I just got back from LA. I went for my first visit to the new/old Getty Museum on the coast of Santa Monica. It was a breathtaking experience. First of all, the food. We ate lunch once we got there (my birthday lunch) and the food was the finest I have eaten in a long time. Plus, one is eating in an acropolis of high art. It was humbling. I had a Stendahl reaction to the collection, the setting and the legacy of one incredibly rich and benevolent man—J. Paul Getty. And in the touring exhibit room of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), there were two historical Persian carpets on display whose provenance since the mid-sixteenth century is unbelievable; both of them a gift of J. Paul Getty.
Also at LACMA. Two huge pieces by Richard Serra were an experience. MASSIVE iron creations that look like hide or slightly textured wood, but which are metal, and which are maze-like to experience. And then when I came home, my friend Kitty sent me a link to a story about an artist who, Serra like, built walls that engulf the viewer, but made of soap, not metal. My head reeled with the comparison.
Link re Richard Serra (above).
Link to Neutrogena project.
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