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The Expansionist
Friday, February 25, 2005
 
Seeing "The Gates". The New York Post's resident oaf, John Podhoretz, referred today to Christo and Jeanne-Claude's art event "The Gates" as "a bunch of orange tablecloths flapping in the wind". He is of course entitled to his moronic view, but wiser and more esthetic people would do well to ignore him and get themselves to "The Gates" before Sunday nite, after which they will be taken down and recycled. Here are seven reasons why. (You may have to scroll down a bit.)

[Double Gates near 72nd Street]

[Gates at Bethesda Fountain]

[Gates at south end of Central Park]

[Gates billow near Zoo]

[Fifth Avenue beyond Gates]

[Gates near statue of eagles]

[Gates in water of Harlem Meer]

Perhaps Podhoretz likes the grim grayness of mid-winter in New York, but millions of people gladly added some color to these dismal days by trekking to and thru Central Park for the spatial experience of walking thru miles of colorful hanging and billowing acres of fabric in a work of art beyond the scale of anything they have ever witnessed before. If "The Gates" were a permanent intrusion on the Park, Podhoretz might have a reasonable objection. But the entire project is coming down Sunday nite after only 16 days. I knew that Podhoretz had a tiny intellect. It's sad to see that he also has a tiny esthetic soul.

- posted by L. Craig Schoonmaker @ 5:45 PM




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