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Urban Light is a large-scale assemblage sculpture by Chris Burden located at the Wilshire Boulevard entrance to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The installation consists of 202 restored street lamps from the 1920s and 1930s. Most of them once lit the streets of Southern California.DescriptionThe cast iron street lamps are of 17 styles, which vary depending on the municipality that commissioned them. They range from about 20 to 30 feet (6 to 9 meters), are painted a uniform gray and placed, forest-like, in a near grid. The lights are solar powered and switched on at dusk. Writing in the Los Angeles Times, Susan Freudenheim described the restored lamps as displaying "elaborate floral and geometric patterns" at the base, with "fluted shafts and glass globes that cap them...meticulously cleaned, painted and refurbished to create an exuberant glow."
Situated on historic Museum Row since 1973, the Craft & Folk Art Museum (CAFAM) is an invaluable contributor to Los Angeles culture, exhibiting current artists with intriguing perspectives and distinctive practices. Exploring the leading edge of craft, art, and design, CAFAM gives audience to diverse makers and artists whose work is often not represented in larger art institutions. The museum is a place to see art and make art -- all under one roof. CAFAM coordinates a robust roster of hands-on workshops led by professional artists and makers. Uncommon discoveries are also guaranteed at the Craft & Folk Art Museum Shop, which offers an expertly curated array of handmade items from skilled artisans.The intimate, atypical museum space and independent spirit at CAFAM combine to create an atmosphere of excitement and innovation, where people in Los Angeles deepen their relationships to art, creativity and one another.
Das Broad Contemporary Art Museum ist ein Kunstmuseum in Los Angeles.Das Museumsgebäude wurde von Renzo Piano entworfen und 2008 eröffnet. Es zeigt Kunst von 1945 bis zur Gegenwart. Die Ausstellungsfläche beträgt 6.000 m² verteilt auf drei Etagen und stellt eine der größten säulenfreien Ausstellungshallen der USA dar. Die Baukosten von 56 Millionen USD wurden von dem Mäzen Eli Broad gestiftet. Das Museum gehört zum Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).Weblinks www.broadartfoundation.orgSiehe auch The Broad
Levitated Mass is a 2012 large-scale sculpture by Michael Heizer on the campus of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The installation consists of a 340-ton boulder affixed above a concrete trench through which visitors may walk. The nature, expense and scale of the installation made it an instant topic of discussion within the art world.The piece is open to the public during museum hours and does not require museum admission.Concept and constructionThe work comprises a 21.5-foot tall boulder mounted on the walls of a 456-foot long concrete trench, surrounded by 2.5 acres of compressed decomposed granite. The boulder is bolted to two shelves affixed to the inner walls of the trench, which descends from ground level to 15 feet below the stone at its center, allowing visitors to stand directly below the megalith.Initial plans for the work described the boulder as being affixed to the trench walls themselves, giving the boulder the appearance of 'floating' when viewed from within the trench via optical illusion, hence the work's title. With the addition of the support shelves, this illusion does not occur. A 1982 Heizer work in Manhattan, also called Levitated Mass, consists of a much smaller, carved rock set on hidden supports, and does preserve this 'floating' effect.Heizer rarely explains or comments on his work and has never offered a public explanation of Levitated Mass's meaning or significance. He has however described the piece as being 'static art' and emphasized the importance of the boulder's size and of the work's longevity, saying that the work is meant to last 3,500 years. LACMA has published a preliminary sketch of the work by Heizer that contains a handwritten notation saying that the work "destroys 'gestalt' concepts".
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A+D Museum, also known as Architecture and Design Museum, Los Angeles, is a museum for architecture and design in Los Angeles, California. It is located in Downtown Los Angeles Arts District at 900 E 4th Street.HistoryA+D Museum was founded by Stephen Kanner and Bernard Zimmerman in 2001. Kanner was inspired by a similar museum he had visited in Helsinki, Finland.The A+D Museum first opened its doors in January 2001 in the Bradbury Building, located at 304 South Broadway (3rd Street and Broadway) in downtown Los Angeles; a space generously donated by Ira Yellin. When the Bradbury building was sold in 2003 the museum moved to a temporary location on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood. In 2006 A+D Museum found a home on Museum Row in the Miracle Mile district at 5900 Wilshire Boulevard; across the street from LACMA. In April 2010, the museum moved down the street to 6032 Wilshire Boulevard. Displaced by the extension of the Metro Purple Line, A+D Museum returned to Downtown Los Angeles to a warehouse-turned-museum in the Arts District in the Summer of 2015.MissionA+D Museum was created to celebrate and promote an awareness of architecture and design in everyday life through exhibits, educational programs, and public outreach to the design community as well as the public in the greater Los Angeles area.
Levitated Mass è un'opera di Land Art creata da Michael Heizer, situata nel museo LACMA di Los Angeles, in California. Inaugurata il 24 giugno 2012, si ispira ai megaliti costruiti nell'antichità, interpretati in chiave contemporanea utilizzando i moderni mezzi tecnici.DescrizioneL'opera è composta da una trincea in cemento armato lunga 140 metri e larga ca. 5, al di sopra della quale è posto un'enorme masso di granito di forma irregolare, alto 6,5 metri e del peso di 308 ton, sostenuto da due mensole di acciaio poste nella parte superiore della trincea. Le limitate dimensioni degli appoggi, relativamente alle dimensioni del masso, danno l'impressione che esso sia "sospeso in aria", da cui il nome "massa levitata". La trincea scende gradualmente fino alla profondità di 4,60 metri, permettendo ai visitatori di passare direttamente sotto il masso.Heizer trovò il blocco monolitico di granito in una cava nei pressi di Jurupa Valley, nella contea di Riverside, distante 90 km da Los Angeles. Il trasporto è stato eseguito dalla società coreana Hanjin Shipping tramite un trasportatore appositamente costruito, lungo 90 metri e dotato di 206 ruote. Il percorso effettivo, considerando la necessità di usare solo strade adatte a questo trasporto eccezionale, è stato di 170 km. Viaggiando solo di notte, il masso ha raggiunto il luogo di installazione in 11 giorni.
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