Tuesday, February 16, 2016

"Voice of the Ghetto" & Malibu AM Pic of the Day - Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Dear Family, Friends, and Gentle Readers,

Last Tuesday we went "Out of Bounds" and looked at some street art that had been invited into a museum atrium (the Hammer). It was colorful, joyful, happy, and as edgy as a Hanna-Barbera cartoon.

Afterward I got on the Wilshire Blvd. bus and headed home, and right across from another museum at about Fairfax (you art people all know which one ...) and I caught a glimpse of something down a side street. It caught my eye because it was NOT colorful. It was a mural and here's the central image:

Artists Dense in the Head, Alscrow, RTP, CBS, TFL, K2s, et al., Voice of the Ghetto, paint on concrete.






























OK, you may disagree, but I think the missing person, or the unarticulated gray silhouette is primary, the person you don't see. This seems to have four distinct sections, so I'll just shut up and put them up as you would see them left to right.

Left section
Center left section see 1st image.

Center section
Center right section

Far right section

It's so big I can't walk the length and get it in one pano shot, so here are two:



Got all of that? Aren't you glad you came? Anyway, next time you hit LACMA and you walk out maybe feeling unbalanced to the cerebral, just cross the street and take this one in admission-free. BTW, we've seen Dense in the Head before on this blog, if  you think this stuff looks somewhat familiar. 

Love the subtle use of monochromatic shades. One artist I think was showing off his/her technique with this lovely detail "arabesque." Ain't that great Ladies and Gents? Put your hands together!

Oh, and it looks like we have room for a context shot too.








OK, now here's your Blue-on-Blue picture of the day. Continues hot and sunny in So Cal. Possible rain tomorrow, but evidently we're doomed to be denied wintry weather as it will go right back up into the 80s afterward.





























And here's the second look.  Normally photographers hate the "sunshine hot spot" (the sun's reflection on the water) but I liked it so much that I cropped to emphasize it.

You have heard the term "track of the moon on the water" right? I use it in my novel in one of the dream sequences. But here it almost looks like a white pathway has opened up from the Malibu Colony at the left so you could walk across Santa Monica Bay to Manhattan Beach if you wanted to.

OK, I've stolen enough time from my employer. Better stay late like usual then and even it all out ...

Have a wonderful Tuesday.

Love,
Pops























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