My last days of spring break were spent on a class trip to LA to visit galleries. I didn't know this was part of the class when I signed up but seeing as I have now lived in the bay area for three years and never been to LA I decided it was a great opportunity.
As the trip drew closer I began to have some reservations, the two teachers, who I do like, are much more on the "Fine Art" side then the "Craft" side. We have had Crits in this class where what I'm seeing and what people are saying don't match, in fact sometimes people will say something completely nonsensical and people nod like they totally understand - and I am a bit worried that they do...
So I was worried that I would spend two days and a lot of money for something that did not relate to my field and would just make me angry at the state of "Art". I was kind of right, but I had a great time, and I’m glad I went.
I liked these - the metal sculptures and the painting witch was done by mixing tiny light reflective glass beads into the paint - ACE gallery (please excuse the photos I forgot to bring my nice camera and regretted it the whole trip - all the photos were taken with my phone)
I flew down on Friday, and man, I was glad I got there in the evening, because the temperature was in the 90's on Saturday. We started our travels in a loose packs wandering in and out of gallery's and pilling in cars to move to different areas. Instead of giving you a rundown of the gallerys we saw, I’ll just give you some impressions I got from the trip.
this is one of the building attached to LACMA - I did not get a chance to go in but the space is cool
1. The gallery's in LA are huge, bright white rooms - high ceiling and lots of windows. In SF the gallery's are nice, but small, because space is so valuable. It was very cool to see such huge spaces dedicated to Art
2. We saw a lot of paintings - this was kind of unexpected, we could have seen anything because gallerys rotate art all the time, but mostly it was paintings which was fine, I have a very low threshold for modern sculpture.
3. Parts of LA are very photogenic.
but not this part...this was as close to the Hollywood sign as I got and I'm ok with that.
4. There is some cool public art in LA.
5. I liked LA more than I thought I would - it was way to hot and the traffic was horrible, but it was fun, and huge, and I would for sure go back.
I fit in a non-school thing on Sunday before flying back to Oakland. I visited the museum of Jurassic Technology! It was AWESOME I loved this museum, it was delightfully strange and interesting! but I won't say much about it here because I think it would not do the experience justice.
It was a too quick trip. I hope to go back to LA at some point (with a car) to play tourist properly and see the museums and maybe a beach!