Given the traffic, I thought that Sunday would be the best day to drive around LA. I first set out to drive up Sunset Boulevard to Hollywood. This I did, but I didn't find much at the end (although I passed some big houses along the way) - possibly there wasn't much to look at there, possibly (or probably) I took some wrong turnings and missed the good stuff!I therefore headed downtown. I parked at the Walt Disney Concert Hall (above) which is a Frank Gerry designed fascinating building. I then had a wonder around the downtown area (which was fairly deserted as it was a Sunday) before going to the first site of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in LA. Here there was a great permanent collection, plus an interesting additional display of a LA artist.
To get to the second site of the MOCA I had a stroll across town. It was by the Japanese area of town, where there were several restaurants, shops and a Japanese garden. The second MOCA location was in a big warehouse type building, which had a display of graffiti art and artists in it. This was quite popular, with many people visiting, and also included British artists such as Bristol's Banksey. Whilst it didn't quite have the shock display of either the RWA or Banksey exhibitions in Bristol a few years back (as perhaps the location was more "suited" to it) there were some interesting and witty pieces there.
This steam roller looks a little shocked that it is about to run over a small girl!
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