Museum Trip - The Getty Center

On Sunday, February7 2010, I (along with a couple of my friends) took a trip to the Getty Center. There we wandered about going from exhibit to exhibit. The tram ride to the actual center was pretty interesting and I was quite amazed with it. As we entered there were a few sculptures (bronze?) heading towards the main entrance.There were a number of amazing art works, venturing from sketches, to water colors, to photographs, to clay sculptures, to room decor. The gallery that caught my attention though, was the photo gallery. Unfortunately, I do not have any pictures (pictures of pictures. i love the irony) of it, but it showed people (from the early 1900's) in their working clothes, such as a butcher, firefighter, fireplace cleaner, restaurant owners, etc. What was most interesting about this was that (I did not even realize it myself, my friend pointed it out) they would show a butcher from Chicago, and right next to that picture, a picture of a butcher from France or a butcher from London. Another interesting thing was that there was only two or three women out of about 40-50 pictures. Though given the time-line, I suppose its not as surprising as it should be.

Art Colony Assignment - 2010

The galleries i attended during the Art Walk include; the SCA Project Gallery, The DA center for the Arts, LAM - Latino Art Museum, OBJCT Gallery, and (if it counts) The Glass House Record Store. my favorite gallery is definitely the SCA Project Gallery. Like most of the other galleries, this gallery does not have art work from just one person. It has art from many different artists who had donated some of their work. My favorite part about it is that some of the works displayed are for sale! I actually bought one and the person working there was very nice and grateful. Here's what i got:
It's called The Market by Carol Schiffelbein.

Another piece I found great was an etching by Rick Caughman, found in the DA:

What I noticed about the DA gallery is that most of the art works (in the back of the room) are re-done works of other artists, but in a different style. I dont know if anyone else noticed that, but i found that pretty interesting. Unfortunately, I was unable to talk to any artists because most of the galleries only had one or two people working it, not the artist themselves.
I believe "what's hot" was the DA gallery, mainly because it was in a place where people who pass by can come in and look around. Galleries such as SCA - Project Gallery and the LAM - Latino Art Museum were quite hidden and when found, were in "sketchy" area's such as on the basement floors of buildings. Even though they were quite hidden, they were certainly worth looking for.