Rainy Day Outing

It seems there have been lots and lots of rainy days, and there have been! In February we had three times the usual amount of rain, and March seems to be heading in the same direction. 

So, after breakfast (a very late one...) we headed to town to check the exhibit at the Weserburg, the contemporary art museum here in Bremen.   

They were taking a look back at some 25 years of works that have been shown at the museum. I have mixed reactions to these very contemporary pieces - some are interesting, some are IMHO just a useless use of space.There was some of both here.

"Totems", the title of this work.  From a distance I thought it was blocks of wood.  No, charred books. For those of us who have a hard time recycling books, even those of little value, this was disturbing.

The spaces are interesting - rooms of different sizes, some quite small, others imposing.

This piece, a limp pickle-looking sculpture, suggested several interpretations according to the note on the wall.  Use your imagination.

Part of the impetus for the visit - besides the weather - was a permanent collection of a local artist.  We've seen his work in other places and like it. This one is whimsical for him, but very appealing to me, as you can imagine.

100 Pepsi cans, an homage to the artist's mother who was a naturalized American citizen and celebrated her new country every day by drinking a can of Pepsi.  Go figure.

Sometimes, a piece can make me laugh out loud.  Note the shoe toes under the curtain.  Kinda creepy, too.

What can you say about two Playmate coolers at either end of a white arc?  I only know they were imported, because I have never seen them for sale here in Germany.  Send any thoughts you may have.

One of the last pieces we looked at was one of the most interesting.  A Cabinet of Written Pictures.  Read the words and let the picture form in your mind.   A life remembered as if lit by the moon.  A day travelling at 59 seconds per minute.  A mirror that lost the confidence to stare back.

Thoughts for a rainy day.

I confess I miss the meaning or intention of many of these works, but certainly the artists have poured heart and soul into them.  I should have asked the woman in the iridescent layered tulle skirt to explain them to me....