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2014 4:30  LACMA's Trifecta of Exhibitions: Noir, Crime and Sin
Font Size ART WATCH - A trifecta of cinema-inspired exhibitions
is now playing at LACMA. The museum continues its winning path
attracting locals to the museum by playing to their natural
predilections; do you know that there are more movie theaters in
LA than any other city in the country? Without compromising the
quality of the exhibitions or the artwork at hand, the county
museum has found a way to bring the people in, by giving them
what they want, even if with a twist.  Now showing: a post-
renaissance painter, an iconic film director and a pop art
master. So how do Caravaggio, Stanley Kubrick and Ed Ruscha
share cinematic virtues? By examining the underpinnings of our
culture in a cinematic exploration. Take a look at Caravaggio's
paintings, they suggest film noir; shadows eclipse bodies,
figures emerge into mysterious light, and always there is a
sense of imminent danger, with s