The Museum of Young Art in Prague

Here are some highlights from the Museum of Young Art in Prague. 

Below is a vending machine selling spray paint in many colors and modes of applications. Fully stocked so you can buy everything from small tipped pens to the traditional junkyard spray can. Also, refillable cartridges, funny shaped nozzle heads, and the always practical... disposable gloves (so you're never caught red handed). 

 

At first glance this larger than life-size Gymnast Jesus seems highly insulting, but you're not quite sure how. After reading clarification of the artists statement it turns out that the piece is meant to show how society idolizes athletes.

These are pictures I took when wandering the museum.  

These are installations outside the windows. 

This is a close-up picture of a print made from a large format camera. This semester I am working primarily with large format cameras and this is one of the reasons why. Look at this detail! Stunning! Even in a reproduction you can see it, it looks real, but to see it in real life... this portrait is spectacular! 

This is a sculpture, installed into a bathroom in the museum. Just left there, as if right as rain. BTW, the newspaper below is turned to job listings for photographers.

A very cool engraved mirror, with heavenly elements soaring above
and warnings against earthly evils below. . 

The plaster mold was created on top of a couple as they slept. You can see their bodies outlined within it, even their facial features. The picture above shows the position they laid in before the mold was cast.

A room in the museum.

No Money, No Fame

 No Tits, No Glory:

These wise words are found on the floor of the Hall of Graffiti. 

This piece is titled "You Cannot Escape." It is a room covered, from ceiling to floor in advertisements, including a makeshift bed. It's message is pretty clear, I'd say.