150) Contemporary Art

Today we braved the rain and visited the Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCa). I try to make a point of stopping by the contemporary art museum in each city, just to try to get a handle on the concept of contemporary art. Sometimes - especially in front of those video projections - I just have to take it for what it is.

Do you ever get museum fatigue? That feeling where the pieces start to blur together. You get tired of reading those little ID placards, and start walking double time, stopping only when something really catches your eye. For me this occurs less frequently in contemporary art museums. What is deemed art, genius, and talent gets blurred when the word "contemporary" is attached. But that's what makes it so interesting, n'est pas?

(Mini aside - World Expo tomorrow! Getting ready for sweaty, standing in line fun. Then it's back to the land of Facebook and Blogger, my cell phone, real life.)