Instagrams at the Getty

While I was down in CA for Christmas I begged Sir Luke and my parents to go with me to the Getty to see a couple photography exhibits I was interested in and see the gardens again. I love the gardens at the Getty, or rather I love everything about the Getty. Because I’m a genius, my brand new gifty from the hubs for Christmas that I planned to use to document the trip…had no card in it. Thus only my phone for photos. But I still think they look pretty dang good. Who knew?!

I love the leaf fossils in all the walls. I love to hunt for them.

We saw these artists, The Oakes Twins, working in the garden. Their work is the most fascinating art I’ve seen in a long time. It’s really hard to explain unless you can see it in action but essentially they create a concave piece of art that is a live tracing of the scene in front of them.

Trevor is in the apparatus that holds his head in place so his head is the same distance from each part of the paper (which is why the paper is also concave). See how he’s working on a strip of paper? do that trick where you put your hand close to you face, close your left eye and then your right. It’s like your hand jumps right? That’s essentially what they’re doing. They’re seeing the scene with their right eye on the right side of the paper. Then the left eye sees the paper and they trace the image in front of them. It’s really incredible, the entire idea. I was blown away. The cards are really rad because you pull the sides and it goes from flat to concave.

Ryan was fielding questions while Trevor worked on the art. He was testing colors of ink pens for uv deterioration. Seriously check out their website. It’s really phenomenal stuff. I want a piece in my house, like hard core. They’re going to sell cards of their Getting piece at some point in their gift shop, but I want a big one. Don’t you!?

The J. Paul Getty museum is my favorite place in Los Angeles.