▁where ▁stars ▁are ▁created ▁before ▁they ▁leave ▁art ▁school . ▁In ▁EC ST AS Y : ▁In ▁and ▁About ▁Alter ed ▁States ▁( 2 0 0 5 ), ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁artists ' ▁works ▁represented ▁alter ed ▁states ▁of ▁mind ▁that ▁they ▁have ▁experienced ▁under ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁dru gs ▁or ▁hyp nos is . ▁W ACK ! ▁Art ▁and ▁the ▁Fem in ist ▁Revolution , ▁held ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁major ▁ret ros pective ▁of ▁art ▁and ▁the ▁femin ist ▁revolution . ▁MO CA ▁hosts ▁the ▁LA ▁Fre ew aves ▁bien n ial ▁festival , ▁which ▁exhib its ▁a ▁wide ▁range ▁of ▁new ▁media . ▁ ▁Loc ations ▁ ▁MO CA ▁Grand ▁Avenue ▁▁ ▁The ▁MO CA ▁Dow nt own ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁location ▁is ▁home ▁to ▁almost ▁ 5 , 0 0 0 ▁art works ▁created ▁since ▁ 1 9 4 0 , ▁including ▁master pie ces ▁by ▁classic ▁contemporary ▁artists , ▁and ▁insp iring ▁new ▁works ▁by ▁emer ging ▁and ▁mid - care er ▁artists ▁from ▁Southern ▁California ▁and ▁around ▁the ▁world . ▁The ▁MO CA ▁is ▁the ▁only ▁museum ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁devoted ▁exclus ively ▁to ▁contemporary ▁art . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 6 , ▁the ▁celebrated ▁Japanese ▁architect ▁Ar ata ▁I so z aki , ▁who ▁had ▁never ▁worked ▁on ▁a ▁project ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁before , ▁completed ▁the ▁dow nt own ▁location ' s ▁sand stone ▁building ▁to ▁international ▁critical ▁and ▁public ▁acc laim , ▁mark ing ▁a ▁dram