I went to Glasgow this week to visit the gallery of modern art, which had an interesting exhibition. I’d like to describe some of the parts that stand out. The first hall is a cinema, composed of three large screens, which play videos shot from different angles. First, footage of the war is shown, followed by survivors’ reactions when they see familiar objects, and finally, a stream filled with old objects and bones. I think it’s handled very cleverly, for example, when it’s someone’s turn to recall, he’ll sit in a chair under a tree, and then you can hear a gunshot, and he’ll fall straight down. You can experience the cruelty of war in the artistic treatment, the whole space is gray, and the heart is also depressed. In fact, the peace and justice that we have now is the result of the sacrifice of a few people, whose lives were exchanged for human rights.

The second thing that struck me was the description of women’s rights. There are many works about women’s rights in the exhibition hall, and there are many words for women on the floor of the exhibition hall. In fact, as I grow older, I feel more and more that many things are unfair to women, for example, marriage may not represent happiness for women, but a shackle, because they have to pay more money, time, energy, and even life than men. But I am also glad that more and more women are beginning to realize this problem and stand up to fight against the society for women’s rights and interests.

Finally, the public education area of the Museum of Contemporary Art is also well done, with many works from the audience displayed here. There are also paper and brushes for the audience to create and leave their own comments, some of which are very interesting.

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