4.28.2006

i had one last day off in nyc. it was art day and everything looked lovely.



i was psyched because my day off coincided with the opening of the rooftop exhibition at the met. this summer's artist is cai guo-qiang and you should look at his site and click on the projects to watch videos of his gunpowder sculptures set off all over the world. my favorite is 2005's black rainbow in valencia, spain.
at high noon every day, from now until october, you will see the following above the met:




"clear sky black cloud" and then more clear sky...

there is also an insane relief sculpture depicting all of the world's insane situations. it's pretty surreal.

the met is totally blazing right now. the kara walker show is beautiful. the first living artist to curate a show at the museum. i wonder what it must be like to pick through the ENTIRE collection of the most epic museum ever and create a show like this. it's stunning. the below photo is not the aforementioned show. just a strangly isolated place in a labrynth of stimuli.

i love the met. so. much.



then i walked to the lever house on park and 53rd to see this damien hirst sculpture. if you know me well, you understand how unsettling it was to stand below this two-story disected pregnant woman.

and if my brain wasn't fried enough, at the last minute i ran to phillips de pury auction house to see a room FULL of basically every EVERY major photographer's work. like everyone. ever. from everywhere. what the? incredible.

see you soon

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