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Thursday, February 12, 2009 – The Music Center
Ah, downtown at the Music Center they're setting up for this evening's production of the Magic Flute –
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The mysterious door as you enter the plaza – actually, the Dance Door, a bronze sculpture created in 1978 by Robert Graham and donated to the Music Center in 1982 –
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Oh yeah, on Sunday afternoon, May 4, 1969, "Peace on Earth" by Jacques Lipchitz was dedicated here – a dove descending to earth with the spirit of peace, symbolized by the Madonna standing inside a tear shaped canopy, supported by a base of reclining lambs. It's still here, and the most photographed item of public art in Los Angeles, which is odd, because it's rather ugly and reminds you of the insufferable, obvious eagerness of the late sixties. Consider it a curiosity, a cultural artifact of another time.
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All text and photos, unless otherwise noted, Copyright © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 - Alan M. Pavlik
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