Beijing’s 798 Art District: Take 2 or 3???

11 April 2015 –

I've lost track of the number of times we've visited this part of Beijing! However, I do think this is the first time Mark has come with us to ogle the amusing, the beautiful, the odd, the "what the heck were they thinking?", and "so, is that what they call art these days?" artwork in the 798 Art District.

Perhaps I've mentioned this before but I think that this district occupies renovated Cultural Revolution Era (???) factories that have been transformed into unique and large art galleries. There is one small section we visited where you can see examples of the types of machines that were used in the factories.  For the most part the factories are just empty shells – I wonder what stories the walls and floors could tell if they could talk?!?

We slowly browsed through a few of the art galleries as we were constrained by time.  I'll admit to you – my favorite art installations weren't the ones found inside the galleries.

I'm not sure what to make of this particular sculpture…. looks like one sculpture is dive-bombing another sculpture:

I do love this 'shroom:

Hahahaha!  Mark, you're hilarious!!! The belching statue:

I agree with the statement on this sign:

Dinos in cages:

Examining machines from the original factories:

I LOVE LOVE LOVE these papery flowers, leaves, or whatever…very organic:

I would have never thought to call lights on a conveyor belt with hammers banging art but apparently it is:

I love the graphic art on the buildings:

Singing…or belching…statues:

Green Oxygen Room…appropriate for Beijing (and its tremendous air pollution problem):

On our first trip to 798 Art District, I took a photo of Ava at this same art exhibit…she fit into it then but now not so much:

American art????

Even the man-hole covers are smiling at us!

It's already time to go….it's been fun!