Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Le Musée d'Art Contemporain

Sunday, I went to the Musée d'Art Contemporain (Museum of Contemporary Art), and I have to say, the art was not the only thing I found confusing. Since there's a tram stop named "Musée d'Art Contemporain," I didn't bother looking up directions on how exactly to get there; I figured it would be obvious from the tram. Not exactly. I followed the street signs (large white arrows labeled "Musée d'Art Contemporain") which led me on a 15 minute tour of the surrounding blocks. However, I eventually discovered yellow arrows spray painted on the ground leading to the museum. To be clear, these arrows were not as conspicuous as you might expect yellow spray painted arrows to be.

When I finally got to the museum and met up with my friends, we discovered that there was essentially nothing besides dark, long, and slightly creepy hallways on the first and second floors. The presence of so many security cameras was puzzling.

However, we finally found the art when we got to the third floor! I particularly liked these hanging neon shapes (houses?). It was interesting to see all this weird, conceptual, very modern art displayed in an old stone building. You could also walk around on the rooftop courtyard, where I found a French moose!

  
Finding this guy made all the confused wandering totally worth it! Un élan français!

À bientôt!

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