Roadkill Graces the Bowery, New Museum
A dead deer graced the New Museum on Sunday according to Gothamist via City Noise (and corroborated by the New Museum’s press office). Bambi arrived on the Bowery around 1:30 pm, apparently; from where, no one knows. I spent most of last week around the museum conducting an interview with a friend freshly arrived from London for his opening there. No mention whatsoever from anyone, strangely — and believe me, I would’ve heard — leading me to ascertain that the incident was disappeared post haste (given that the news only dropped today, through the reportage of a couple of blogs). See, we’re good for something after all.
Carnegie Museum employees may recall a similar incident back in 2005, when a deer bounced out of Frick Park and into the sparsely landscaped courtyard. Surreal. A minor panic ensued as bewildered drivers zipped by on Forbes Avenue, shocked and awed at the sight of the terrified animal. After a prolonged and futile standoff, an Animal Control officer did the dirty with a rifle. Carston Holler had recently proposed an installation for 2004-5 Carnegie International — which we were working on at the time — involving reindeer and acid which was promptly rejected for obvious reasons. Mother Nature intervened on his behalf. As for the New Museum, I’ll lay my bets on either A) a first year art student newly exposed to the tenets of conceptual art; or B) a half-crocked, self-proclaimed “guerilla” artist. Not so brilliant.
UPDATE: Looks like this happened after last week’s revelry. Which I would’ve noted if I weren’t caught in a pre-launch time warp. *Sigh.*
