More Contemporary Art...

Elsewhere in the museum, there were some other interesting pieces of contemporary art, including this neon heart...

...and Thomas Hirschhorn’s Neighbours, depicting the destructive force of violence by an apocalyptic explosion in a miniature landscape.

Precarious Patricia by Anna Uddenberg was quite shocking, especially when viewed from the other side, as she looked so incredibly realistic.

I forgot to capture a shot of the tag for this one, but it looked like a bunch of squished colorful cars.

British artist Damien Hirst made Waste in 1994 by cramming unused medical trash into a display case. (Sadly, since COVID-19 invaded, used medical waste is truly becoming a problem as careless folks toss disposable masks all over the place.) The message of this particular sculpture is that because science and technology has invented so much, people have begun to feel entitled not to die.

This bizarre contraption is Compost Toilet by Joep van Lieshout, an attempt to bring environmental awareness into the home.

In Playing with Tradition, Richard Hutton altered a digital photograph of a rug by extending the colors of the last unmodified row of pixels across the length of the carpet. The rug was then hand knotted in wool and silk by artisans in India who actually struggled with this simple design as compared to their usual complex ones.

It was great to see a class of young Dutch students learning about contemporary art.

Incredible Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama gifted Aggregation: One Thousand Boats Show to the museum in 1965. The rowboat is covered in fabric phalluses coated in plaster and the wallpaper is covered in photos of the boat to give a sense of an infinite space.  

It’s impossible to tell from this image, but this isn’t just a poster, but rather a large mural across the top of the stairs. 

Lastly, in a section of modern art, Dam Square from 1898 stood out to me.