POLLYTALK FROM NEW YORK
by Polly Guerin
May 27, 2008
NEW YORK, NEW YORK: IT'S A WONDERFUL
TOWN
"New York New York It's a Wonderful Town, the
Bronx is Up and the Batteries' Down, the People
Live in a Hole in the Ground," as Leonard
Bernstein's memorable musical proclaimed New
York is indeed a wonderful town. As we see the
starched whites parading the streets, Fleet Week's
Navy and tourists take double-decker tours to
sightsee, and experience the restaurants and
nightlife. Amid all the merriment New York's
summer party goes on with plenty to do this week.
Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy, Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute presents a
comic-worthy show peppered with real action figures that portray as Andrew Bolton, curator said
"how the superhero is overarching metaphor for fashion, sharing its obsession with the body,
identity and transformation." The exhibition includes movie costumes, avant-garde haute couture,
and high-performance sportswear to reveal how the superhero serves as the ultimate metaphor of
fashion and its ability to empower and transform the human body. Keynote speaker, Giorgio
Armani said, "Fashion, like the superhero, allows you to dream and escape into a world of
unfettered imagination." Gotta Go Girl cause Oh Boy it's a fantastic venue. www.metmuseum.org.
PS: Don't miss American artist Jeff Koons installation of whimsical sculptures on the Iris and B.
Gerald Cantor Roof Garden. Till Oct. 26.
Gallery hopping and summer in the city brings us to the Western Chelsea's A.I.R. (Artists in
Residence) gallery where emerging artists take center stage with Anita Ragusa's New York, Ann
Pachner's "No Thing," drawings and prints, and Leslie Kneisel's Adventures in the Land of Karata,
Opening reception Thursday, May 29th from 6-8 PM. Exhibit till June 21. 511 W. 25th St.
www.airgallery.org. Check it out, go earlier in the day and press on through the Chelsea galleries
to Tibor de Nagy's historic show of Jess, Marlborough's Hunt Slonem serial painting of birds and
saints, and Darina Karpov's science-fiction-y landscapes at Pierogi 2000 to name a few.
Download a FREE 48-page ADAA (Art Dealers Association of America) guide at
www.artdealers.org.
MOMA's "Take Your Time" exhibit of Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson takes you on a
journey of light at both their New York location and at P.S. l in Queens. Either place take a color
lift and immerse yourself in amazing color through Olafur's room-size installations such as his
circular "360" room for all colors. www.moma.org.
"Arbiters of Style: Women in the Forefront of Fashion," at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of
Technology, pays homage to a lineup of 50 "Tastemakers," the fashion cognoscenti, designers,
muses, clientele, magazine editors who shaped the course of style over the past 250 years. Diana
Vreeland, super editor and style icon during her Vogue days said it all, "Fashion must be the
most intoxicating release from the banality of the world." Other notables include Carolina Herrera,
Coco Chanel, Denise Poiret and Claire McCardell. Till Nov. 8. Corner 7th Ave. at 27th St. FREE
www.fitnyc.edu/museum.
Here's the Fashion Scoop: C'N'C Costume National designer
Ennio Capasa has come up the chic and portable Solar Bag, in which fine strips of mini solar
panels provide power to a supply concealed in the lining of the handbag to recharge your
BlackBerry or iPhone. Check it out. www.costumenational.com.
Takashi Murakami is popping up in Brooklyn Museum's retrospective of the internationally
acclaimed, contemporary Japanese artist's big bold humorous, cartoonistic, and flashy paintings,
sculptures, and animation that entertains and may sometimes offend. But really guys you've got to
see this to believe it. The child in us all will love it. Murakami blends the bright palette of pop, the
flatness of anime, and the ominous dreams of surrealism in monumental works. Till July 13.
www.brooklynmuseum.org.
I feel like kicking my heels up and singing New York's praises. Golly, gee wonders be told "It's a
Wonderful Town."
