4 years ago
It's the building behind the Statue of the pompous...
It's the building behind the Statue of the pompous Duke of Wellington on Horseback who is now sniggered at by visitors and passers-by.
Yes it's the iconic 'Chookie Wellington', with the traffic cone hat!
Like all of Glasgow's museums and art galleries, the.GoMA is free. Visitors might need to use elbows, to get past the Wegies (locals) who regularly pop in for a bit of culture whilst 'in the toon daein their messages' (shopping in the city centre).
The Edinburgh museums, good as they are, tend to be aloof, passed by and over looked by the residents of Edinburgh (Edinburgers?...who knows?), whilst Glasgow's museums are heaving with diverse life and art; what ever that may be. Anything really, 'this and that' perhaps. The day of my visit, there was far more of 'this' (excellent works of modern art, stunningly creative, so I am told) and very little of 'that' (which tbh looked like a collection of junk assembled by a monkey). Actually I liked the junk far better, and I think I got what the money was all about. Just as all the smiling sniggering passers-by get what the NED who first put the traffic cone on the Duke's was all about.
Who would have believed that the NED's actions would become a world know piece of modern art enjoyed by millions. That's exactly what the GoMA is all about... It's all Art... 'Modern Art' in fact, and that means a lot of people might think that a lot of it is just junk, but hey, if just around the corner, or outside the front door, you're likely to see something that you just 'get' because it 'gets you.
Have a visit, you've nothing to lose, it's free admission, you'll be in, out of the rain, and there's a 'stoatin' (absolutely marvelous) 'wee' (small) shop 'stappit fu and stowed oot' (well stocked) with 'rerr sutff' (highly desirable items). I think you'll surprise yourself and be glad that you popped in.
It worth while keeping an eye on this place... 'Just in case'. Well 'you never know!'