Spotted

More Shepard Fairey art by the Ace Hotel

Scott Campbell Opening

Just got back from the opening. It was awesome exhibit, which left me really inspired.  Mr. Campbell is a tattoo artist by trade but has turned his attention to creating 3-D works.  He uses printed sheets of money  to create layered images out of the paper.  They have the feel of topographical maps.  He also had done a series of etchings on mirrors. There was also a few of his drawings.  The crowd was young and artsy.  It was an awesome opening.  He's an artist to watch.  Below are some of the works from the exhibit.

More Cherry Blossoms

Ready for my close up

Cherry Blossoms: 1

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Future Inspiration

Pretty in pink

rabbit hole from afar

Down the Rabbit Hole

Literally!!

Zen Waterfall

Peony

I love this color.  Not just great for clothes but a kick ass hair color.  Might have to go back to my punk rock roots!!! 

A Brooklyn Adventure

Decided to leave the island of Manhattan to spend a few hours in Brooklyn.  Wanted to check out the Cherry Blossoms at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens and the Brooklyn Museum. It was a great and relaxing time.  The flowers looked so beautiful and inspiring.  I felt I was in a surreal wonderland. The museum was fun not much in the way of anything super new to see, but it's a must go to since I'm barely in the neighborhood.  

Pictures to follow

Mural on Houston and the Bowery

Mural on Houston and the Bowery Part 2

Mural on Houston and the Bowery Part 3

Mural on Houston and the Bowery Part 5

Mural on Houston and the Bowery Part 4

Exit through the gift shop

Yesterday afternoon I decied to go check out the new Bansky flim exit through the gift shop.  It's been billed as a street art doc.  It is, but it's not really about Bansky as I thought it was.  It's about this French expat living in LA who loves to caputre every waking moment on flim.  He goes to FRance and visits his cousin who is the street artist Space Invader.  He loves the thrill of fliming these illegal activites.  He has a chance encounter with Shepard Faery when his cousin can't meet up with him.  He then goes on to flim Farey and other street artists along the way.  But he is preoccupied with fliming Bansky.  Magical one day Bansky's in LA and needs some help and the cooky frenchman is their to his aid.  Bansky befriends our flimmaker and later tells him to make good on the doc he's been promising to make.  He does and it sucks.  Instead Bansky encourages him to make art.  Well what does out subject make...street art. He basiclly copies all the artists he's flimed and makes a major imapct on the art world as Mr. Brainwash or MBW.  It's an interesting look at street art and it's origins and acceptance in the art world. It has it's moments of sheer nuttines due to the Frenchma's take on life and art.  It's a must see.  

Pics from the Met

I know I promised pics from my adventure last week at the met.  So here they are:

A Spring Day

Bryant Park

A tree in the country

Rodarte in Bergdorf's window

Mailboxes in the Plaza hotel

Madison Sq. Park

Bryant Park

Wandering the Met

Yesterday, I meet up with my friend Anne and had such a terrific day.  First, we went to Korea Town for lunch.  Love love Korean food.  Anyway this post if more about our day at the Met.  We headed uptown and was slightly delayed by weekend subway service.  When we got to the Met we headed straight to the Egyptian wing to check out the the Tutankhamun's Funeral exhibit.  It was super interesting to see objects that are associated with funeral rites of the Egyptians.  After that we just starting wondering around the museum.  Since the Met is pretty much my second home it was easy to navigate. The fun part was that we gave ourselves a prize for hitting almost every area of the museum.  A CRUMBS cupcake from the cafeteria.  We strolled through the American Wing, Modern Art, Asian Art, European paintings, Armor, Musical instrument, medieval art etc. I showed Anne all these hidden little gems in the museum like the Astor Court in the Asian arts.  It was a great time and had a lot of fun and got really inspired by the Armor collection.

Pictures to be posted soon.

the Selby

if you haven't been checking this blog out then your missing out on something awesome...you have to check out http://www.theselby.com/

it's amazing

Friday Art Night

So last night I decided to Art hop, kinda like bar hoping but instead fulling up on culture.

