Artist Reinterprets ‘The Last Supper’ in NYC Show
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NEW YORK (AP) — A new multimedia installation in New York City will offer new ways to see and interpret Leonardo Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.”
The show at Manhattan’s Park Avenue Armory show reproduces the 15th century painting with a 40-minute sound-and-light show.
The “clone” painting is set within a full-scale replica of the 4,000-square-foot dining hall at Santa Maria Delle Grazie (DELL’-eh GRAH’-tzieh). The convent in Milan, Italy, houses the original work.
“Leonardo’s Last Supper: A Vision by Peter Greenaway” opens Thursday and ends Jan. 6.
The work by the Welsh-born filmmaker and multimedia artist fills the armory’s cavernous former drill hall.
The armory’s president, Rebecca Robertson, calls Greenaway’s installation “an incredible multimedia reverie.”
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Online: www.armoryonpark.org
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Comments (86)
Hyena
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 12:00pmHey walkwithme1966!!!
Still waiting for a reply from you on your own blog!!
http://maboulette.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/truth-about-job-creation/
Report Post »Hyena
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 11:58amIt was okay……..
At the risk of going off in a completely different direction though…….would anyone care to help me persuade walkwithme1966 to update her own blog?!
http://maboulette.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/truth-about-job-creation/
There are three posts of my own, two of which give hyperlinks to a video and an opposing graph. She stated a new graph would be forthcoming to prove her point, but nothing as of yet.
The point and/or reason I bring this up is to prove if a liberal attempts to make a nonsensical point with no real proof to back it up, it is possible, with proof of our own, to back a lib into a corner and to acquiesce. She attempted to make a point with a graph regarding job creation by Obama, but when called on it, removed the graph and promised new info, again, with nothing new since Oct. 26th.
I…..I…..I‘m just sayin’!! ;-)
Report Post »MissCherryJones
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 11:58amI was a little frightened when I saw Peter Greenaway’s name. He’s the same fella that brought us such gems as The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover, and The Pillow Book. So I watched the trailer hesitantly. I was surprised. It was kinda neat. But I’m a sucker for Renaissance art anyway. I love looking at it. Greenaway‘s piece didn’t seem hateful.
Report Post »Silversmith
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 11:53amWhat impresses me in this is still that actual art. How nice that people get to see it, but this, to me, is an exercise in editing. While artistic, the actual works of art are in the musical compositions and paintings themselves which lay beyond Mr. Greenaway’s scope. To me this is interesting, and I’m glad folks are exposed to these forms, but I don’t see it as art unto itself. It’s a little like the next step in filmstrips in school — remember those?
Silversmith
Report Post »smasaoka
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 11:49amWhy don’t we know the Last Supper was done lying on couches and not sitting at a table. Why won’t people read the Holy Bible for the truth instead of being spoonfed-and being deceived?
Report Post »Juniemoon
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 4:11pmAnd there wasn’t leavened bread on the table. lol
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 11:49amCheese Whiz, cr@p, urine, all sorts of vile things used against religion or in the name of art. To me this is suprising. Done in good taste and not destroying anyone or anything. Maybe some people do understand what real art is.
Report Post »Tinylittletealeaf
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 11:45amWTF? I hope nobody has to pay to watch this. Are there not enough other things for ‘artists’ to focus on that they feel the need to embelish someone else’s work? Especially religious art? Just what was it that inspired this guy, anyway? What’s he hoping to accomplish?
Report Post »Cherished Emblems
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 11:15amNot a fan!
Report Post »smokie
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 11:09amI like it. The artist put a ton of work into it, and that‘s something that’s missing in Modern Art- work.
Report Post »Everyone wants to be Basquiat, famous without any training or putting work into things. Even Basquiat found out that the higher up the ladder you climb, the more is expected of you.
Primitive is so overrated.
Greenaway at least put some elbow into this.
SlimnRanger
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 11:02ami prefer the orignal
Report Post »uncleherbert
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 11:04amI do also.
Report Post »uncleherbert
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 10:55amNothing to see here, move along…
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 11:01amNothing to see here, move along… Darn it, the mind trick works every time!
Report Post »publiuswarmac9999
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 10:53amReal faith lies in its practice not its symbols.
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 10:51amThe Last Supper as a prelude to a baccanal is what I got from it. Sacreligius comes to mind.
Report Post »schoolteacher
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 10:47amOnce upon a time and happily ever after?
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 10:07pmSchoolteacher – I’m glad you caught that statement. Initially I thought this wasn’t too bad, considering what has been purported to be art lately. This is so sinister & devious. The artist made the truth & the beauty of the meaning of the last supper a fairy tale.
Report Post »schoolteacher
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 10:43amWhy does it need re-interpretation? Wasn’t the original clear enough?
Report Post »EP46
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 12:03pmMy thoughts exactly…what ego would ‘reinterpet’ Da Vinci ??
Report Post »psst
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 10:43amSome parts were spooky.
Report Post »Parts of the music reminds me of the Omen movies..
It was much too overdone.
“Butt” at least it‘s wasn’t Mapplethorpe’s Bullwhip in Anus or was it piss christ? And also the Blessed Virgin Mary’s dung likeness..
So this was a plus.
STM
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 10:40amdiabolical
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 10:32amGee, I wonder where he got the funding to film the old masters and play around with digital effects, and as an artist I found it disjointed, focused upon this artists effects and not upon our Lord and Savior, whom the old masted were focused upon. Therefor I feel (opinion) that this sleight of effect, lacking in artistic rendition, using liberally the works of far greater artist while undermining their message, is an attempt to glorify this artists (term used loosely) and in no way should be considered a work of “art” in and of itself.
