Comments on: Tulips Go Away at LACMA http://www.marshallastor.com/2008/04/18/tulips-go-away-at-lacma/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:47:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: marshall http://www.marshallastor.com/2008/04/18/tulips-go-away-at-lacma/comment-page-1/#comment-30444 marshall Thu, 22 May 2008 02:18:28 +0000 http://www.marshallastor.com/2008/04/18/tulips-go-away-at-lacma/#comment-30444 My bad. I totally forgot that Charles Ray is based in LA, and now I feel like a dope. I guess I just don't think of him as a very "LA" artist. When it comes to outdoor sculpture, I think that touchability is a key value. I have no problem with a sculpture that can't be climbed all over, but anything that's outdoors should probably be able to take some regular human contact. My bad. I totally forgot that Charles Ray is based in LA, and now I feel like a dope. I guess I just don’t think of him as a very “LA” artist.

When it comes to outdoor sculpture, I think that touchability is a key value. I have no problem with a sculpture that can’t be climbed all over, but anything that’s outdoors should probably be able to take some regular human contact.

]]> By: FFF http://www.marshallastor.com/2008/04/18/tulips-go-away-at-lacma/comment-page-1/#comment-30419 FFF Thu, 22 May 2008 00:19:59 +0000 http://www.marshallastor.com/2008/04/18/tulips-go-away-at-lacma/#comment-30419 Charles Ray IS an artist based in California (Los Angeles) Although you should "interact" with art, that doesn't mean you need to touch it. You wouldn't touch the surface of a painting on canvas; why should sculpture be treated any differently? Charles Ray IS an artist based in California (Los Angeles)
Although you should “interact” with art, that doesn’t mean you need to touch it. You wouldn’t touch the surface of a painting on canvas; why should sculpture be treated any differently?

]]> By: marshall http://www.marshallastor.com/2008/04/18/tulips-go-away-at-lacma/comment-page-1/#comment-20662 marshall Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:12:13 +0000 http://www.marshallastor.com/2008/04/18/tulips-go-away-at-lacma/#comment-20662 I too would rather see some more work by a California or at least West Coast artist in that key spot. I too would rather see some more work by a California or at least West Coast artist in that key spot.

]]> By: km http://www.marshallastor.com/2008/04/18/tulips-go-away-at-lacma/comment-page-1/#comment-20540 km Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:51:00 +0000 http://www.marshallastor.com/2008/04/18/tulips-go-away-at-lacma/#comment-20540 And why not have it be something people can touch, sit on, get close to? I mean isn't that what you are supposed to do with art- interact with it? Too bad about firetruck- I liked the whimsy of it. I think LACMA should be looking for a California artist to do something for that spot, anyway. And why not have it be something people can touch, sit on, get close to? I mean isn’t that what you are supposed to do with art- interact with it? Too bad about firetruck- I liked the whimsy of it. I think LACMA should be looking for a California artist to do something for that spot, anyway.

]]> By: marshall http://www.marshallastor.com/2008/04/18/tulips-go-away-at-lacma/comment-page-1/#comment-20343 marshall Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:35:06 +0000 http://www.marshallastor.com/2008/04/18/tulips-go-away-at-lacma/#comment-20343 It's a meeting spot where people are going to linger around - if you're going to have a sculpture on display, it better be something that people can touch. Besides, the awesomeness of Chris Burden's Urban Light was blowing away the boring Koons balloon boredom, anyways. I'm going to miss Firetruck, though, I thought that was a good place for it. It’s a meeting spot where people are going to linger around – if you’re going to have a sculpture on display, it better be something that people can touch. Besides, the awesomeness of Chris Burden’s Urban Light was blowing away the boring Koons balloon boredom, anyways. I’m going to miss Firetruck, though, I thought that was a good place for it.

]]> By: km http://www.marshallastor.com/2008/04/18/tulips-go-away-at-lacma/comment-page-1/#comment-20342 km Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:30:45 +0000 http://www.marshallastor.com/2008/04/18/tulips-go-away-at-lacma/#comment-20342 Good riddance to Tulips, I say. I agree completely that it's the ideal spot for some art-as-furniture application. Good riddance to Tulips, I say. I agree completely that it’s the ideal spot for some art-as-furniture application.

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