My New Favorite Art Exhibit

Today, I went to the Hamburger Bahnhof, an old Berlin train station that was converted to a modern art museum. It was incredible. 

There were some awesome Warhol pieces in the Marx Collection, which I will happily fun fact vomit about if you so desire. 

But, the best part was, by far, Carsten Höller’s SOMA.

The closest approximation of my initial reaction would probably be walking through a closet and exiting into Narnia. It was the most whimsical, dream-like thing I have ever seen. I rounded a corner, and there it was. A sterile petting zoo? I’ll let the image speak for itself:

Keep in mind, this was right in the middle of a museum. Front and center. And every animal you see is very much ALIVE.

I have never seen an artist do whimsical in such a neat, precise, meticulous, and clean way. My favorite piece is the hanging scale with the bird cages on either side. Juxtaposition of justice and freedom? Heavy stuff.

Amazing.