Though it looks like a mini-version of a Doug Wheeler Light & Space installation crossed with a urinal and an abstracted cleavage, this wall indentation (designed by architecture firm Diller, Scofidio & Renfro) is the receptacle for an artwork that is scent alone. It is one of twelve concoctions on display in the Museum of Art & Design’s ‘The Art of Scent’ and is called L’Eau d’Issey after designer Issay Miyake, who commissioned a scent that would suggest water. (Through Feb 24th, 2013).
Join me on one of my final art gallery tours of 2012! On Dec 1st, 2-4pm, we’ll be seeing the best that Chelsea has to offer. The next day, Sunday Dec 2nd, 10:30am – 12pm, I’ve added an additional tour of ‘Regarding Warhol’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. On December 8th, 11am – 1pm (a new time), we’ll check out the highlights of New York’s more experimental galleries on the Lower East Side. And as always, if you can’t join me on a tour, I’m glad we can see ‘an outstanding artwork a day’ together on Facebook!