Project Space First Draft: LACMA

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Project Space First Draft
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art well known as LACMA is home to thousands of artworks spanning all through history from ancient civilizations to modern exhibits of present artists. There is no doubt LACMA is consumed by art that demonstrates diversity even the most unlikely kind of art can be found. The space is filled with the freedom of an open atmosphere and transparency of images representing various of culture.
LACMA being the place I chose for comic books central looked to be the opposite of my own expectation. In the beginning of my journey for comic images it seemed they were instead banished rather than accepted to be on display in LACMA's diverse collection of art. Nevertheless hidden in the
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Most of the people did not expect a comic image in an art gallery for modern art but found it very interesting. There was clearly not any kind comic book fandom, many visitors were unaware of what kind of art the comic image was displaying. I overheard a few people saying or describing the image as some kind of comic art. Although there was a descriptive background on the piece mentioning it is one of Lichtenstein's early work beginning his obsession of comic books. I knew the comic image was not any kind of comic art. The comic image in the exhibition was pop art an art movement during the 1960s that included another iconic artist Andy Warhol with his famous Campbell Soup Can displayed right next to the image. The interaction among people also gravitated on the mystery of the image while we will never know the woman face nor expression, why she is saying “Hello” and who is she saying to. I heard discussions purely based on the mystery and the comic book style of the image both attracted people to understand the image and interact with others to answer their

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