Mrs.H , Amy and I...3 ladies on the town
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude: The Gates, Central Park, New York City
The 7,503 gates, 16 feet (4,87 meters) tall varied in width from 5 feet 6 inches to 18 feet (1,68 to 5,48 meters) according to the 25 different widths of walkways, on 23 miles (37 kilometers) of walkways in Central Park. Free-hanging saffron colored fabric panels, suspended from the horizontal top part of the gates, came down to approximately 7 feet (2,13 meters) above the ground. The gates were spaced at 12 foot (3,65 meter) intervals, except where low branches extended above the walkways. The gates and the fabric panels were seen from far away through the leafless branches of the trees. The work of art remained for 16 days, then the gates were removed and the materials industrially recycled.
this shot gives you a feeling of the size of the flags and the weight and sound of them. it was a cold and windy day. at the beginning of the exhibition there was no snow in NYC, but it had snowed the day before we got there. the whiteness of the snow, the starkness of it, really added to the beauty of the gates. they just gleamed in the bright sun with the back drop of the fresh white snow. and the material was a think heavy material that snapped in the wind. the sounds were really part of the whole experience for me. walking underneath the gates through the park and listening to them crack in the wind was gorgeous.
ahhh yes and cannot blog about this fun trip without including a picture of our unexpected, but most infamous lunch guest. the 3 of us were quietly dining in the lunch hall at MOMA when right outside the huge glass walls, a woman dropped her overcoat to reveal ner "assests" while onlookers (like us) gasped, giggled, reached for our cell phones and cameras. i will never know if our mystery stripper realized she was bearing it for a full lunch crowd at the museum, but all i can say is ....only in Manhattan! she had a few "professional" shots taken by her accomplice, then she quickly rerobed and high tailed it out of there before security could nab her. but thankfully i got it all on film so it wasn't just some tall tale to tell, i actually had proof. and yes it was COLD that day, so she was more than brave she was freezing! true meaning to the saying "it's a bit nipple out."
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: The Gates, Central Park, New York City
The 7,503 gates, 16 feet (4,87 meters) tall varied in width from 5 feet 6 inches to 18 feet (1,68 to 5,48 meters) according to the 25 different widths of walkways, on 23 miles (37 kilometers) of walkways in Central Park. Free-hanging saffron colored fabric panels, suspended from the horizontal top part of the gates, came down to approximately 7 feet (2,13 meters) above the ground. The gates were spaced at 12 foot (3,65 meter) intervals, except where low branches extended above the walkways. The gates and the fabric panels were seen from far away through the leafless branches of the trees. The work of art remained for 16 days, then the gates were removed and the materials industrially recycled.
this shot gives you a feeling of the size of the flags and the weight and sound of them. it was a cold and windy day. at the beginning of the exhibition there was no snow in NYC, but it had snowed the day before we got there. the whiteness of the snow, the starkness of it, really added to the beauty of the gates. they just gleamed in the bright sun with the back drop of the fresh white snow. and the material was a think heavy material that snapped in the wind. the sounds were really part of the whole experience for me. walking underneath the gates through the park and listening to them crack in the wind was gorgeous.
ahhh yes and cannot blog about this fun trip without including a picture of our unexpected, but most infamous lunch guest. the 3 of us were quietly dining in the lunch hall at MOMA when right outside the huge glass walls, a woman dropped her overcoat to reveal ner "assests" while onlookers (like us) gasped, giggled, reached for our cell phones and cameras. i will never know if our mystery stripper realized she was bearing it for a full lunch crowd at the museum, but all i can say is ....only in Manhattan! she had a few "professional" shots taken by her accomplice, then she quickly rerobed and high tailed it out of there before security could nab her. but thankfully i got it all on film so it wasn't just some tall tale to tell, i actually had proof. and yes it was COLD that day, so she was more than brave she was freezing! true meaning to the saying "it's a bit nipple out."
2 comments:
Thank you Kristin for taking me back to that day. What a GREAT day and we made the most of it!
xo Amy
Kristin, That was such a special day. I think of it often. You captured my feelings about it perfectly. I am mostly amazed at how much we saw and how much territory we covered. Thanks for such a great post. Love, Pat
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