Originally Posted by
jefnvk
Sure, officially its a Christmas Tree, if you look into the artist and his work, you know it really isn't. He did a similar thing to Paris, who actually pulled down the exhibit.
I know, it's no secret anymore. But it got it's nickname in couple of days, it took other public art in Rotterdam like 'The Railroad accident', 'The Kings Turd' and 'The Thing' much longer to earn one definitive nickname. It's controversial but mainly because it's ugly,
And agree on the war stuff. I've been to Normandy and Auschwitz, past those day trips the war stuff simply doesn't interest me. I'm not a military history buff, seeing what is now a giant field where a batle took place simply isn't worth my time the way it may be to someone else. I'd much rather spend my time in old churches and art nouveau buildings if I want history, the architect is far more intriguing to me. Same goes for most art museums, they just don't interest me the way the culture of a bustling town market does.
It's not that I'm not interested in history, but WWI isn't the most interesting war, wars aren't necessarily the most interesting part of history, and battles aren't the most interesting part of wars, and battle fields probably the most uninteresting remains of the battles. It's a bit like watching a piece of sea because there was a naval battle there in the past.
I can enjoy museums for different reasons, rain is one of them, and skip a visit for different reasons. But once after visiting Bruges and Ghent I went to Beaux Arts in Brussels to check out their collection of Brueghel the Elder and Hieronymus Bosch. Besides beeing really interesting (weird) painters, they painted the ordinary people and the morals of the time in which those cities flourished, and to me such a match adds to a trip. Btw Flanders has a lot of little, weird, and amateur museums, a lot of them without a website or other ways to find it. 'Let's make a museum' is part of today's people's culture.