Sidenote:
Today, I attended the American Church in Paris, which is an English speaking, international, non-denominational church in the 7th (Metro: Invalides). It's a great church for people who are in Paris for short or long stays. ACP offers 3 services, two traditional and one contemporary. They also have youth groups, bible studies, and many other events. I've just started attending it, and so far it's a great place to connect with other English-speakers in the city.Now today...
After church, I went with a friend to the famed Centre Pompidou, which houses a modern art museum. Ever since my visit to the Bilbao Guggenheim, I've had about as much interest in modern art as I do in mortician studies.
Sure, some of the artwork I saw was pretty but was it really worth putting in a museum? Is a block print on a tarp really worthy of wall space in one of Paris's most well known museums? Or what about the room that was painted red with red canvas art? How much did they pay for that?
When I walked through the museum, I kept thinking of things to pin onto my Pintrest Projects board. A white canvas, some acrylic paint, and a Saturday afternoon would turn me into a museum quality artist, too! Granted, maybe some of what makes this art museum-worthy is that they were innovative enough to think of making a piece of art out of two white walls... But when you compare modern art to paintings from the impressionist or the Renaissance era, are they really of the same caliber? In two hundred years, will people look at these museums with the same admiration? I'll never know... and I'll probably never understand what's so cool about a burlap room with a piano in it.
The picture I've included is pretty cool, though. I can appreciate a good optical illusion any day.
