeballs in person. |
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| Ed Ruscha is such a Southern California artist, you know? |
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| Looking down into "the vault" – where the rest of the collection is stored. |
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| Another shot of "the veil" which covers the museum. |
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| This Andy Warhol piece is ON THE FLOOR, which is just perfect. |
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| I discovered the work of Christopher Wool in the art movie, "[Untitled]" – stunning big pieces here. |
I have not been yet, after your photos I need to get there sooner than later.
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