Look & See

1.  Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town This museum not only holds beautiful art but is a work of art itself. The architecture is something's marvel at before entering and viewing the art. Zeitz MOCAA hosts international events and exhibitions to provide an intercultural look into the world of African art.         2.  The Musée du Louvre in Paris Probably the most widely know museum on this list, the Louver holds some of the greatest pieces of art created. It holds nearly 380,000 works of art witch includes Leonardo da Vinci's, Mona Lisa. 3. The Metropolitan Museum Of Art in New York City   When the Met was founded it didn't own a single piece of art, however, now has a percent collection of more than a million paintings, sculptures, and artifacts.  4. National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa Not only is the museum located in the greatest country in the world, but it also has breathtaking architecture and almost 100,000 pieces

When I was younger, I don't remember how old, but my family and I were driving home from church, we got stopped by a passing train. At first, my siblings and I were annoyed all we wanted was to go home. We had already been woken up early for church, and in typical first Sunday fashion, service ended late. As we watched the carts go by something happened, our anger was shifted into anticipation and excitement. Every cart covered by perfect vandalism, layered with beautiful graffiti. After seven or eight carts had gone by, my brother and I began to pick our favourite ones, trying to imagine the artist behind them. Maybe we were bored, and maybe the art wasn't stunning, but I couldn't take eyes off it. For everyone in that car that Sunday afternoon it was perfect.

  Often times when people view contemporary or modern art they have a predictable reaction. They'll scoff at it wondering how something so elementary could be hanging in a museum while making remarks along the lines of "My two-year-old could paint better than this." or, "What does it mean?" Now the question, "What does it mean?" is something that everybody is asking themselves constantly. Although you're not aware, your brain is constantly trying to answer this question, everything you see, read, or hear your brain is trying to understand.    I think that people prefer to look at realism, romanticism and even surrealism because it's easier for them to come up with a meaning. It's acceptable to look contemporary and or modern art and come to the conclusion that it has no meaning or that it's so preposterous that there is no point in thinking about it. This is how most people are looking at art, in my opinion, they go in looking f