Lisbon: CAM @ Gulbenkian

CAM stands for Centro de Arte Moderna.

Since our admission included the modern art collection at CAM as well, from the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, we next went there.

While the building is quite big, our ticket was good only for a small portion of the museum … a gallery on the C2 level. “Tide Line” — named for a Hamish Fulton work — greets visitors at the entrance to the CAM Collection. It is apparently “… the name given to the mark that appears on the surface of the water where different sea currents meet. …”

Even reading the description of the exhibit, I had a hard time making the connection to what was on display. Contemporary art is one thing. But this modernist stuff is simply beyond my ‘ken’ as the Scottish would say.

We didn’t spend much time here … 15 minutes or so just going by the first and last photo I took … and that includes taking a quick peek at the four-video exhibit of Gabriel Abrantes’ “Bardo Loop.” There was no description of this particular exhibit other than a warning that it could offend sensibilities, so I’ll have to look up information when I have decent internet and time on my hands.Read more