Парк искусств Музеон
This week I felt so busy & occupied my time doing some interesting and productive things around Moscow! I was tutoring in English for some extra cash (not much)… and on Friday one of my friends invited me to go to Pushkin’s Fine Art Museum. It was so windy and I didn’t get any pictures because I thought we weren’t allowed to bring in cameras (but little did I know- people in Russia don’t care about rules, and people take pictures all the time). It was sort of interesting, but the current exhibition mostly featured 18th – 20th century European Art, which perhaps you can see in places like LA’s Getty Museum (which is also a pretty interesting experience). Anyways for students I believe it costs around 250 rubles.
The next day, a friend and I went to Park Kultury area. It was extremely windy (as you can tell- I can barely open my eyes from the wind), but it was a sunny day and the sky blue! This cathedral is one of the major tourist attractions in Moscow. The line to enter was very long, and we didn’t go inside. We simply walked around the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour after we had visited a nearby park, and snapped some photos:
The park that my friend and I decided to visit was the Fallen Monument Park or (Парк искусств Музеон). I have always seen pictures of this place online and I’m glad I finally made it out there to take a visit. There were lots of interesting sculptures, and a little outdoor market with handmade arts and crafts.
“СССР оплот мира” – (USSR- bulwark of peace)
It’s not so much a museum (the outside at least), but rather a park with tons of sculptures. Here is a picture of a vandalized Stalin sculpture.
A bust- or possibly a former statue of Lenin? As you can see, it is spring in Moscow, and the snow is melting, but it is still cold and windy.
Here’s an interesting looking sculpture. The style seems a bit more modern compared to the more traditional ones seen above.
The park didn’t just have old Soviet sculptures, but also contemporary art from 1990’s and even 2000’s. Thought this big cage of heads was pretty interesting too:
My friend and I thought these sculptures looked like a cemetery. They were all modern and had similar themes like “Girl with a ball”, etc.
Hand in the sky.
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