I’ve dreamed of visiting the Museum of Bad Art since I first heard of it a few years ago.

Of course, when these folks say “bad” they really mean “so bad it’s good”, in other words: good.

Usually in these cases, what’s really going on is a sort of “slum connoisseurship” – a recuperation of “rubbish” (in this case, outcast, forgotten, abandoned paintings) by savvy hipster types (or by pointy headed outsider-art experts!) I guess it’s a form of recycling!

If we can learn to love hitherto unloved objects that are already in the world, it will perhaps at least slow the journey of those objects into landfill…

Then, of course, there’s really bad art… but perhaps that’s another story?

I thought you and your readers might like this article I just read in the New York Times on Bad Art and Rubbish.

It’s a pity they don’t mention how Bad Art could be seen in terms of sustainability — but then again, maybe bad art like bad food makes more waste? I don’t think so from what you are saying above.

Here’s the link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/arts/design/03badart.html?ref=arts

Anna.

There is in fact no recycling bin behind the reception desk. In fact, according to my source, the visitor services officer in question took it upon herself to relocate Ian’s plastic bottle to the recycling bins up in the MCA staff kitchen… She agreed that it seems odd that there is no publically available recycling system…