This Wednesday we went to the museum of contemporary art. Contrary to the Art Institute, the art is not kept away from you. I found this place interesting by the architecture. The main floor seams very cold by the division between the two side of the building and the upstairs level more looks like a maze. What really interested me in the building construction is the stairs rotating around the almond pool where three giants Koi carps swim.
I enjoy the collection presented because it allow us to see how artists deal with their studio, and also because it presented some of the art showed in ART 21. in all the collection showed I like the furniture as well as the installation with the mirror to see the hidden pictures of poor people. I felt like if the artist was in fact trying to show us the misery that we usually try to avoid. On the other and I felt very strange with the soft toys presentation. For me it was like if the artist was laying down children on a death bed. The other one I liked was the videos made of animation. I found those project very poetic and sweet.
I had so prejudges about this place because I am not a real big fan of modern, however, I really enjoy this trip.
Thank you Gitte.
The MCA is a place of discovery- every few months, you can find something new. I have seen lost of good shows there- many of which installations, and even if you don't like them, they affect you.
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