Peg and the kids took off this morning for a week visiting my in-laws down in Texas. As such, I've been left to my own devices here in the city. It being a glorious day, I decided to head on up to the Upper East Side to check out a couple of art exhibits that my super art-savvy pal C-Monster was kind enough to hip me to. My first stop was at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to check out Roxy Paine's new installation, Maelstrom. I posted an entry about it here already, but you really have to go check it out with your own eyes. It's amazing. Even though the roof deck of the Met was flooded with corpulent tourists and other human cattle, the bizarre effect of Paine's frantic sculpture remains undiluted. Sort of a cross between wild, tangled tree branches and lightning, Maelstrom is both fascinating and a little intimidating. As C-mon said, it looks a bit like nature preparing to take revenge on humanity. Get uptown and check it out. (picture below).
My next stop was to the Park Avenue Armoury to see Ernesto Neto's massive installation, Anthropodino. Much like with Maelstrom, mere photographs do not do this art justice. You have to see this thing to believe it and experience it properly. A sprawling, cocoon-like structure made of pliable gauze and festooned with hanging bundles of aromatic spices, it looks like some sort of alien hive. I haven't the foggiest clue what it's all about, but it's a fun, eye-popping experience that I can't wait to bring my kids to. Go check it out!
nice flicks dude... did you hang out on the deconstructed barney pillow?
Posted by: C-Monster | May 20, 2009 at 08:56 PM
Great tips, these look great -- the mother in law comes to town this weekend, this is a good start. I'm also going to try to make my way to Red Hook this see this: http://gibbynme.blogspot.com/2009/05/kidd-yellin.html
Also, I saw you pushing your stroller on E10th St yesterday morning, I was on the M8. I now feel like I'm stalking you. I'm not.
Posted by: Jill | May 20, 2009 at 09:14 PM
I want to see the Francis Bacon exhibit at the Met.
Posted by: EV Grieve | May 21, 2009 at 10:09 AM
OHMY thank you Grieve, somehow we missed the notice for that. A definite must see with 65 Bacon paintings.
Posted by: Jill | May 21, 2009 at 08:54 PM