This large square elipsis-like sculpture is titled “Untitled (for Leo Castelli)” by Donald Judd. Yes, that’s me sitting inside one of the squares. Maybe I was trying to cool off that day.
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Urban Light (PPAC #6)
“Urban Light” is one my favorite public works ever. I remembered it was installed in 2008 when I was in college. It was fun to go at night with my friends. We would go out for dinner and pass by Urban Lights. We would park at LACMA and we would take photos, goof off, and run around the forest of street lights.
These streetlights once lit the streets of Los Angeles. It’s rare to find these historic streetlights in any city so I’m happy to see that they found new life at the LACMA for other people to enjoy.
I apologize for the late and slower than usual posts lately. It’s been a long rough week. I’m glad I made it to Friday!
Levitated Mass
I think for this series I’ll be sticking with mostly public art around Los Angeles. There’s so much public art in LA, it pretty much deserves its own blog. I even thought about having a page with a map of all the public art you can find in LA.
Anyways the art work, Michael Heizer’s Levitated Mass, arrived to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art back in 2012. The megalith weights 340 tons and came all the way from the Pyrite-Hubbs Quarry in Riverside County. The total travel was 105 miles crossing four counties (Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange County, and Los Angeles) and 22 cities. This rock star had to take a few detours since it could do not sharp turns. Because it was so massive, many traffic light poles had to be removed and replaced. What a diva.
Levitated Mass is much larger than the photo posted below. Its height is 21.5 ft and width 21.5 ft. I’m not quite sure what the meaning or significance of Levitated Mass. Heizer has not commented either. Maybe the purpose is to promote play.
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Tag: PPAC #3
Public Art around the blogosphere this week:
- Kanlaon – The metal sculpture at the Stanford Medical Center looks interesting.
- Thoughts and Entanglement – A colorful mural of boxers in Williamsburg.
- GERIATRI’X’ FOTOGALLERY – Wood sculptures — some of them look really tall!
Eat, Play, Live 