LACMA Target Free Holiday Mondays

Ela, Lilli, Nam and I took a trip down to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art one day. Nam had gotten a heads up that it was a free admission day on Memorial Day (May 27)! I don’t think any of us had seen the permanent exhibits before; I had caught the Tim Burton exhibit two years ago, but didn’t know that my ticket could have gotten me into the rest of the galleries then. I disappoint myself sometimes.

Of course we couldn’t go to LACMA without taking photos at Urban Light:

^{Uniqlo bratop // F21 skirt & accessories // Fila boots // Muggle cap via Harry Potter The Exhibition in NYC}

Ela disappears for half the shots because she is camera-shy.

On to the art!

Ticket for entry into LACMA, sponsored by Target.

One of the first exhibits we came upon was Henri Matisse: La Gerbe. La Gerbe means The Sheath, and it’s pretty clear what the topic of interest is:

Nam in her floral dress in front of La Gerbe.

I love seeing sketches behind the finished pieces.

My favourite part of the exhibit were actually these graphic cut-outs.

And then it was traversing through the maze of artworks that were on display in the building. Some of them took my fancy:

Reverie (Study for the Portrait of Frank Burty Haviland) by Amedeo Modigliani.

Of course, the iconic non-pipe by René Magritte.

Project for a Cartouche: An Allegory of Minerva, Fame, History, and Faith Overcoming Ignorance and Time by François Boucher. I cannot reiterate just how in love I am with François Boucher‘s drawings. I was so excited to have spied two of his drawings on display! I love how detailed yet gentle his lines are, which seem to get lost in his paintings. And those musculature. (*w*)

Mirror, circa 1760. This ornate rococo styled mirror is made of wood with gilding and paint.

I want to be as dapper as this man here when I am old enough to require the aid of a walking stick. If memory serves, this giant portrait was of a boy who died in battle.

Cityscape, from the Urban Bowl Series by Jay Musler at The Studio Glass Movement, 1962-2012.

We took a break for lunch at The Counter, passing by the colourful Craft and Folk Art Museum across the street on our way.

After sating our hunger, we came back and I discovered my favourite exhibit in LACMA- Art of the Ancient Americas:

I was so in love with the custom decor of the gallery that I had to ask the old security guard at the entrance, about the tactile form running through the rooms. The artist behind it is Jorge Pardo, by the way.

Incensario Stands.

On we went, into the Asian art building:

Melon-form Ewer with Lotus Design.

Lastly, to the Japanese Pavillion, where I finally got to see the woodblock prints I’d studied about in Asian Art History for real, at Japanese Prints: Hokusai at LACMA! Hiroshige is still my favourite, but damn, it’s Hokusai. In the real: