Art is Where You Find It

We normally associate old, useless materials with garbage. Before I read the New York Times article on the “Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary” exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design, I felt pretty much the same like the rest of the general population. Considering that I have never been to this particular museum before and that it is free admission with the cultural passport, I decided to visit it to see the special exhibition. What I saw astounded me; even “garbage” can be reformed to create extraordinary pieces of art that inspire such piquant pleasure to the human sight. [Read more →]

You’ll notice in the ‘blogroll’ section in the left column of the blog that I’ve added links to the theater sites that Eric Krebs discussed. I also added a link to the recent ‘Cheap Seats’ article from the NYTimes. 

On a different note I received an announcement from the Baruch Performing Arts Center that they’re having two performances on October 30 with Bobby Sanabria and the Heritage Jazz Ensemble. This is a really special event. Not only for the Heritage Jazz group but also because Bobby Sanabria is a terrific musician, he does a lot of Afro-Cuban music and Latin jazz among other things – infectious and powerful stuff. Tickets are free for Baruch students and I encourage you to take advantage. More info here.

You would never expect a tiny place to contain such a large variety of things.  The abundance of artwork at the “Cooper-Hewitt National Museum of Design” provides a large enough collection to appeal to any type of audience.   Each exhibition has different inspirations⎯from watercolors to wallpaper⎯that help to diversify the museum.  Design and functionality are common themes rooted within the walls of #2 East 91st street.  Each exhibition had its own individual pros and cons, but by putting them altogether under one roof, Cooper-Hewitt has separated itself from any other museum in Manhattan. [Read more →]

My day started at the MoMa, where I had originally planned to visit Van Gogh’s works, mainly because I wanted to be able to one day say at cocktail parties that I had actually seen Starry Night in the flesh. While waiting on line behind a group of jabbering tourists to get into the exhibit, I was distracted by a rather colorful display on the side. Entitled Young Architects Program 2008, the installation occupied only one wall and was a simple photographic display of five different works made by architects who had competed to build a structure that would be placed in the center courtyard of P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, an offshoot of MoMa. The contest is held every year, and the top proposal is actually built over the summer and placed in front of the building. [Read more →]

      On a rainy Saturday afternoon, I joined the revolution! The revolution at the Al Hirschfeld Theater…

      Jill Santoriello did a satisfactory job of delivering the theatrical adaptation of Charles Dickens novel, “A Tale of Two Cities.” Even though much of the novel was lumped into this two-hour performance and failed to evoke emotion from the audience, the sets, costumes and talented actors made up for these shortcomings.   [Read more →]