It’s simply called an “open house,” but really it’s a mind-expanding day in one of the borough’s nicest properties.
On Saturday, May 18, MoMA PS1 will host an eight-hour celebration with the unveiling of four new exhibitions, live music, performances, food, and talks with artists and curators.
It’s free and open to the public from noon to 8 pm.
Here’s some info on the unveilings. Reynaldo Rivera: Fistful of Love/También la belleza features more than 40 photographs from the 1980s through today. It’s California-based Rivera’s first solo museum exhibition. Yto Barrada: Le Grand Soir transforms the museum’s courtyard with a colorful arrangement of towering sculptures built from stacked concrete blocks, which visitors can sit on and explore. Hard Ground mixes seven New York-based artists who employ processes of erosion, subtraction, and compression. Little Manila Queens: Mabuhay! is a creative place-keeping project by the Woodside-based collective Little Manila Queens Bayanihan Arts.
Plus, attendees can savor Filipino cuisine at Jeepney Guy’s pop-up kitchen, engage in a gallery conversation with artist Jerry the Marble Faun, and experience the U.S. museum premiere of Michele Rizzo’s performance, HIGHER xtn. Guided tours of Fistful of Love/También la belleza and an evening of eclectic music by DJ Laura Se Fue round out the event.
Wait a second…Italian artist and choreographer Michele Rizzo? She’s big time in Europe.
Her show is big time, too, with eight dancers whose minimal gestures coalesce into a unified flow. Rizzo connects collective movement in social spaces to rituals of quasi-religious worship. Through rhythmic dance, she rocks an open-floor set synchronized to a soundtrack by electronic musician Lorenzo Senni.
RSVP is required, and she’s actually going to perform three times: May 18 at 2 pm and 4 pm and May 19 at 2 pm.
Located at 22-25 Jackson Ave. in Long Island City, MoMA PS1 is accessible via the 7, E, G, and M lines to the Court Sq.-23rd St. and 21st St.-Van Alst subway stations.
Top image: Michele Rizzo/Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam/Maarten Nauw;
middle photo: Diana Diroy/Little Manila Queens Bayanihan Arts;
bottom image: Yto Barrada/MoMA PS1