{"id":318,"date":"2014-01-26T09:12:24","date_gmt":"2014-01-26T13:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=318"},"modified":"2014-01-26T09:12:24","modified_gmt":"2014-01-26T13:12:24","slug":"new-york-city-blog-jan-20-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=318","title":{"rendered":"New York City Blog Jan. 20 – 25"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Martin Luther King Day I went to MOMA. I’ve haunted that place since childhood and have always felt rejuvenated by its buzz. The video, Dante Ferretti: Design and Construction for the Cinema, follows the long, illustrious career of Dante Ferretti, the Italian production designer of sets and costumes. You’ve seen his work unless you just arrived from Mars. He’s worked with Pasolini, Fellini, Scorsese, Coppola and garnered slews of awards. He’s claustrophobic. He thinks it’s because of U. S. bombs hitting his house when he was about three. His mother searched among the rubble for days until she found him. In the garden\/sculpture court stand two of Ferretti’s Archimboldo figures. They’re named after Giuseppe Arcimboldo, the 16th century Italian painter who painted weird portraits that consisted of fruits, vegetables, flowers.<\/p>\n

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Dante Ferretti’s Archimboldo Sculpture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Do you get installations? Me neither. As long as I don’t have to fund them or explain them, I can enjoy the experience for about ten minutes. Isaac Julien’s Ten Thousand Waves weaves traditional Chinese myths with a contemporary tragedy. It’s shown on nine double sided screens suspended from the ceiling of MOMA’s Marron Atrium. The spectators and yours truly sprawled on cushions and couches on the floor below. It would make a great pajama party.<\/p>\n

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Isaac Julien’s Ten Thousand Waves at MOMA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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