Today I decided to check a few things off of my to-do list in Santiago and visited some popular museums, the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes and the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MAC). In Santiago, many museums are actually free on Sundays, and even with the free incentive, there aren't usually very many people, so it is the perfect time to go. And even better, these two museums actually share a building, so it is easy to knock them both out in a day.
The Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes was a bit smaller than I thought it would be, but there were some pretty cool exhibits. Mostly older paintings and sculptures by Chilean or Latino painters/sculptors. I was mostly curious to see if there were any real differences between the art in Chile and the art I have seen in museums back home, but the techniques and subject matter seemed relatively similar.
After looking around that museum, I headed around the building to the MAC. Some of the stuff there was really cool, some of it interesting, and some just plain peculiar. There was this room filled with headphones and they all had different freaky sounds coming from them. Another room had a table covered in plastic food containers and cup and they were covered in painted on flies. But I did come to one very important conclusion. It isn't contemporary art if it isn't a. weird, b. creepy, or c. confusing. Preferably all three.
↓ a few art pieces from the contemporary art museum ↓
There were photos next to this one detailing the process.
The lady got stark naked, covered herself in pink paint and made
those pink body impressions...
Photos of furniture.
Mona Lisa with meats hanging in front of her?
All in all, a few hours well spent. I love museums, especially when they are free!
1 comment:
so the lady with the pink paint.... Cailin??
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