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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