Downtown LA has its own version of LACMA's Levitated Mass.
Made in the spirit of the original, this 'rock' has a sign out front declaring it so, and sits resting on a classic Radio Flyer wagon.
This piece pokes fun at the LACMA Mass, and on a practical level it does seem wild that LACMA would spend so much money moving a rock. However, the rock does seem to be a popular event and everyone seems to enjoy posing with it. Guess it is some sort of success as art when it gets people to interact on a new level and see things a different way.
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The downtown 'rock' can be found in the LA Arts District in between 2nd and 3rd streets and East of Alameda.
If you want to read more about the true story, feel free to check out these links:
ReplyDeletehttp://obsart.blogspot.fr/2012/01/levitated-mass-2012-world-press-review.html (402 articles)
obsart.blogspot.fr/2012/01/levitated-mass-1968-1983-pre-history.html (43 year-project)
All the best
Observatoire du Land Art