Yesterday I spent an afternoon at the Getty and enjoyed the work of Tim Hawkinson, PH Emerson, and the gardens surrounding the building. Hawkinson's work was represented by 4 new pieces called Zoopsia this work takes everyday household tems and turns them into "hallucinations of animals". They comprise a dragon drawn on paper, a bone structure made out of Crayola Model Magic, a bat made out of plastic bags and ties, and my favorite, a giant octopus made of photos of body parts. Another interesting piece that he has at the Getty takes up the entire main entrance, a giant sound machine made of anything you can think of from Home Depot that renders a score, much like a player piano every hour.
P.H. Emerson made "naturalistic" images of the Norfolk Broads, a rural part of England from 1885 to 1895 and is known for his stunning Albumen and photogravures. It was great to see them in person after looking at them in books for so long.
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