50% Nice Day

It was beautiful when we went outside this morning, so we drove with the top down to the MOCA and architectural attractions of Downtown LA (Disney Concert Hall and Cal-Trans building). There were a number of nice pieces in the surprisingly small MOCA gallery. A series of large paintings of paperback books called “Quick Picks” by Dave Muller (new to me) stood out. Also work by Wangechi Mutu’s collage and a small city carved in stone.

We climbed around the Gehry building for a little while, going opposite the flow of the audio tour according the signs we encountered. It was nice to be able to see some of the construction details from behind. Not so nice to see the carpeting inside.

We drove a bit farther on to Silverlake (top up – some rain) to grab lunch and see the Density Fields installation at M&A. I didn’t test the rope seating of the installation for long given the dampness of the material. Jenna Didier was out of town, so we missed out on the opportunity to say hello in person.