How the heck did it get to be Friday so fast?
Well, readers comment frequently on the interesting places I write about (I mean, the places I haven't actually made up -- although I hope those are interesting too). I haven't written about this place -- or been there yet -- but it's on my list.
I give you MOBA. The Museum of Bad Art in Boston.
Seriously. Take a moment to peruse the online gallery.
Yikes.
ReplyDeletePhilistine.
DeleteLMAO!! Looks like the raided someone's refrigerator!
ReplyDeleteSee!!!! Art is where you find it. :-D
DeleteThey used to have this clown gallery that was sheer genius. I thought of you, M.
ReplyDeleteThe online gallery is too limited now, alas.
Clown and genius do not ever belong in the same sentence!
DeleteGod, I hate clowns. They seriously creep me out.
DeleteWhat IS it about clowns?! They form their own peculiar malevolent universe.
DeleteHa! LOL, thank you! My fav is Peter the kitty.
ReplyDeleteStirring in its portrayal of feline angst. Is Peter hungry or contemplating his place in a hungry world? The artist has evoked both hopelessness and glee with his irrational use of negative space.
DeleteYes! Quite. ;-D
Hm, I go one or twice a year to a museum in various towns and I have seen such art there. It's all relative, hihi ; )
ReplyDeleteMore so than we would like to think, I suspect. ;-)
DeleteHola, Josh:
ReplyDeleteI'm envious that you may have museums in the United States even for bad art. In Spain there are many works of art stored in the basements of museums because there is not enough space or money to expose to the public.
Have you been to the Prado, Minu? I would love to go there some day.
DeleteYes, I have been many times in the Prado because until recently lived in Madrid. It is a marvel all those paintings by Velázquez, Goya, El Greco...
DeleteI am jealous. I admit it. :-)
DeleteI've been to Prado. I was completely blown away by the paintings of Goya. Hadn't heard of him before that, ignorant me. I felt sad when I saw those he painted at his dark age though. Such a waste of talent.
DeleteSavanna
Troubling images there, yes. Art does not always make for a happy life.
DeleteAs someone I know and respect would say, "Yeesh!" I didn't want to click on an image to see a larger version of anything, though. I guess this is "Eye of the Beholder" stuff. But thanks for the look/see, Josh. :)
ReplyDeleteI am especially partial to "Circus of Despair"
DeleteThis joyous, frightful circus romp is emblematic of, and yet somehow transcends, Unknown's entire body of work.
:-D
Uh-huh. Shouldn't you be writing a story or two? Or at least swimming or digging in your garden? :-)
DeleteWhoever writes the captions is a genius.
ReplyDeleteGranted, as we now see, genius has its dark side. :-D
I may have nightmares about that cat
ReplyDeleteThat cat is watching you!
DeleteStrangely intriguing...
ReplyDeleteWhat is it about bad art? It's like driving past a car wreck--you don't really want to see, but you can't look away.
~Whitley
Yes. All that passion. And flowing in completely the wrong direction. Like...defying the very laws of nature.
DeleteI realize this is totally off topic Josh, but did you see Stephen Colbert's terrific takedown of Jeff Bezos and Amazon in regard to their treatment of writers and publishers?
ReplyDeleteIt was priceless!
I did! And yes, it was very satisfying.
DeleteHeading to Boston Sunday, if my 4 year old wasn't going to be with me, maybe I'd give MOBA a try, lol!
ReplyDeleteI do understand not wanting to terrorize wee ones. ;-P
DeleteUnder the portrait of Eileen:
ReplyDelete"For a number of years, the museum and public mourned the loss of this seminal masterpiece of the MOBA collection. A reward of $6.50 was offered for information leading to its recovery -- the top price ever paid for a work of art in the permanent collection."
Made me laugh. Made my day.
Oh my! I would DOUBLE that reward. DOUBLE, I tell you! To retrieve such a monsterpiece!!!
DeleteI love it! Boston is only 3 hours away - I just may have to visit.
ReplyDeleteI think you do!
DeleteWhat is bad art? OK - I had to rub my eyes and polish my spectacles after looking at these pieces. I like Peter the cat. I had to count its feet. Is it not art when I am not able to look away from its feet? But often I like the work of an artist and the reviews in the newspapers call it bad art. I am confused.
ReplyDeleteWell, I think that is the age old question, isn't it? I mean, you can see it in book reviews. One person's Worst Book Evah is someone else's Work of True Genius. And who is correct? What is "correct'?
DeleteAnd does anyone care about any opinion that is not their own? ;-)