STL DPB ON THE ROAD - BARBARA KRUGER HAS QUESTIONS

The LA Museum of Contemporary Art has an outpost for large installations and special shows funded by the zillionaire David Geffen. The show inside was fascinating but we won't get to that now. One of the outer walls has had this - could you call it a mural? - by Barbara Kruger for some time. This is her style, provocative statements, almost always in the same typeface. It's interesting but also, at least for me, repetitive. She needs a new idea.             

Along The High Line

The High Line has become a major tourist attraction in New York. It is an old elevated freight line running from W. 34th Street to the Lower West Side that has been transformed into a linear park. It has views of the Hudson, rooftop gardens and striking new architecture. The trail is surrounded by art (that red sign below is by one of my favorite contemporary artists, Barbara Kruger). The people watching is, of course, unparalleled. 

The Whitney Museum of American Art is near the southern end, more about which soon.