POLLYTALK FROM NEW YORK
by Polly Guerin
April 28, 2008
ARTFUL VENTURES: ILLUMINATI
SECRETS
Some girls I know would rather they were beautiful
than clever, but beauty's brief, I always say, while
wisdom lasts forever. That's the reason I respeck
those who love me for my intelleck and not
because I'm a pretty painting on a museum wall or
an exhibition they install. Why my dear, that is why
I'm so glad they love me for my brain. It's much
more satisfact'ry, I should say, so I will carry on in
an intellectual way and join the Illuminati in this artful way. (A.P.Herbert)
Clearly you can see forever on the Roof Garden at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the best
time is anytime, where the American artist Jeff Koons' works are installed in the most dramatic
outdoor space for sculpture in New York City. With its spectacular view of Central Park and the
Manhattan skyline Jeff Koons' colorful and playful sculptures feature Balloon Dog (Yellow),
Sacred Heart (Red/Gold) and Coloring Book, the tallest work on view. Just a song at twilight, the
exhibit is open Friday and Saturday evenings and everyday from l0 a.m. until closing.
www.metmuseum.org.
Take the walk do the talk, Illuminati tells everyone You should walk through the light in a new
l2-foot tall sculpture that acts as an interactive passageway to Central Park. When you walk
through the portal, it triggers a hidden metal detector that illuminates the sculpture in response to
each person individually. By James Yamada entitled "Our Starry Night," the sculpture is literally
activated by the public, reinforcing the notion that art, and particularly public art, is dependent on
the people around it. On view at the Doris C. Freeman Plaza at Fifth Avenue and 60th Street.
Avant-Garde's Illuminati: New York City is the mecca for avant-garde with luminaries such as
Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko and Helen Frankenthaler among the 31
artists who created paintings and sculptures that catapulted American art onto the international
stage. Voila!!! New York City became the successor to prewar Paris as the mecca for abstract
expressionism and the movements that followed. All this and more in "Action/Abstraction: Pollock,
De Kooning, And American Art, 1940-1976," at The Jewish Museum opens May 4th.
www.thejewishmuseum.org.
A Bronx boy makes good: Graphic designer, George Lois, who grew up in a Greek-speaking
household, may have doodled at first, but later struck gold in the advertising business. His
provocative Esquire covers included Tricky Dick having lipstick applied, Andy Warhol drowning in
a Campbell's soup can and who can forget Muhammad Ali posing as St. Sebastian or Sonny
Liston wearing a Santa hat. There are 92 covers in all to feast your eyes on and marvel how Lois'
brainy ideas provoked debate about topics such as feminism and the Vietnam War, "George Lois:
The Esquire Covers" through Tuesday, March 31, 2009. www.moma.com.
Go to the Rock, illuminate your knowledge about the RCABuilding/30 Rockefeller Plaza and
celebrate the 75th anniversary of midtown's iconic Deco complex. Six expert panelists explore the
history of Rockefeller Center at a Skyscraper Museum Presentation sponsored by the Art Deco
Society of New York (ADSNY) at the Donnell Library Auditorium, May 8th at 20 W. 53rd St. 6:30
p.m. Reservations: 212.679.3326. Be an Illuminati, become a member, join ADSNY at
info@artdeco.org. The first official "New York Art Deco Resource Guide" lists buildings, galleries,
museums, hotels, restaurants and more for the Deco obsessed and curious. Get a copy through
ADSNY, 385 Fifth Ave., St. 510, NY, NY 10016.
It's funny, for now it seems I've quite a head and admired for my intelleck. Like Illuminati folk, they
are no joke, they simply go out about the town and view the doings here and there and seem to
show up everywhere. Quite frankly before I scream out loud, "Illuminate Your Brain!!!" Ta Ta 'twas
a pleasure. info@pollytalk.com.
by Polly Guerin
April 28, 2008
ARTFUL VENTURES: ILLUMINATI
SECRETS
Some girls I know would rather they were beautiful
than clever, but beauty's brief, I always say, while
wisdom lasts forever. That's the reason I respeck
those who love me for my intelleck and not
because I'm a pretty painting on a museum wall or
an exhibition they install. Why my dear, that is why
I'm so glad they love me for my brain. It's much
more satisfact'ry, I should say, so I will carry on in
an intellectual way and join the Illuminati in this artful way. (A.P.Herbert)
Clearly you can see forever on the Roof Garden at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the best
time is anytime, where the American artist Jeff Koons' works are installed in the most dramatic
outdoor space for sculpture in New York City. With its spectacular view of Central Park and the
Manhattan skyline Jeff Koons' colorful and playful sculptures feature Balloon Dog (Yellow),
Sacred Heart (Red/Gold) and Coloring Book, the tallest work on view. Just a song at twilight, the
exhibit is open Friday and Saturday evenings and everyday from l0 a.m. until closing.
www.metmuseum.org.
Take the walk do the talk, Illuminati tells everyone You should walk through the light in a new
l2-foot tall sculpture that acts as an interactive passageway to Central Park. When you walk
through the portal, it triggers a hidden metal detector that illuminates the sculpture in response to
each person individually. By James Yamada entitled "Our Starry Night," the sculpture is literally
activated by the public, reinforcing the notion that art, and particularly public art, is dependent on
the people around it. On view at the Doris C. Freeman Plaza at Fifth Avenue and 60th Street.
Avant-Garde's Illuminati: New York City is the mecca for avant-garde with luminaries such as
Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko and Helen Frankenthaler among the 31
artists who created paintings and sculptures that catapulted American art onto the international
stage. Voila!!! New York City became the successor to prewar Paris as the mecca for abstract
expressionism and the movements that followed. All this and more in "Action/Abstraction: Pollock,
De Kooning, And American Art, 1940-1976," at The Jewish Museum opens May 4th.
www.thejewishmuseum.org.
A Bronx boy makes good: Graphic designer, George Lois, who grew up in a Greek-speaking
household, may have doodled at first, but later struck gold in the advertising business. His
provocative Esquire covers included Tricky Dick having lipstick applied, Andy Warhol drowning in
a Campbell's soup can and who can forget Muhammad Ali posing as St. Sebastian or Sonny
Liston wearing a Santa hat. There are 92 covers in all to feast your eyes on and marvel how Lois'
brainy ideas provoked debate about topics such as feminism and the Vietnam War, "George Lois:
The Esquire Covers" through Tuesday, March 31, 2009. www.moma.com.
Go to the Rock, illuminate your knowledge about the RCABuilding/30 Rockefeller Plaza and
celebrate the 75th anniversary of midtown's iconic Deco complex. Six expert panelists explore the
history of Rockefeller Center at a Skyscraper Museum Presentation sponsored by the Art Deco
Society of New York (ADSNY) at the Donnell Library Auditorium, May 8th at 20 W. 53rd St. 6:30
p.m. Reservations: 212.679.3326. Be an Illuminati, become a member, join ADSNY at
info@artdeco.org. The first official "New York Art Deco Resource Guide" lists buildings, galleries,
museums, hotels, restaurants and more for the Deco obsessed and curious. Get a copy through
ADSNY, 385 Fifth Ave., St. 510, NY, NY 10016.
It's funny, for now it seems I've quite a head and admired for my intelleck. Like Illuminati folk, they
are no joke, they simply go out about the town and view the doings here and there and seem to
show up everywhere. Quite frankly before I scream out loud, "Illuminate Your Brain!!!" Ta Ta 'twas
a pleasure. info@pollytalk.com.
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