"MY HEAD. IT'S TRIPPING OUT."
So pretty much I suck. And I acknowledge this. I'm just too busy and too lazy to keep up with blogging about... anything, really, on any kind of regular basis. I caught the plague shortly after the last post and haven't quite found my way back into the swing of things since then.
Sunday Andrew and I went to LACMA, which is not, in fact, a museum of modern art. Or contemporary art. It has both, which can be trippy, but they have just an absolute boatload of stuff in the 7-8 buildings of the museum.
Things that are nice about LACMA:
1) Low price. When you think about it, the $10 (or $15 if you're not a student) entrance fee is not much considering all the stuff there is to see. And $10 for parking is not bad either, especially if you carpool.
2) Lots of stuff. Seriously. Tons. Of. Pieces.
3) Location. While not the greatest area (and certainly a pain in the ass when it comes to traffic) the area around the museum is fun, trendy, and pretty family friendly. Food trucks line up across the street during the day, so you can leave the museum and try something new. There's lots of outdoor space, and there's a cute bar and restaurant at the entrance to the museum that are both open late.
4) METROPOLIS II in the Contemporary Art wing. Seriously. SO MUCH FUN.
5) Fun family and enrichment activities, like film showings, music, and dancing.
Downsides:
1) Traffic.
2) Poor organization. Having worked in a museum I'm now hypercritical of the way museum exhibits are organized. I'm not a fan of the "We have a lot of crap let's put it all up" mindset, which is what seems to plague most of the wings in LACMA. The Japanese pavilion makes a pass at organization, as does the American art wing, but much of the European art seems thrown together and completely random. There are also very few good descriptions to help you contextualize the art if you are not already familiar with trends in art through history.
3) The James Bond exhibit is stupid. We could have seen that on YouTube.
I feel pretty confident that I got my money's worth out of the day, and it really was a lot of fun (even with the brain explosions that happened when we thought we were trapped in European art). I don't think it's as well organized as, say, the Getty Center, but there are some interesting and iconic pieces at LACMA that make it worth the trip. It's probably not a trip I'll be making again shortly, though.
In other news, I have my fingers crossed on an awesome job of awesome. Very nervous. I want this job so much you have no idea.
Sunday Andrew and I went to LACMA, which is not, in fact, a museum of modern art. Or contemporary art. It has both, which can be trippy, but they have just an absolute boatload of stuff in the 7-8 buildings of the museum.
Things that are nice about LACMA:
1) Low price. When you think about it, the $10 (or $15 if you're not a student) entrance fee is not much considering all the stuff there is to see. And $10 for parking is not bad either, especially if you carpool.
2) Lots of stuff. Seriously. Tons. Of. Pieces.
3) Location. While not the greatest area (and certainly a pain in the ass when it comes to traffic) the area around the museum is fun, trendy, and pretty family friendly. Food trucks line up across the street during the day, so you can leave the museum and try something new. There's lots of outdoor space, and there's a cute bar and restaurant at the entrance to the museum that are both open late.
4) METROPOLIS II in the Contemporary Art wing. Seriously. SO MUCH FUN.
5) Fun family and enrichment activities, like film showings, music, and dancing.
Downsides:
1) Traffic.
2) Poor organization. Having worked in a museum I'm now hypercritical of the way museum exhibits are organized. I'm not a fan of the "We have a lot of crap let's put it all up" mindset, which is what seems to plague most of the wings in LACMA. The Japanese pavilion makes a pass at organization, as does the American art wing, but much of the European art seems thrown together and completely random. There are also very few good descriptions to help you contextualize the art if you are not already familiar with trends in art through history.
3) The James Bond exhibit is stupid. We could have seen that on YouTube.
I feel pretty confident that I got my money's worth out of the day, and it really was a lot of fun (even with the brain explosions that happened when we thought we were trapped in European art). I don't think it's as well organized as, say, the Getty Center, but there are some interesting and iconic pieces at LACMA that make it worth the trip. It's probably not a trip I'll be making again shortly, though.
In other news, I have my fingers crossed on an awesome job of awesome. Very nervous. I want this job so much you have no idea.