Around Town: Guggengeim and Design
I got up in the morning with the idea to conquer MoMA, The Guggenheim, Chelsea, and then meet up for a studio visit. Being a mere mortal I made it to the Gift Shop at MoMA where I fell into a sublime trajectory that is shopping at a store that is full of really interesting, well designed stuff. Didn't get into the museum. Oops. Instead I decided to check out the Guggenheim since I'd never been and it's on the right side of the park for my next en deavor. The Guggenheim is interesting if for nothing other than the building itself. The last construction of Frank Lloy d Wright and the site of one of Matthew Barney's Creamaster films, it is something to be re ckoned with. Unless over half of it is closed for an installation of Lee Ufan's work. Since I'm interested in how things work I spent some time leering dangerously into the closed areas, stepping an extra toe past the rope to peer into the proc ess of hanging a show. There was quite a crew w...