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The BBC (or was it CH4?) ran a piece on the refit of the Museum of Modern Art in NY last night.
It's apparently the most expensive in the world... and, guess what?
It's white. With oak floors.
Like a white box... and every other gallery space I've ever seen. Why was it so expensive? And crap?!
- vespa0
anyone been yet? i can't wait to see it next time i go to ny. $20 seems quite steep tho
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$20 seems quite steep tho
vespa
(nov 16 04, 03:39)
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They recoup all that they spent I guess...The work they have though is top notch..
- _theo0
A lot of consultans, project managers, committees, advisory boards and real people had a chance to do real work.
I work for a funded entity, where there's "free" money there's a hell of a lot of people getting in the way of work being done in order to justify their piece of the pie.
- _theo0
that should read "before real people..."
- vespa0
i remember the first time i went, there was some japanese textiles exhibition on in the basement, i was there for hours, my friends had to leave meand go shopping and come back to drag me away. it was just the lighting, i'd never seen such a beautifully lit exhibition before...
- waynepixel0
This is just a quick tip.
If you have the time to go too the TATE then do it just before it closes say about 2 hours before, you almost get the hole building to yourself. At one point I found myself walking around an exhibition on my own. It was exerilent.
Nerver had that happen before.
- unfittoprint0
"The architect, Yoshio Taniguchi, of the new addition to the Museum of Modern Art in New York said to the trustees at the beginning, “Raise a lot of money for me, I’ll give you good architecture. Raise even more money, I’ll make the architecture disappear.“
Jesus.
A Museum should enhance the experience and make fluid the progress of anyone inside with [somewhat limited] liberty of movements.
It shouldn't blur the reason of its conception: the works displayed.
Oscar Niemeyer's Rio Musuem, Herzog's Tate, Lloyd's Guggenheim, A'Dam Stedelijk,
Siza Serralves are some of [imo] the best examples of museum solutions that can enhance one's visit from the typical 'one way' without the architect engaging in 'masturbatory ego exercises'.
- blaw0
npr ran the story yesterday, too.
http://www.npr.org/rundowns/segm…my favorite part is at the end when they stated that in the 30s admission was $0.25. Adjusted for inflation would bring it up to about $3.50.
- level20
Have you been to the MoMa Moth?
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superior attention to detail and workmanship
- ********0
Have you been to the MoMa Moth?
level2
(nov 16 04, 06:55)
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Nope.
- twooh0
gonna try and go this week. ill let you all know how it is
- level20
hey twooh, make me a sandwich?
- twooh0
why? it's my time to shine.
- Kainproductions0
It's free admission on Fridays between 4 & 8.
- ********0
depends on how you see it. moth. it's located in NYC for one and some people will pay that for the quality of the place. Minimalistic design doesn't cheapen it, IMO. :)
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depends on how you see it. moth. it's located in NYC for one and some people will pay that for the quality of the place. Minimalistic design doesn't cheapen it, IMO. :)
JazX
(nov 16 04, 08:13)
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All the galleries in London are free.My gripe is... they've done fuck all really. White and wood floors. BIG plate glass windows. This stuff does come cheap... and it looks tried and tested and safe...
- level20
I can see your point Moth. I wonder if there is a study on gallery spaces - it seems more of just a space where there art should be the center of attention, hence the stark white atmosphere.
- ********0
Someone mentioned the Guggenheim... That's fucking great!
Tate modern - that shows that a gallery doesn't need to be a white box.