On my bike ride today, I noticed that Los Angeles has a lot of wall art:
Here are two buildings that caught my eye:
This fountain was about a block away from my destination: the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Some views from outside the museum. The museum had a special exhibit of Tim Burton’s work (first picture).
And there is a very good view of the area from the third floor of one of the buildings.
Here are some works from the modern art collection. The egg, dog, and basketballs are by Jeff Koons; the Corn Flakes boxes are by Andy Warhol. The pool balls are by Claes Oldenburg; the blue curve in the background is by Ellsworth Kelly. I don’t know the artists’ names for the rest of the pictures in this group, sorry.
The first of these is from the Pacific Art collection; the next two by Matisse.
I really like the title of this one: “God the Father Hovering” by Elie Nadelman.
More art work. The one of the dog is really interesting; it looks very modern, but it’s actually quite old (dated roughly 200BC-500AD).
The museum also has ancient art:
Back outside again; the wire mesh sculpture is “Trace” by Nancy Graves. The mobile, by Calder, is titled “Hello, Girls.”
LACMA is right next to the La Brea Tar Pits, home to a museum devoted to the discoveries made there.
On the way back to the hotel, I saw more wall art. The first one is just creepy; the remainder are on the walls at a self-service car wash. An unlikely place to find something this nice, but there you have it.
