Museum Day! – thosecoolkims

It started off as a rainy day in Buenos Aires this morning, so we figured it would be a perfect time to check out Malba (Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires).

First of all, the building is beautiful. Once we walked inside, it was exhilarating – big, bright and definitely bustling. The art was VERY modern – lots of bright colors of course, and all different sorts of mediums. We tried to take some pics, but kinda got busted by an undercover museum employee! We made sure to say lo siento and put the camera away, but we caught a few snaps:

The guy walking towards us in this picture is who busted us … oops.

This was one of the temporary exhibits, “Mercado”. It was really small, but so inspiring! Just using simple imagery displaying foods from the market – the green you see above are a whole bunch of heads of lettuce! The giant broccoli to the left was cool too – very pop – and made all of tile. There were also intricately carved melons that were gorgeous too – and a very modern display of a giant pile of dirty dishes. It was way better than we’re making it sound …

Another highlight was an exhibition of Felix Gonzales-Torres‘ work. It was shocking because throughout the exhibition, there were giant stacks of prints that people were just picking up and taking. We watched for awhile, and then finally we asked if we really could take some. Yes, it was true, we could! We absolutely fell in love with two prints – two simple, stark white sheets of paper with tiny black type. One simply reads “Somewhere better than this place” and the other reads “Nowhere better than this place”. The art spoke to us because we both are always thinking, planning and dreaming of the next place we’ll travel to, but we are always proclaiming to others how much we love our Long Beach “hometown” and how content we are to be in the LBC forever. We can’t wait to get them framed and displayed once we get back!

After Malba, we headed over to San Telmo, one of the oldest & “most authentic” neighborhoods in the city. We saw tango in the streets and lots of street vendors and performers, but it was crazy crowded. We decided we’d tackle San Telmo later this week without carrying art prints among the sea of people in the streets!

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