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May 2009

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Thursday, May 21, 2009 – Deadly Serious Art

The famous Frank Lloyd Wright 1921 Hollyhock House is just down Hollywood Boulevard – as is the adjacent Barnsdall Art Park.  A walk around the grounds will remind you how you feel about serious sculpture these days.  Just outside the administration building with its Junior Art Center and ceramics studios, this just finished piece says it all –

Ceramic Couch Potato - outside the ceramics studios at Barnsdall Art Park, Hollywood Boulevard
Ceramic Couch Potato - outside the ceramics studios at Barnsdall Art Park, Hollywood Boulevard
Ceramic Couch Potato - outside the ceramics studios at Barnsdall Art Park, Hollywood Boulevard

An appreciation for surreal ceramic art may be an acquired taste, as with the "Ceramic Tower" –

"Ceramic Tower" - Barnsdall Art Park, Hollywood Boulevard
"Ceramic Tower" - Barnsdall Art Park, Hollywood Boulevard
"Ceramic Tower" - Barnsdall Art Park, Hollywood Boulevard
"Ceramic Tower" - Barnsdall Art Park, Hollywood Boulevard
"Ceramic Tower" - Barnsdall Art Park, Hollywood Boulevard
"Ceramic Tower" - Barnsdall Art Park, Hollywood Boulevard
"Ceramic Tower" - Barnsdall Art Park, Hollywood Boulevard
"Ceramic Tower" - Barnsdall Art Park, Hollywood Boulevard

You don't like ceramics? On the main plaza try Michael Todd's "Grand Ikebana I" –

Michael Todd's "Grand Ikebana I" - Barnsdall Art Park, Hollywood Boulevard
Michael Todd's "Grand Ikebana I" - Barnsdall Art Park, Hollywood Boulevard

Or try "MCT 33" –

Michael Todd's "MCT 33" - Barnsdall Art Park, Hollywood Boulevard

Or "China Rings" –

Michael Todd's "China Rings" - Barnsdall Art Park, Hollywood Boulevard

Okay, distressed once-molten metal may not be your thing. For you there are all the Heart Chairs scattered about.

Heart Chair - Barnsdall Art Park, Hollywood Boulevard

Hey, anyone can be arty –

Heart Chair - Barnsdall Art Park, Hollywood Boulevard

The rather self-congratulatory mural on the south wall of the administration building, with Barnsdall Art Park smack in the middle –

Mural on the south wall of the administration building - Barnsdall Art Park, Hollywood Boulevard
Mural on the south wall of the administration building - Barnsdall Art Park, Hollywood Boulevard
Mural on the south wall of the administration building - Barnsdall Art Park, Hollywood Boulevard

The kids are okay – from 1995, a detail from "Contemporary Cave Painting" done by the kids at that summer's Junior Arts Camp –

Detail from "Contemporary Cave Painting' - Barnsdall Art Park, Hollywood Boulevard

But in general –

Ceramic Couch Potato - outside the ceramics studios at Barnsdall Art Park, Hollywood Boulevard - negative print

If you wish to use any of these photos for commercial purposes I assume you'll discuss that with me. And should you choose to download any of these images and use them invoking the "fair use" provisions of the Copyright Act of 1976, please provide credit, and, on the web, a link back to this site.

Technical Note:

These photographs were taken with a Nikon D200 – the lenses used were AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or AF Nikkor 70-300 mm telephoto.  The high-resolution photography here was modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0 software.

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