Day at the Met!

Today was a professional development day at work - and that means I have the day off! Steph and I took advantage of the rare weekday alone time and took a late afternoon trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. We went a couple of weeks ago with my mother, but there are so many exciting new exhibits we need to see.

First, we went up to the roof to view Roxy Paine's Maelstrom. The piece is actually the largest sculpture ever installed in the rooftop garden and was pretty awesome to experience. The structure is similar to a large tree root system that has been, well, uprooted and placed on the roof. It is pretty neat to wander around through its metallic limbs.

You can see a video of the installation here:




And some pictures:

Afterwards, we headed down to see the Model as a Muse exhibition, which included both fashion photography and articles of haute fashion from the last five decades. The exhibition was really interesting when you have the reference points of Top Model and Project Runway to draw from. Each room of the exhibit was separated by decade with an accompany piece of music that defined the era. Some of the choices were... interesting. In the 60's we were delighted with a French big band number; in the 70's, The Who's My Generation; in the 80's George Michael's Freedom (I Want It Now); and for the 90's, of course, Smells Like Teen Spirit was blasting from the speakers. Kurt Cobain, the anti-star, must be rolling in his grave. The exhibit did ironically end with a glimpse at the 21st century thus far sound tracked by Marilyn Manson's Beautiful People. Someone has a good sense of humor.