Art Musuem Foundry St Charles, MO | Fighting the Semmelweis Reflex

Take a kid to the Foundry Art Museum. It is a contemporary art museum and we discuss the question, what is art while we fight the Semmelwies reflex. Do you know what that is? It's where you reject new ideas immediately if they seem foreign to you.

We look at some art originals in a contemporary art museum in the Saint Charles, MO area.

For St. Charles MO, one the best things to do is visit this tourist site. It's beautiful inside.

You wouldn't think that you could find art ideas or modern art painting and modern sculpture in the midwest, yet here it is in St. Louis Missouri.

Is contemporary art bullshit? Well, you tell me? Let's look at a contemporary art gallery and some contemporary artists and see of this is fine or just copies. Or is original art worth the money?

Yes, this art is extremely expensive and maybe it is nonsense, but if you put a price on art you have to ask, is it worth it? I love original art, but can I afford it? I just go there for the art ideas.

How much is art? How much should it cost?

I take my daughter, in this video, to an art museum and as her if she likes this artist or that artist?

Is this contemporary art gallery worth viewing? Would you buy these art originals or just go buy some copies at Target or Wal-Mart?

Maybe you are taking a class and you need art class ideas? Is that right? Are you doing modern sculpture? Look at this modern art gallery and you tell me.

Why is so much "contemporary art" difficult to understand? As I'll argue here, both art history and cognitive science shed light on that knotty question. Much of what I'll say challenges established beliefs on the subject, however. I therefore urge readers to beware the "Semmelweis reflex." Few are likely to recognize that term. But medical students know it well. It's used to caution them against the natural human tendency to reject new ideas that contradict generally accepted beliefs and practices.