How does the relentlessly cheerful Huel Howser regard the Los Angeles River? Visit the back gallery of the Pasadena Museum of California Art and you will see one artist's personal interpretation of Howser's outlook in a painting entitled "The Right Side of Huel Howser's Brain". It will make you laugh out loud.
This painting is part of an installation/exhibition called The Ulysses Guide to the Los Angeles River. The dirty underbelly of the L.A. River is partially recreated in the gallery--complete with a broken concrete overpass, sound effects, graffiti, and debris piled in corners. There are also dozens of paintings from the book "The Ulysses Guide to the Los Angeles River", the basis for this exhibit.
A young artist to watch: Rob Sato. His "Land Admiral Levebvre's Fleet Makes Sail" is a detailed river fantasy not to miss. It is from a private collection and will no doubt vanish from public view after this show is done. Go see it now while you can.
The Metro Gold Line station nearest the PMCA is the Memorial Park Station.
