Photograph of my performance right before Covid shut down New York City it was really amazing to see people painting at the Armory Show even holding napkins.
Artists who took part in the Armory show came out to paint, passers by, friends, joggers, art lovers of all ages and walks of life.
Thank you all for painting and for being there to celebrate art and color.
Also - Thank you so much to my photographer who had to deal with changing dates and the weather and my work turning into a kite and all kinds of things, it was amazing to be there together.
Thank you so much for putting up with changing dates as you know March 7th was a really windy day, and also a very cold day, so it would have turned into a kite chasing adventure, so thank you so much for agreeing to change the dates and having an amazing day on March 8th.
As you know due to security at the Armory Show - Show Security, parking attendants, NYC Park Service, NYPD and the fire department, and the bomb squad - all showed up and I had a nice chat with all of them and everyone was really nice.
It really is a great thing that I showed up early and had the opportunity to meet everyone and everyone got to know me.
We really had the cutest dog as the bomb-sniffing dog - basically I was working in the middle of the lawn and then I looked up and I saw an animal, a dog with a big sign across his chest saying "BOMB", and then I looked up and there was this bulky guy and of course I had to ask are you a cop and he says yes I'm a cop. The dog ended up sniffing around me and maybe not my bags :). Both the cop and the dog were really friendly we eventually ended up being friends.
Actually the least comfortable interaction I had was with New York City Parks, the only complaint was that I was not supposed to tie anything to a tree branch or a tree, everything else was fair game. Well on March 7th I had very strong winds and everything turned into a balloon and kite adventure so I had to tie everything to a tree. I had to keep everything tied to the tree to prevent everything running into and rolling into traffic.
In addition to taking into account the strong winds, of course I had to deal with the cold.
I had to work during fairly cold weather so I ended up wearing all the clothes I own and of course catching a little bit cold so hopefully not the #covid virus.
Over the course of several days working at the Armory I became friends with a lot of the supporting staff, and they ended up helping me dismantle my stuff at the very end - thank you so much!
Mirena Rhee performance at the Armory Show