In Los Angeles I began to take a serious look at what was happening in art. In college my best friend Roger and I had gone to Washington, DC, to see the
Mona Lisa which was touring America. I did not get much from my brief encounter with that masterpiece, but the tour through the
National Gallery itself was an eye-opener. It was the first time I had beheld
great art and I was astounded, both at what I saw and at what I felt. In LA I went to the
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, but the art there was different. It wasn't so much about Europe and all that
Old Master stuff. It was more about surface and less about meaning--much like LA itself. These pictures are from a then current exhibit:
Sculpture of the 60's.
In Los Angeles I began to take a serious look at what was happening in art. In college my best friend Roger and I had gone to Washington, DC, to see the Mona Lisa which was touring America. I did not get much from my brief encounter with that masterpiece, but the tour through the National Gallery itself was an eye-opener. It was the first time I had beheld great art and I was astounded, both at what I saw and at what I felt. In LA I went to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, but the art there was different. It wasn't so much about Europe and all that Old Master stuff. It was more about surface and less about meaning--much like LA itself. These pictures are from a then current exhibit: Sculpture of the 60's. 
