sunday at the moma

This weekend kept us on our toes with schizo weather - sunny mornings followed by sudden torrential rain followed by sun showers. While it was gray outside, I was in the particularly colorful MoMA, thanks to Olafur Eliasson's exhibit Take Your Time. Piecing together a few technical gadgets, he creates makeshift devices that are the source of his installations that showcase the ideas of color, time, and reality vs. perception. In one room, he has "frozen" drops of water - via falling water illuminated by a strobe light. In a circular structure, he has visitors basking in the color spectrum - via the surrounding walls constantly changing color. In another room (above), he has people walking through a color prism - via rotating color glass panels that are lit by a bright light. As commentary describes how he is influenced by the landscape of his native Scandinavia, for me, each room felt like a walk through a visualization of one of his many dreams.
FYI: Olafur Eliasson is the artist responsible for the NYC Waterfalls massive installation along the East River.

On the top floor, I also enjoyed Dali: Painting and Film, where we got to see the relationship between his art and films, as well as how they all impacted the Surrealist movement. I particularly enjoyed the animated film "Destino" that was a collaboration between Dali and Disney - who would have ever thought...