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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
MET roof installation-toss it off the roof
Yesterday was the 1st day to view the latest installation atop the MET. When you step on the roof & question where is the installation - look down. Imran Qureshi, a Pakistani artist, painted a site-specific mural beneath your feet which brings into a melee of a blood-red painting. You are standing directly on top of a vast carnage. Should you delve further, you will notice foliage forming within the red-spattered painted with white brush strokes. The MET's rooftop was 1st utilized as an outdoor gallery amidst the serenity & the beauty of Central Park in '98 by Ellsworth Kelly. Kelly's large scale structures, up to 14', were intended to provide a new perspective on the landscape & skycrappers framing Central Park. Qureshi's red acrylic sprawling paint is intended to be disturbing. Perhaps, the artist's intent is to emphasize of the ubiquitous & ruthless bloodshed that has become all too common place in our world? Perhaps, the artist is showing rebirth from within destruction? I thought the "installation" amidst the picture-postcard setting of serenity in Central Park was Bloody Crap.
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