if anyone happens to be in la now, get your ass to LACMA to see Dali: paintings and film and then to MOCA for the Murakami exhibit.

whenever i come back to the states, i try to get to as many museums as is possible. the arts scene in bangkok is definitely growing and i can’t tell you how excited i am that the 11-story bangkok arts and cultural center will open up walking distance from my apartment … but the exhibits we get in bangkok still aren’t of the same caliber that major western cities are lucky enough to have. for some reason museums have pretty much banned photography (i have no idea why) so i don’t have much to share with you except for my praise and the links above. i’d love to go back to see the murakami show with someone who can explain it to me. visually i enjoy his work, but i feel like it is full of references to Japanese Buddhism, folklore and popular culture which i don’t understand.

photographs below are from in and around los angeles.