Stop 1: Madison Square Park/ Flatiron district

The Event Horizon exhibit by Antony Gormley.  It's not really an exhibit but more of an experience.  He has placed sculptures of male figure on the ground and a top of various buildings in the area.  As you walk around the park it reminds one to look up and enjoy the different views. Below is the intentions of the artist: "I'm thrilled to be working with New York: people and place," says artist Antony Gormley, "I don't know what is going to happen, what it will look and feel like, but I want to play with the city and people's perceptions. My intention is to get the sculptures as close to the edge of the buildings as possible. The field of the installation should have no defining boundary. The gaze is the principle dynamic of the work; the idea of looking and finding, or looking and seeking, and in the process perhaps re-assessing your own position in the world. So in encountering these peripheral things, perhaps one becomes aware of one's status of embedment."


Stop 2: MoMa book/design store


On a whim bought a $60 book on Fashionable Technology.  So far its a good and interesting read. Basicly it was a lay over till the American Folk Art museum became free at 5:30, plus MoMA was super packed with tourists couldn't bear to be with that many people and try to enjoy art.


Stop 3: American Folk Art Museum 


This is like a hidden gem of art museum's in the city. It's not very large, but it feels warm and inviting.  I went to view the Approaching Abstraction.  I'm not the biggest fan of folk art but I do try to expose myself to everything.  Most of it was good, nothing super exceptional.  The pieces that stand out the most were ones using graph paper and india ink by Domenico Zindato, Martin Thompson, Hiroyuki Doi, and Eugene Von Bruenchenheir. I would recommend only if you like folk art.  The Only Women exhibit was a bit lighter and a little more interesting but not by much.  It was mostly quilting work.  


Stop 4: The Morgan Library 


Ok it's 7 pm and I just walked into the Morgan.  I was in awe of what it looked like from the inside.  I've passed the Museum tons of time and have always wondered what it looked like inside.  Well I found and it just couldn't believe it.  Renzo Piano had worked on the redesign of parts of the museum and it was light and ethereal.  The big exhibit was the Illuminated Texts of Catherine of Cleves. It was quite interesting, but it did not compare to it's surroundings.  I felt as if I was transported back to Italy once I stepped into Mr. Morgan's study and library.  The ceilings had paintings similar to the sistine chapel.  I thought I was in a dream. It's one of my new favorite places in nyc. 

Frick Museum

I'm a little late of a post, but better late then never.  I finally made my way to the Frick Museum on Palm Sunday.  It was amazing to visit such an amazing residence, a peak into a bygone era of New York. The foyer has a beautiful fountain and floral arrangements, which leads into the Dulwich exhibit.  Rembrandt is the most featured artist.  The layout is not typical, since it was home.  The exhibit rooms are broken down by region, Dutch, Italian, French, British etc.  It was interesting how they used the library, office, parlor, music and drawing rooms to exhibit the paintings.  It's mostly old world european paintings, which is not my cup of tea, but getting to see inside the Frick's home was amazing.

Trend Watch: Neon

Be on the look out for neon colors for this summer.  They were around last summer but I have a feeling they are going to have there moment in the sun (no pun intended).  I think neon yellow is going to be the neon on overload.  I'm obsessed with the neon yellow ray ban wayfarers (which are pictured below).   

Shopping time

So is there a new trend in music about commenting on grocery stores.  OK i know its a strange topic but in both the new albums from Spoon and Vampire Weekend make references to these wonderful establishments.  Could the recession having an effect on songwriting??? it's just just a strange observation...maybe it because I have been listening to these two albums on constant repeat.  Do have to say that I love both of them....a total must listen.

Next on the list is jonsi Go album

A sad day....

Today Malcolm McLaren passed away...Cathy Horn's post on the NY Times Fashion blog says it all the link is below
http://runway.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/causing-outrage/