The Sunday, we aren’t following the typical roundup mishmash format of past weeks. Instead, we’re focusing our attention on the Museum of Bad Art (MOBA), a community-based, private institution dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition and celebration of bad art in all its forms and in all its glory. Since 1994, MOBA has been putting on exhibits and growing their collection, which now totals over 400 pieces. Rather than focus in on any one of the fabulous works; not a snide remark, I’d rather you explore the collection and see for yourself. Make no mistake, just because it’s deemed unfit for the Louvre, does not mean that this art is not worth celebrating.
Each piece is accompanied by the sort of descriptive narrative, which helps you to fully appreciate and celebrate this type of art. In the past MOBA has been accused of commissioning people to produce terrible works, as well as selecting pieces that were meant to serve as stage props rather than carefully crafted art. However MOBA maintains their innocence, and states that all submissions have to be honest and sincerely sub par. And, if you can believe it, they only accept about 10 per cent of the submissions they receive. For more information, be sure to check out CBC Radio One’s Q podcast, where Jian Ghomeshi sits down with the Permanent Acting Interim Executive Director of MOBA.
