Yes, this ‘Hell Gate’ is smaller, but it’s not small

“HELL Gate,” Chris Burden’s 28-foot-long, 7 1/2 -foot-high model of New York City’s Hell Gate Bridge, was delivered from storage to the Museum of Contemporary Art on Monday, launching a two-day installation process for the massive artwork, made of thousands of metal toy construction parts. The work, donated jointly to MOCA and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art as a result of a partial purchase funded by Eli Broad and a partial gift from tennis star John McEnroe, will be included in a show of recent acquisitions by L.A.-based artists that opens today at MOCA.

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-- Diane Haithman