Pink Metal sclupture Grand Park Los Angeles 2015
Architecture around Los Angeles / Art in Los Angeles / Downtown Los Angeles / Los Angeles

Flying men, pink balls and a fountain on the way to the new Broad Museum

by carollightwood
Flying men sculptures Civic Center Red Line
Flying men sculptures hanging from ceiling in Civic Center Metro Red Line Station.  Mosaic tile wall art lines the halls in this station. I’ll do a post about this and other Red Line stations later.

I decided to take the Metro to the brand new Broad (rhymes with road) Museum in downtown Los Angeles. But not all art in L.A. is hanging in museums, as you can see by these photos of the art I saw along the way, starting with the Flying Men sculptures in the Civic Center Red Line Metro Station.

Flying man Red Line Metro station
Closer view of flying man sculpture in Civic Center station, downtown Los Angeles.

The Broad is an excellent addition to the cultural center along Grand Avenue.

Until now, the cultural buildings in this area were designed to be concert halls and theaters for live performances.  Only MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art), which is more or less across the street from The Broad, represented the arts of sculpture, painting, photography, etc.  Of course, there are many examples of public art in the plazas here and there on Bunker Hill.

But I digress…

Here is what I saw on my way to The Broad Museum via the Metro:

Together for Real at GRand Park
When I came out of the Metro Station the first thing I saw was this line of sculptural figures for an event called ‘Together for Real’. I have no idea what it was about.  In front, the dwarf bottle-brush shrubs, one of my favorite drought-tolerant plants, are thriving.
Rearranging chairs in Grand Park Los Angeles
The man carrying the pink chair told me he was rearranging the chairs in Grand Park. The chairs are left out overnight.
City Hall from Grand Park Los Angeles
The view from the top of Grand Park. City Hall is that tall building in the distance. Starbucks somehow got the license to put one of their coffee houses in the park in the green roofed building on the right.
Taper Form and Ahmanson Hall
The Mark Taper Forum and Ahmanson Theater are part of the cultural landmark buildings along Grand Avenue. The Dorothy Chandler Pavillion is across the plaza.
Disney Hall Los Angeles
Disney Hall is right across the street from The Broad. Frank Gehry who designed this has now become involved in developing the Los Angeles River. I shudder to think what the results might be. I’ll do a post about the river soon. It’s the setting for a novel I’m writing.
party site for Broad Museum
The night before The Broad opened, invited guests partied in this space at the top of a parking garage across the street from the museum where pink balls hung from the ceiling. At night it must have been magical to see. Workers were dismantling it when I was there. I suspect the whole party place was built for this event.  Ahhh–what money can buy!
Broad Museum and Colburn Music School
The white boxy building with its corners removed is the new Broad Museum. Across the street in the brick and glass building is the famed Colburn Music School.

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