Essays on Los Angeles

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and the Hammer Museum, both located in Los Angeles, are destinations for a wide variety of experimental work ranging from imaginative to real-life sculpture (LACMA n.pag; Hammer Museum n.pag.). They draw visitors from all over the world who come to see their…

Visiting the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) (LACMA n.pag.) was the best experience I’ve ever had. It presented me with the ability to see much of the art that we normally read about in books or watch on videos and films. Furthermore, I came face to face with…

On March 3, 1991, Rodney King was stopped by police officers from the Los Angeles Police Department and beaten up, an attack that was prominently reported on major American television networks. An onlooker, George Holiday, videotaped Rodney King’s pounding. In the footage, police officers are seen targeting King with high-voltage…

The Crash is an American drama film written and directed by Paul Haggis that was released in 2004. In this video, social and racial tensions in Los Angeles are depicted (Al Junaibi, 2016). The film, which Haggis describes as his “passion piece,” was inspired by a real-life incident in which…

The Gagosian gallery is one of the well-known art exhibition centers in the United States. However, the museum has other exhibition facilities in other cities around the world. Upon my visit to the Los Angeles Gagosian gallery, I have to say that I used to be overwhelmed by the art…

Los Angeles’ history goes back to the time when it began as a small town in Mexico and became changed after 1848. This was why the state of California became a part of America for three decades. There was a great migration of immigration into Los Angeles during this period,…