I had the opportunity to take in the new Contemporary Art space at LACMA during the the Target-sponsored free community weekend. It’s an awesome space, though a friend was v. upset that Basquiat was relegated to the basement corner, while lesser works(by white males) got entrance level walls.
I’m thrilled to report that Jeff Koons’s Rabbit is on display — I fell in love with stainless steel bunny, that looks as though it’s a mylar balloon, when it made an appearance at the Hammer Museum last year.
And I got to experience what I called a dog’s eye view of the dinner table (though I guess a toddler would have much the same perspective) with Robert Therrien’s Under the Table. (Check out the two people standing under the table — they’re not part of the piece — they’re just there to show you the scale of the table and chairs.)
I’ve been having a lot of discussions with friends lately regarding life as a complete social construct devoid of any authenticity, thus, another one of my favorites in this exhibition is a John Baldessari piece.
Grab a few friends and expect to spend a few hours there checking out the collection. Each room sparked conversations on an array of topics from sexual objectification to politics to racial tensions in the art community. My only frustration with contemporary art is that I want it to be a tactile experience, and you know security would blacklist me if I laid a hand on Rabbit.
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