LACMA

 

My trip to lacma was not at all how I expected.First of all i thought it was cool because it was FREE! Yes, it was free because I have a bank of America debit card. ooh and we got free parking too!

So yeah, juan and i were looking at all the buildings and we seriously didn’t know where to start. We just decided to go into the building that was closest to the admissions booth. We went into a building that had this...   

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and i was like WOAH! I thought that was really different. I liked how it was so shapely. At first i didn't think that it was an actual piece of art... I mean I know it's art but I didn't think it was very significant to the museum because there was people everywhere around it. Then I came home and looked it up online and it turns out that LACMA bought this for more than 3 million dollars. We did a little more exploring in this building and we found these...

I liked this piece of art because it was made out of wood like most of the other items in the room. I liked the drum because I like music and the drum is one of my favorite instruments. Even though this is a Polynesian drum it reminds me of some of my family because one of my aunts and three of my cousins do Aztec dancing and the only instrument they dance to is the drum. Their performances look and sound Amazing. 

So juan and i did a lot of skipping around the buildings. we skipped some floors of some buildings and I think we might have missed a whole building entirely... but i did manage to find some very interesting pieces that i liked.

mosaic art is one of my favorite types of art. i fell in love with mosaic when i was in 5th grade and i had to make a mosaic mask. To be able to create beautiful images with small pieces of colored glass is incredible. This lamp is used for decorative purposes, but mosaic art has a history spiritual significance like in cathedrals. Vases are some of my favorite decorations. I like to buy vases of all shapes and sizes this particular vase just stood out to me.

 

 

In conclusion, LACMA was a really big museum. I felt very overwhelmed with all of the art. I could have taken a whole day and i probably wouldn't be able look at everything.