Today I went to the National Gallery exhibition of PARADE. I'm not a big fan of clowns (too much Moliere, Pass Partout and mimes in French school and that weird clown at the skating arena for a birthday party), so I went in pretty skeptical. The curation and presentation of the exhibition was beautiful, but I get ansty looking at old art. This is a nice, safe, show and great for the tourists and visitors. But where's the Edge? Where's the controversy?

The Picasso curtain is big and beautiful and probably the real reason for creating the show in the first place, but I found the last giant room with only 3 Picasso paintings a bit much. It was like they ran out of work.
And that 'living room' effect to watch the Picasso ballet on TV? PLeeeeeaaaaassse...

Wouldn't it be cool if the National Gallery made an exhibition that featured young contemporary Canadian artists? I'm sure that this clown exhibition cost a lot of money to put on...so wouldn't it be nice if the Gallery combed the country for edgy, informative, brilliant Canadian art (yes, it does exist!) and put that on for a summer show? Maybe that way, Canadian artists could take a make more of an impact on the international art scene. Hmmm, the Canadian government supporting its artists? What a novel idea!

Just my thoughts for the day...If only I could change the world...