Chat with you next week. www.pollytalk.com.
by Polly Guerin
May 27, 2008
NEW YORK, NEW YORK: IT'S A WONDERFUL
TOWN
"New York New York It's a Wonderful Town, the
Bronx is Up and the Batteries' Down, the People
Live in a Hole in the Ground," as Leonard
Bernstein's memorable musical proclaimed New
York is indeed a wonderful town. As we see the
starched whites parading the streets, Fleet Week's
Navy and tourists take double-decker tours to
sightsee, and experience the restaurants and
nightlife. Amid all the merriment New York's
summer party goes on with plenty to do this week.
Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy, Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute presents a
comic-worthy show peppered with real action figures that portray as Andrew Bolton, curator said
"how the superhero is overarching metaphor for fashion, sharing its obsession with the body,
identity and transformation." The exhibition includes movie costumes, avant-garde haute couture,
and high-performance sportswear to reveal how the superhero serves as the ultimate metaphor of
fashion and its ability to empower and transform the human body. Keynote speaker, Giorgio
Armani said, "Fashion, like the superhero, allows you to dream and escape into a world of
unfettered imagination." Gotta Go Girl cause Oh Boy it's a fantastic venue. www.metmuseum.org.
PS: Don't miss American artist Jeff Koons installation of whimsical sculptures on the Iris and B.
Gerald Cantor Roof Garden. Till Oct. 26.
Gallery hopping and summer in the city brings us to the Western Chelsea's A.I.R. (Artists in
Residence) gallery where emerging artists take center stage with Anita Ragusa's New York, Ann
Pachner's "No Thing," drawings and prints, and Leslie Kneisel's Adventures in the Land of Karata,
Opening reception Thursday, May 29th from 6-8 PM. Exhibit till June 21. 511 W. 25th St.
www.airgallery.org. Check it out, go earlier in the day and press on through the Chelsea galleries
to Tibor de Nagy's historic show of Jess, Marlborough's Hunt Slonem serial painting of birds and
saints, and Darina Karpov's science-fiction-y landscapes at Pierogi 2000 to name a few.
Download a FREE 48-page ADAA (Art Dealers Association of America) guide at
www.artdealers.org.
MOMA's "Take Your Time" exhibit of Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson takes you on a
journey of light at both their New York location and at P.S. l in Queens. Either place take a color
lift and immerse yourself in amazing color through Olafur's room-size installations such as his
circular "360" room for all colors. www.moma.org.
"Arbiters of Style: Women in the Forefront of Fashion," at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of
Technology, pays homage to a lineup of 50 "Tastemakers," the fashion cognoscenti, designers,
muses, clientele, magazine editors who shaped the course of style over the past 250 years. Diana
Vreeland, super editor and style icon during her Vogue days said it all, "Fashion must be the
most intoxicating release from the banality of the world." Other notables include Carolina Herrera,
Coco Chanel, Denise Poiret and Claire McCardell. Till Nov. 8. Corner 7th Ave. at 27th St. FREE
www.fitnyc.edu/museum.
Here's the Fashion Scoop: C'N'C Costume National designer
Ennio Capasa has come up the chic and portable Solar Bag, in which fine strips of mini solar
panels provide power to a supply concealed in the lining of the handbag to recharge your
BlackBerry or iPhone. Check it out. www.costumenational.com.
Takashi Murakami is popping up in Brooklyn Museum's retrospective of the internationally
acclaimed, contemporary Japanese artist's big bold humorous, cartoonistic, and flashy paintings,
sculptures, and animation that entertains and may sometimes offend. But really guys you've got to
see this to believe it. The child in us all will love it. Murakami blends the bright palette of pop, the
flatness of anime, and the ominous dreams of surrealism in monumental works. Till July 13.
www.brooklynmuseum.org.
I feel like kicking my heels up and singing New York's praises. Golly, gee wonders be told "It's a
Wonderful Town."
Chat with you next week. www.pollytalk.com.
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