5/5 JeanneMarie T. 8 years ago on Google • 3 reviews
This
museum
apparently
has
a
very
good
arts
administration
program
for
students.
How
do
I
know
this?
Several
years
ago,
I
chanced
upon
the
museum
at
a
fortuitous
time:
1)
Lou
Reed,
who
had
recently
died,
I
believe,
had
a
sonic/accoustic
sort
of
sound
room
that
I
was
able
to
enter
with
with
a
pal
who
is
a
retired
Hollywood
sound
engineer;
2)
Babette
Mangolte,
who
has
done
some
camera
work
for,
among
others,
Jean
Pierre
Gorin
and,
I
believe,
Chantal
Akerman,
was
not
only
hung--her
work,
folks,
not
her....--but
also
supported
by
the
aforementioned
museum
administrators
in
training,
who
handed
out
white
gloves
that
had
to
be
used
to
finger
Ms.
Mangolte's
work.
O.K.
That
was
a
bit
much
for
me.
And
the
best
of
her
nude
NYC
art
happenings
photography
work
from
the
seventies
as
photography
at
that
particular
exhibit
is
not
my
favorite
homage
to
Marcel
DuChamp's
'Nude
Descending
a
Staircase.'
But
guess
what?
Mangolte's
work
was
well
placed.
It
was
not
only
right
around
the
corner
from
the
Lou
Reed
sound
cave,
but
also
near
some
interesting
photographs
of
places
in
or
near
decay.
There
was
a
haunting
photograph
of
a
piano
of
Elvis's
at
Graceland
at
the
museum
right
between
Lou
Reed's
sound
room
and
the
Mangolte
exhibit.
A
grand
or
a
baby
grand.
With
real
Tennessee
light.
And
a
bad
carpet.
Just
like
some
of
the
King's
hair
dos
sometimes.
In
any
case,
I
was
reminded
of
the
beauty
of
that
shot
of
Elvis's
piano
when
I
saw
a
shot
or
two
that
would
make
magnificent
movie
stills
from
Robert
DuValle's
and
Robert
Downey,
Jr.'s
recent
"The
Judge."
DuValle
meets
Downey,
Jr.
in
an
Indiana
funeral
home
near
the
beginning
of
the
movie.
There
is
a
shot
of
a
casket
in
the
back
that
is
DuValle's
wife
and
Downey,
Jr's
Mother
and
some
funereal
flower
arrangements
and
one
character
who
knows
both
the
Father--played
by
DuValle--and
his
son--played
by
Downey,
Jr.--going
out
of
a
door
to
the
left
of
the
frame
as
the
viewer
watches.
Boy.
That
light
and
those
flowers
and
that
casket
and
the
scenario
had
everything
to
do
with
Elvis
in
this
University
Art
Museum
at
Cal
State
Long
Beach
the
day
I
was
there
and
then
some.
And
as
for
nudes
descending
a
staircase,
there
was
some
apt
still
motion
kind
of
photography.
Of
a
figure
showing
and
not
showing
through
wood
slats.
Amazing
stuff.
And
in
the
back
of
the
museum
was
great
conceptual
art.
The
best,
in
fact,
because
not
at
all
intended:
A
small,
glass
room
encased
mini-library
of
catalogues
of
past
exhibits
at
this
museum
and
at
others
and
a
computer
at
which
one
can
access
the
visual
arts.
A
repository
of
art
that
was
unvisited.
Empty
computer
just
like
Elvis's
piano
was
empty;
just
like
Lou
Reed
was
recently
deceased
and
reminiscent
now
as
I
write
this
of
the
coffin
in
"The
Judge."
A
museum
within
a
museum.
A
hall
of
mirrors
of
fun
shows
former
and
future.
So
now
go
and
see!...Not
just
it.
But
all
of
them.
The
works
and
the
artists.
And,
if
you
get
hungry
or
thirsty,
there
is
an
excellent
student
coffee
and
sandwich
place
right
around
the
corner.
And
there
is
plenty
of
disabled
parking
and
it
is
close
to
the
museum
and
to
the
student
outdoor
cafe.
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