An old man isn't a fan of modern art! Because it's a stereotype! Because he's old! And modern art is weird! So he hates it! Get it? Get it??
Except, really, he's right. At least to me.
Once I visited Boston's ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art), and there was a wooden pallet on the ground--the kind you see in the back rooms of warehouses and grocery stores. The pallet had mirrors inside it. I was told that it represented a look inside the commerce of America--a reflection of the empty production of our society--the misguided economic policies of capitalism--the starvation of the consumer who could only look at themselves after they stripped everything that shipped on that pallet.
But all I saw was a gussied-up pallet.
Except, really, he's right. At least to me.
Once I visited Boston's ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art), and there was a wooden pallet on the ground--the kind you see in the back rooms of warehouses and grocery stores. The pallet had mirrors inside it. I was told that it represented a look inside the commerce of America--a reflection of the empty production of our society--the misguided economic policies of capitalism--the starvation of the consumer who could only look at themselves after they stripped everything that shipped on that pallet.
But all I saw was a gussied-up pallet.
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