Art parties

Last night I met Guillemette at the Guggenheim. She had secured tickets to the Gala Opening for The Eye of the Storm: Works in situ by Daniel Buren, an artist who has created a career of painting stripes of a certain width. The installation was ok; the champagne was decent; the cheese was very good.

Earlier, I had met Hiromi at a diner. We ate waffles. She's trying to decide when to return to Japan. If she doesn't find employment soon, she's decided there's no point in staying in New York. And much as she would like to stay, she misses Japan.

Guillemette and I arrived at the Guggenheim at eight and walked up through the installation. The walls were mostly bare. A mirrored column was built into the space. Catherine later explained its relation to New York (she had attended a press opening in the morning); how walking behind it indicated the scaffolding you see on the streets; how the object itself mirrored the skylight and the skyscrapers. I asked her about the green stripes and she said she didn't know. I had mentioned that they looked like the spine of Wired magazine.

At the cheese table I was introduced to reblochon, a runny cheese (which has it's own website! with cow bell sound effects!). I couldn't stop spreading it on Carr's table water crackers (my favorite crackers). Beside me a man stabbed at a hunk of hard cheese, trying to cut it down the center. He embedded the knife and when trying to extricate it tossed the cheese in the air. He licked his knife and tried again. A man in a suit looked on with horror until the first man said, "Well, you could help me with this." And then he did. Posted by eku at March 25, 2005 9:59 AM