This is Modern Art

Tracey Emin
Pysco Slut



Chuck Close
Robert


Damien Hirst
Philip (The Twelve Disciples)


Roadtrip to L.A. - The End

Surprisingly, on our way to L.A. we have some more desert to cross.


somewhere along route 66


And while some do the all the driving and clean windshields...


...others eat cookies and sleep on the back seat.


And, before the day is over, we finally arrive at our destination. It is time to refuel so, why not drink fancy cocktails on the rooftop of a skyscraper?


Roadtrip to L.A. - Sin City

As we arrive, the "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign greets us. Fabulous might be an overstatement though. Known as the Entertainment Capital of the World, this is the place to come if you wanna gamble all your money away or see naked ladies. And everywhere you look there's something even more unbelievable than that other thing you saw before. Like swimming pools (where you can actually swim) with sharks and dolphins in it, or white tigers behind huge glass windows in hotel lobbies. Inside your average hotel, you'll need a map to find your room and might actually get lost more than once trying to find an exit. Everything here is astoundingly flashy, disproportionately exaggerated, and yet... incredibly fake.

New York-New York Hotel, tacky city by day...



...and tacky fabulous by night!



inside "The Venetian": hotel, casino, shopping mall, nightclub, wedding chapel...




...it even has a Piazza di San Marco



Are we in Paris?


If only that street sign wasn't there, one could almost be fooled...


Bellagio


and what the hell is THAT?

Roadtrip to L.A. - Desert Crossing

Welcome to the lowest, driest and hottest place in North America. Where temperatures can reach more than 50ºC and the annual precipitation makes cactus wish they could order a margarita and drink it by the pool. After all, it is called Death Valley for a reason.


beware of the flooding (though not today, apparently...)


swept away by a flash flood, I assume...



Wile E. Coyote looking for The Road Runner (Beep, Beep)



and the guys at the national parks services do need to learn their math

Someone's got (t)issues...

Out of tissues? Not an issue.
As long as you're a biology nerd with access to RNAse-free Kimwipes...