above: napping on the grass at Bryant Park this afternoon.
Well, I’ve been in New York for a couple of days now and, as usual, its already been fantastic. I woke up yesterday morning around 7:30 to the sounds of heals clacking on pavement and the general bustle and murmur of a New York morning. I hadn’t seen my good friend Charlie in some time so I spent a good chunk my day with him, mostly just wandering around the city, grabbing some groceries at insane Trader Joes in Union Square, and catching up. In the evening he and I hit up the gallery openings in Chelsea and met up with Bonnie, my good friend and art representative who works for Vera Wang. We grabbed delicious burritos at one of my favorites, Benny’s, in the village.
This morning Ira and I got a great workout in and then grabbed a swedish-style breakfast at Smörgas. Thanks again to Ira for letting crash at his place!
One of the highlights for me from last nights openings was a bizarre body of work by artist Patricia Piccinini. Some of her work is not for the faint of heart. The piece that really moved me at her opening, a group show called “The Stranger” at Yvon Lambert gallery, was of a hideous human/slug-like monster sprawled out on a park bench sleeping soundly, cuddled up with a small child. The hyperrealism of the piece was initially the striking and alarming thing about the piece– the child looked very real, but the monster looked even more so. But what kept me gazing at it, and returning to it, was the tender and fragile relationship between the child, and the beast– something normally seen as straight out of a child’s nightmares or greatest fears. The beast seems friendly and even dependent on the child, and the child compassionate and empathetic. The theme reminds me of some of my favorite kids films– “Monsters Inc.” and “E.T.” Loved it.
“Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
Who watches over you
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say Im the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul”
maybe, you can build a birdhouse…in your soul.
we sang it the other day.
twas unreal.
haha! love that song.
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