Simone and Naomi visited the exhibit of Danish Iceland artist Olafur Eliasson at MOMA.
There was a smoky room, a foggy room, a round room that changed colors, and finally, a room of boxy mirrors. Large rooms. Naomi and Simone seemed relatively tiny, running around in them. This enormous scale was a theme on this last trip to NYC, so much of the art we saw was huge. (Robert Therrien’s plate and bowls.)
Our favorite exhibit was “Who’s afraid of Jasper Johns” at the Tony Shafrazi gallery.
The gallery walls were covered in wallpaper made from the previous exhibit. Then, new art was mounted on top of it. It was hard to tell what was real and what was wallpaper.
An image of a guard stood next to a live guard.
The artist has transformed the flight of stairs into the Gallery. As you entered from West 26th street, what you saw was a waterfall. The girls got in it immediately, “Let’s play in the water!” as it was 100 degrees outside.
Back in Seattle, Naomi and Simone had a great time at the Lawrimore Project. Scott Lawrimore was showing a Susan Robb exhibit called “The Challenge That Nature Provides.” Simone sang her heart out in the private Karaoke booth and was delighted that she was going to be able to cook (char) marshmallows on the Digester’s fire.
Methane fuels The Digester’s fire. And that methane comes from the art dealer’s daily “waste.” So, each day it must be re-charged with fresh fuel. The girls laughed their hearts out over that. Naomi suggested Scott keep a bag of prunes handy.
A gutsy hearth sculpture provocative for pondering and useful for toasting marshmellows.