Sept. 29, 2025 6 AM PT
To the editor: It’s thrilling to see the brand new LACMA take form, however what’s with the encompassing public artwork (“It’s a horse, it’s a dinosaur: An exclusive peek at Jeff Koons’ monumental sculpture at LACMA,” Sept. 24)?
Jeff Koons is the modern-day Thomas Kinkade, and “Cut up-Rocker” is only a re-creation of an previous sequence, the primary of which is completely on show on the Glenstone Museum in Maryland. Why couldn’t now we have discovered a Los Angeles artist, or at the least an authentic piece extra consultant of L.A.?
At the very least Tony Smith’s “Smoke” has substance, and Chris Burden’s “City Gentle” truly displays the town.
“Cut up-Rocker” might have been made an oz. higher through the use of native crops. The three flowers listed within the article aren’t native; some species of gazanias are even considered a extremely invasive weed in California.
Ross Van den Akker, Los Angeles
