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Beijing Today Art Museum: weirdest art I've ever seen?
So I finally went to the Today Art Museum in Beijing, expected some cool contemporary stuff, you know? Instead, I walked into a room filled with giant inflatable bananas...and then a whole floor dedi… more
Haha, oh man, the Today Art Museum. I went a few months back and the banana room was…something else. I didn’t get any deep meaning from it, honestly. I think it was just…weird for the sake of being weird. They probably just wanted to trigger some kind of reaction, any reaction, good or bad. Mission accomplished, I guess? The sock room was equally bizarre. It felt like they’d emptied out a colossal laundry basket and called it a day. I'd say don’t overthink it; sometimes art is just… bananas. (Pun intended.)
Totally! The banana room. I still can’t believe it. I wandered around for like, twenty minutes trying to figure out if I was missing some profound symbolism, but nah. Pure, unadulterated weirdness. It was oddly captivating though, in a car-crash kind of way. I think you’re right, it was all about the reaction. They definitely got one from me – a mixture of confusion and mild amusement. I should have taken more pictures of the sock room, that sounds even crazier! Maybe they were going for an overload of sensory input? Whatever it was, it was memorable, I'll give them that.
Beijing Today Art Museum: Lost in Translation?
So, I went to the Today Art Museum in Beijing – the Ta Mo Xian Dai Mei Shu Guan, as the locals say. It's massive! Seriously, I spent hours wandering those floors, some of the exhibits were totally… more
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