Friday, Dave and I headed into NYC to meet Fred and company in the LES for Fred’s birthday beer crawl. Took the path and then walked cross town on 14th to Drop Off Service. Cool bar with plenty of frothy brews to sample including Peak Organic, Arrogant Bastard Ale, and the pink elephant beer, Delirium tremens. Peak is not so good, kind of flat and too nutty for me. The Delirium is good and strong while the Arrogant is semi-bitter and punchy. But I also love drinking Arrogant. From there we headed to Bar On A then to Zum Schneider for some kickass German favorites. I had a large Schneider Weisse. Yum-Ohhh!
Finally made it back to Hoboken sometime after 4:30 and got back to Garfield close to 5AM. Kinda sucked cause I had to be awake at 730 to get to the 9AM bus back to NYC to goto MoMA. Jim, Lauren and I headed in for a sunsoaked day of walking and art exploring.
Before we left for MoMA, I checked to see what was going on and there are two exhibits that stuck out. The 50 year anniversary of Helvetica and Comic Abstraction. The Helvetica exhibit was awesome, yet small. They showcased the use of Helvetica in all aspects of media. Some of which included CDs, NYC subway signs and print ads. I’m such a font nerd, it’s silly, but bancomicsans.com rules. I’m not really sure what the point of Franz West’s installation was, but in the comic exhibit, if you go, you must visit it. Jim and I discussed what we thought and I just read more about it. Social experimental art installations are…well… social experimental art installations.
MoMA’s got the same classical pieces from Picasso, Monet, Matisse, Klimt, O’Keefe, Van Gogh, etc, but you know me, I had to check out Mondrian’s stuff and two artists that I really like, but always forget about. Robert Rauschenberg and Ellsworth Kelly are unique and modern. Rauschenberg uses a mixture of media, paint, real life objects and his abstract creativity to create “the gap between art and life.” Kelly, on the other hand uses simple shapes and colors to create very modern and forthright pieces. I really enjoyed those works.
However, Dan Perjovschi, really did some piece of work on the main internal wall in MoMA. His Project 85 takes up a entire wall and can be viewed from the main floor and all other floors. It’s basically a commentary on political issues. It’s more than that however. Perjovschi drew these sketches directly on the wall during normal “business hours” at MoMA giving the visitors a chance to see it in action. You can also see video clips and pictures here.
After leaving MoMA, we headed back across town to catch up with Amy and Erik and have some food then head back. Got back, exhausted and smelly and fell asleep for a few hours. Next thing I know, it’s Sunday morning.
Did some chores and then headed out to the Warwick Drive-In to see Pirates 3 with Lauren, Eileen and Colin. Good movie, very funny, violent for Disney, action packed, cute and I can’t wait for number 4. The drive-in’s always fun and nice. We got there early, but it was packed. Found a good spot after all and with some help from our neighbor in the Mustang propped the rear hatch up a little and enjoyed the show.
Today, I sort of cleaned my car and will continue tomorrow then went to the mall. Had Baja Fresh for dinner and now I’m posting.
To sum this up, friends, beer, food, movies, art, walking (miles and miles) and work tomorrow. There will be pictures on flickr probably tomorrow or so. Happy birthday Fred and Aaron too.
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