Eli Broad

At the Broad

May 12, 2023

My wife grabs my ear and twists as she says, “This isn’t The Broad.” “It sure is,” I counter.  “Been The Broad as long as it’s been here at LACMA.” “Now it’s just a bunch of initials beginning with B.  The real Broad’s downtown on Grand Avenue a couple of blocks from the Museum of…

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Angry Bird

May 21, 2018

You don’t like bird eyes and I hate human eyes so am already enraged when I dive for milk that isn’t milk but plaster almost breaking my beak. Next time my beak’s striking the painter’s nose. Source: Angry Because It’s Plaster, Not Milk by Ed Ruscha at The Broad. Click Here

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Four Forbidden Scenes

May 21, 2018

I know you think this is a wonderful upper middle class neighborhood but beware blossoming girl who wears shorts too short and bites apple while squirting black hose, serene dog whose barks close master’s ears, sharp-breasted lady blowing smoke her mother sprays to overcome, and ominous lady legs in high heels hovering over dapper hat…

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Andy Warhol at The Broad Museum

May 21, 2018

Elvis empties holster standing cowboy wide in boots gun pointed straight eyes aimed too far right. I doubt he ever shoots anything but TVs. Meet Thomas Francis G FBI most wanted for staring uneven and grim so you don’t really want him. He’d shoot anyone who tries to stop him from robbing Chase Manhattan bank…

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