Los Angeles Official Visitor Guide 2008 - (Page 36) The ArTs Outside Art: Sculpture Gardens in LA Jean Arp, Alexander Calder, Henri Matisse, Henry Moore, Isamu Noguchi, Auguste Rodin, David Smith and Francisco Zuniga. The newest acquisition in this impressive collection is a 43-ton environmental steel sculpture by Richard Serra, installed in 2006. The garden also includes a plaza paved in brick, a walkway framed beautifully by a triple row of South African coral trees and an informal sloping lawn with curving textured pathways dotted with Brazilian jacarandas. Seating areas and open lawns throughout the garden invite you to pause and enjoy the interplay of art and nature. You can schedule a guided tour of the garden or explore the collection on your own. Either way, you’ll get to enjoy one of the nation’s most distinguished sculpture collections. Ray Stark and his wife, Fran. In 2007, The Getty Center marked its 10th anniversary with the permanent installation of these new and important works by many of the 20th century’s greatest sculptors, including Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Roy Lichtenstein, René Magritte, Joan Miró, Henry Moore and Isamu Noguchi, among many others. The new installation was completed in June, with several of the outdoor sculptures being dispersed throughout the gardens and public areas on site, prominently featured in two new named spaces. This new space consists of a series of intimate and peaceful outdoor gallery rooms designed to invoke contemplation and conversation among viewers. Adjacent to the museum’s West Pavilion is the Fran and Ray Stark Sculpture Terrace, where the works installed demonstrate the way in which figurative sculpture has moved from representation to abstraction over the centuries. Admission to the Getty Center is free, but you will have to pay for parking. Sometimes, the recipe for cultural eminence is surprisingly simple. LA’s sculpture gardens are a good example. Just start with near-perfect weather, add a generous helping of renowned museums boasting some of the world’s finest collections of sculpture and sprinkle in a dash of landscape architecture. The result? Classic LA sculpture gardens where you can cultivate your inner art critic while wearing flip-flops and shorts. When you want to see some spectacular sculpture, and you want to do it under the peaceful rays of Pacific sunshine, head to one of the following LA sculpture gardens. Good weather is a given, and you’ll be surprised how many significant pieces of sculpture there are to enjoy. The Franklin D. Murphy sculpture Garden at UCLA Many consider this one of the premier sculpture collections in North America. Sprawling over a five-acre swath on the north end of the UCLA campus near the Broad Art Center, the garden features more than 70 sculptures by such luminaries as The Fran and ray stark sculpture Garden at The Getty Center In 2005, the Getty Center received a significant gift of 28 modern sculptures from the collection of legendary film producer 36
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