Back in the winter, and P.B. (pre-blog) I went to the main branch of the New York Public Library on 42nd and 5th Ave., with Kate and Lisa to see an exhibit on Jack Keuroac. Although I have never read Keuroac (sp?) the exhibit was fascinating...and best of all...FREE!
While Mom and Pop were here, we went to check out the library and the current photography exhibit, Eminent Domain: Contemporary Photography and the City.
The exhibition Eminent Domain: Contemporary Photography and the City features the work of five contemporary New York–based photographers drawn primarily from new acquisitions in the Photography Collection.
All of the works in Eminent Domain, deals with the life of the city in terms of passage (of seasons and time, people and place) and exchange (between individual and collective, interior and exterior). Turning on the nature of photography itself (which always complicates the relationship between private and public property), the works in the exhibition intersect and resonate with current concerns about the reorganization of urban space in New York City.
Even just admiring the building itself is a beautiful experience.
The library doesn't open until 11:00 (which seems crazy to me!) however, we didn't know that and showed up around 10:40. So we took a stroll in the beautiful and blooming Bryant Park to pass our time.
Great lunch spot on the library terrace, where Zach and I met once for a weekday lunch hour.
