3:00 snapshot #717

[urbpan]

My dad visited last weekend. This photo shows us in Brookline, in front of the MATEP tower, but we spent most of the visit exploring Dedham Square.



We discovered the Museum of Bad Art, a place I've heard about for years, but finally experienced in real life! I recommend you do the same. Here you can see the motif is kind of like a men's room downstairs from a movie theater. If you plan to visit, it's easy to find! Just go to the Dedham Community Theater (warning: annoying FLASH intro) and head downstairs to the men's room. The cost of admission is just a few disappointed looks from the theater staff.

I gather they have an ever-growing and rotating collection, but here are just a few highlights:


Mariachi in Tiananmen square.


The Mushroom Eater (yes, I had to try to identify the mushrooms in this painting, but the interpretive notes--which are generally hilarious in this museum--had already done so).


Ferret in a brothel. I don't know why I like the "thing in a place it doesn't belong" paintings so much. Probably a key to my mental problems there, or at least my sense of humor.

Comments

[ndozo.livejournal.com]

Probably not a good sign that I like all those pictures.

[plantmom.livejournal.com]

I liked them all, but my favorite is the ferret in the brothel.
Fun wow.

[badnoodles.livejournal.com]

This is the kind of place that I love to visit in a new city.

I also kind of ant to start my own museum, though alas, I do not have an empty downstairs men's room.

[roaming.livejournal.com]

I went to professional art school in NYC. I've seen -- and created! -- more bad art than any one person should be exposed to in a few lifetimes! ;-P