This is Sculpture?

I have always like to look at art. So, last weekend, I was on a brief trip and had a few hours with nothing to do. So, I had to drag the hubby with me, literally, to an art museum in a large mid-western city. First thing we see, is the biggest shuttlecock, or badminton birdie, in the world. (Here is a photo of me next to It. I am the one in pink, of course.) It was just sitting there in the middle of this huge field. And, then yards and yards away, was another one. Then, another. Three Its in a field. And, they call all the Its plus a few other weird things a "sculpture" garden. The others include a platoon of decapitated people standing at attention-I am not making this up. At that point, I should have had the good sense to leave without going inside, but then I would have had to admit to my husband that staying in the hotel bar would have been more fun, which was of course, his idea. So, we ventured in. Right there, in the middle of this really weirdly shaped building, was an abnormally big solid black canvas. I mean really black with some not quite as black squares. That was all. No lines, no squiggles and you can forget any people. The "artist" Mark Rothko, read "con man," sold it as "in emptiness, forms are born." Well, at least he was honest about the emptiness part. And, to add insult to injury, the "painting" was roped off so you could not get that close to it. The reason that bothered me is that later we, thank God, finally found the real art, in the other building. They actually had a Monet of water lilies, which, for some reason that only a strange Mid-Western could understand, was NOT roped off at all. So, let's think who the Risk Manager is for this joint that decided the risk of someone messing with the ugly all black canvas is more of an issue than the actual priceless painting by a well known dead artist that folks whose paintings are actually, well, of something. And, to just heap it on, there were little signs around this place that said they want to thank the National Endowment for the Arts for their support. So, in other words, on top of the $200,000 for tattoo removal of gang members in the recent federal budget supported by President Obama, Nancy Pelosi and the other liberals in DC, we have to pa some con man to paint a canvas solid black with our tax dollars. Right now or anytime, I make a standing offer to paint a canvas any solid color for half of what the Rothko guy got paid. If I get to pick, I will make it all pink!