Oh MoMA

May 28. Today I woke up early, even though I tried to sleep in. I watched some television and then got ready for the day. I made my way to mid-town for the MoMA. My train stopped right under a building I had talked about in my contemporary architecture class. How fitting to bring what I learned into my real life, a rare occasion. Luckily that education is finally paying off. Once I got to the museum I wandered every floor. I swept through most of the museum, most of the exhibits did not interest me, but I still looked. I loved the Design Over Time exhibit. It has older inventions and new inventions and how they will or have been incorporated into our lives. The Picasso exhibit was rather dry, I enjoyed the one at the Met more, but not much more. I have always enjoyed photography but after today and the Guggenheim I have really started to appreciate it. I really enjoyed most of the pieces in that gallery. After that I saw a room where they had the dimensions of every wall and door painted on the wall. For some reason it made me realize my perspective and the grand scale of the space and me. I saw some of the generic favorites like Starry Night, it was much more vivid in person, but still is unimpressive to me. Checked out some Franz Kline, Clifford Still, Modrian, Kandinsky and Rothko. Some of my favorites. After that I went to the top of the museum for the performance art. Some of it I had seen before, others I had heard of and others were very new. Some were a little crazy for me. Like one was a naked woman standing on a wall with her arms out like a plane. Another man laying naked on a table with a skeleton on top of him. To be honest they just are using nudity as shock value as opposed to any artistic message. Then there was one naked guy and girl that were standing very close together in a doorway and viewers were to pass between them, it is very awkward. I did it and it was extremely awkward. It makes you feel very vulnerable, and some how out of place even though you are not the one that is naked. I can appreciate this piece. I also saw the piece that was used in Sex and the City series where Carrie and Charlotte see the girl sitting in the gallery. I took a picture even though it was forbidden. I do that a lot in museums though. I am such a rebel. I then made my way to the main attraction. The piece that has been all over the papers and web. A woman sits in a chair in the middle of a room for 70 some odd days. And everyday she sits across from a viewer that would like to stare her in the eyes for as long as the like. Emotions range from tears to exhaustion. I watched a few people do it. Interesting. Don't love it though. But still interesting. After that I went on over to Barney's to discover the Memorial Day Sale, and pre-sale for spring/summer collections. Boy am I in luck. Unfortunately a lot of what I wanted is gone, or the things I thought I would like I ended up not liking. So far I have yet to buy anything. ME. I have not bought anything and I am just dying to find something worth buying. I then got a calzone at a deli and some rice pudding. Not impressed with the food. But still okay. Came home and watched some more television before I went to Prince of Persia Sands of Time. It was good. A basic Disney movie. Not amazing, but I can imagine a sequel coming our way. Tomorrow I work and unfortunately it is supposed to be freakishly busy. Not looking forward to that. I might go back to Grand Central for some photos and then head down to Bryant Park and then to Time Square. Sounds like a good day. We will see what happens.

Set from the Sex and the City series

The famous stare down