Report Post »Kostabe wasn’t an “artist’ either, rather a con man. And thus is how I feel about this “portion” of digital effects I saw in the clip, just a “con” to get paid by.
Star Spangled
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 10:32amIt looks great , hard to judge from 3 mins of a 40 min presentation but I didn’t see ants or prono pics !
It looks like a work of love .
Report Post »Scaz
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 11:44amI agree. It looks like a celebration of the painting. I saw nothing attacking Christianity or Leonardo.
Report Post »Claude
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 8:37amI liked it too. I didn’t think it was spectacular but it was a good combination of visual and audio that complemented each other.
Report Post »DeltaHawk
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 10:31amI wasn’t impressed by this at all. People who don’t believe in God will accept anything else!
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 12:56pmthat’s not true.
It isn’t wise to speak in such sweeping generalizations on these matters.
The sweeping generaliztions that can be made about christians can be very unflattering.
Report Post »TruthTalker
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 10:28amErm, I dont get it….
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 10:58amYou’re not alone.
Report Post »cognitivedissonance
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 11:23amBased on the trailer I thought it looked kind of boring and uninteresting, but looking at the armory website, it actually looks pretty interesting:
http://www.armoryonpark.org/index.php/programs_events/detail/last_supper_peter_greenaway/
It looks like a bunch of separate exhibits examining different portions of the painting.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 11:52amIf I had to listen to too much more of the opening music I would have thrown my speakers out the window. I watched and listened thinking they would say or do something of interest, but alas no.
Report Post »NeoFan
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 10:26amWhatever.
Report Post »Sheepdog911
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 10:24amKinda like cat people fairies at your www or dogs playing poker on black velvet? The trailer was painful, and the location of it’s display says the rest – tasteless interpretation.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 10:18amOnce again I see another example of supreme bad taste within the artistic community.
http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm
Konservative PUNK
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 10:35amYou make good comments, but your art looks like a 9 year old did it.
Report Post »cognitivedissonance
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 11:16amI love the fact you complain about immoral and antichristian gay art when you draw hamfisted furry art.
You know, the Bible says that beastiality is an abomination too.
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 11:29am@Konservative &Cognitive I am confused by your comments, who’s art are you critizing? I don’t understand. please help.
Report Post »cognitivedissonance
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 11:36amI’m responding to snowleopard and his criticism of this piece and the display of gay art at the National Portrait Gallery.
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 11:43am@cognitive Thanks, but are you bashing Snowleopards art by saying it’s “hamfisted’ etc?
Report Post »cognitivedissonance
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 11:53am@sissykatz
Yes, I find it a bit hypocritical for someone who creates art that I personally think is not very good (and I think many people would think isn’t very good) and art that could be found to be morally objectionable based on Christian ethics (snowleopard draws anthropomorphic animals in a way that could suggest sexual interest) to judge what is artistic and make demands about what art should or should not be shown.
While I don‘t like snowleopard’s art, I would never do anything to stop it‘s creation or it’s display and I think he or she should show the same respect to other people’s art. Art and expression is personal and Snowleopard’s art is a prime example. Perhaps “hamfisted” was a bit of a mean way of describing Snowleopard’s art, but it is very simple art and does not show a great degree of technical skill.
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 12:04pm@cognitive Thanks for explaining, I don’t post often but I read every day, and I thought your other post were very articulate and well communicated and this post seemed so rude and vile,I could not understand anyone even if they did not like Snowleopards art being so critical, as you say everyones idea of art is different,I like his art because that happens to be the way he sees it in his minds eye, but even if I didn’t like it I would never be that critical. Sorry to have bothered you and thanks for explaining,
Report Post »cognitivedissonance
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 12:15pmsissykatz, thanks for the reminder that even when I think being nice is a waste of time, it’s still good to try to be more gentle. lately I‘ve been getting a little rude and belligerent in my posts and that’s wrong of me to do so.
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 12:27pm@cognitive That is nice of you to say and recognize, because I had not really noticed that in your other posts. I guess we all get stressed with all that is going on, Have a nice day!!!
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 12:46pmOK guys this is WWWAAAAAAYYYYYY off topic but you remember Ryan Newell ? The guy arrested for stalking WBC? Go back to the end of the comments on that story and a guy posted some facebook info to contact the judge and make donations.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 12:48pmCOGNITIVEDISSONANCE, art for some people is therapy and since we don‘t know much about each other we should consider that we are amateurs in both creating and criticizing other people’s work. Other than KONSERVATIVE PUNK, the dialog between you and SISSYKATZ was very refreshing which is why I enjoy this site daily. For the most part we are good and caring people.
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 9:41pmCognitivedissonance – Thank you for your polite responses to Sissykatz. We all, at one time or another (myself included), respond rudely when we are passionate about our opinions. I, too, will try to be kinder. Well done sir… & well done Sissykatz.
Report Post »geminisailor
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 10:17amFINALLY! Christian art that isn’t depicted in urine or dung…
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 10:25amActually GEMINISAILOR – I agree with you – that was done in very good taste. I saw nothing offense about this – did you? http://maboulette.wordpress.com
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 11:53amI was a little surprised at that myself.
Report Post »neversaynever
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 12:20pmIt does seems as though his “reverie” is directed more at Da Vinci than Jesus Christ which isnt right in my opinion, but overall alteast its not some homoerotic nonsense that people call “art” these days.
Report Post »Tony Nagy
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 7:35pmNothing new… I heard about this idea from a fellow worker that is a Franciscan in the mid 90′s. Leonardo’s title is the correct one, it‘s the ’Last Supper’ depiction with digital FX…. Move on!…
Report Post »Stupid Windmill
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 12:01pmMaybe if you understood art better you would see why such things are depicted in urine and dung.
It has something to do with taking the lords name in vain.
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