modern art

a link to the past
is that what we seek?
in these galleries
these spaces
rooms

is that thing hanging on the wall
crucial to where we are now
did it create room
space for us to do what we do?

was that a place we would have been
had we been there?

can we see these the same way they did?

is our present vision capable
of seeing the past for how it
really was?

is this art or merely artifact?

certainly the presence of mystification had to be
there when it was created, otherwise it would not
be here, amongst names and objects i know and recognize

i took this photo and asked myself these questions
instead of making a note of the name of the artist

shame on me.