On Friday after lunch with friend Bonnie at Tomayo's Restaurant with good food, service and amazing art, I roamed to Long Beach to MOLAA...a beautiful modern building between 6th and 7th on Alamitos Ave. The friendly staff greeted me and gave me a map to follow through the museum. I first entered the permanent collection which was presented in a creative manner. The curator had created a story connecting the works of art that was written in cursive on the walls between the pieces of art. Below are two examples of their collection:
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| Judith Gutierrez (Equador, b. 1934) painted "Harvesting". The description refers to the artist's spiritual beliefs....and the desire to return to an "Edenic" state of grace. |
Raffel Coronel (Mexico, b. 1923) painted "The Family in 1965 and represents a hidden secret and an inward tension.. He broke from the mural painters with others to depict a Nuevo Presencia (New Presence) focusing on the newly arising professional class rather than on the popular masses.
I continued my exploration to the visiting exhibit entitled "Play With Me" with several pieces that invited people to play with the exhibit. This ranged from a pile of wrapped candy in a corner...where I was encouraged to take a piece and enjoy, to a four sided ping pong table with water in the center with water lilies.
I then roamed outside to enjoy the large sculpture garden and performance area.
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| Alberto Cavalieri (Venezuela b. 1969) "Fragmented Knot III" 2006 and Williams Barbosa (Venezqela b. 1955) "Dance No. 1" 2003 |
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| Max Leiva (Guatemala, b.1966) "Incognito" 2005 |
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| EleonoraTugues (Venequela, b. 1960) "The Runner 2006" |
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| Leonardo Nierman (Mexico b. 1937) "Ilusion" 2005 stainless steel. |
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| Carlos Luna (Cuba b. 1969) "War-Giro" |
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| Guillermo Trujillo (Panama b. 1927) "molaa's Baton" 2005 |
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| The Cafe is to the Right |
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