MoMA PS1

4/2/2014

Love this place in the summer! Go during the weekly Warm Up series to meet some fun people, see some art and have a beer.

10/17/2012

Torn about how to review MOMA PS1... Warm Up is super cool (but over for the season) - live music, beer, and some decent food all day. It's great on a nice day, and I think the outdoor space is pretty cool looking, too. However, the art... I just do NOT get it. There was a whole room with skid marks around the walks, because the art was someone riding a motorcycle around the room a bunch of times & creating skid marks on the walls. I like modern art a lot (not that I am very knowledgeable on it), but this was just outside my realm of understanding. I'll be back next summer for Warm Up, though!

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  Warm Up @ PS1!

  Warm Up @ PS1!

9/18/2013

Can't say I really get modern art, but the warm up on saturday is kinda awesome. You should definetely buy several beer tickets at once though, lines get kinda long!!

12/5/2012

PS1 is the coolest. When I came here with friends in the summer Broken Social Scene was doing a DJ set, there were bars set up, and the whole place was just a huge party. Can't wait to go back.

9/22/2009

If you like contemporary art, you will love PS1. This is a magnificent exhibition space: spacious, rarely crowded, beautifully curated. there is always something fun and interesting to see at PS1.

Also, PS1 has been the first institution to launch the trend of art+live music/DJs, ten years ago, with the Warmup series. In fact, this summer they had an exhibition celebrating ten years of their Young Architects Program: each year the winner is in charge of presenting "an urban landscape for the large courtyard entrance of P.S.1 [...]. The architects were required to incorporate elements of shade, water, seating, and bar areas into a proposed project.". I find the 2009 winner, "Afterparty" by MOS, a bit weak compared to some very imaginative (and fun!) projects from the past (like the beautiful Liquid Sky by Ball-Nogues in 2007, or Playa Urbana/Urban Beach by William E. Massie in 2002).

Highlights from the summer of 2009 exhibitions include "Swimming pool" by Leandro Erlich (totally surreal, almost dream-like), "28222 records" by Christian Marclay (a very interesting take on music as "volume, space, and physicality"), and my favorite: "Perpetual ZOOZ (Madonna and Child)" by Michael Joaquin Grey ("two versions of The Wizard of Oz. One version of the movie plays in time with his mother's heartbeat and the other plays in reverse, in accordance with Grey's heart. The projection is designed in a way that both versions of the movie are presented in a sculptural form, like two sides of a spinning coin"). This computerized deconstruction of The Wizard of Oz is beautiful and mesmerizing both in terms of the technology it uses and in terms of the emotions it raises. You should RUN to see this installation IMMEDIATELY!

I guess my 5 stars are not only for the place itself, but for what it means for me: I've been coming to PS1 at least once a year (usually in the summer, so that I could catch the Warmup party as well) since I moved to NYC ten years ago. I have so many memories about this place; for me PS1 is an intrinsic part of NYC.

So, there you go: 5 stars.

PS: before or after PS1 stop by 5Pointz just across the street, to look at the graffiti.

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  Christian Marclay: 2822 Records

  Christian Marclay: 2822 Records
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  Leandro Elrich: Swimming Pool

  Leandro Elrich: Swimming Pool

8/11/2013

Warm-up was fun and borderline rave-y, although I wish they had more drink/food choices. Unless you want to try crowding into M. Wells, there's only overpriced beer and water. Kind of a clusterf*ck of bros, hipsters, and people clearly rolling sky high, so if you're looking for something more chill, I wouldn't go.

But the museum itself. It is a caricature of everything I find wrong with "modern art." As in, there was an exhibit of trash cans, presumably to represent some kind of ecological/human clash.

In other words, warm-up is worth a try, but do not go here for this summer's art display.

8/1/2011

This is a perfect Saturday summer afternoon in NY.
Great beats.
Cold drinks.
Cool people.
Funky art.  Some of it - way funky.
Fun party but also a totally chill vibe ... dress up dress down no matter here.
Be sure to pop across the street to see the graffiti walls of 5 points building too.

7/28/2013

museum with great exhibits, they also have their Warm Up (3-9pm) events every Saturday during the summer months and definitely a fun time with a music being played by live renowned DJs from across the globe. Admission is a little pricey but other than that food and drinks are reasonably priced. One of the interesting spots Queens offers.

2/20/2012

I, like most people that pay taxes in the good city of New York, enjoy a good art museum every now and then. For us, a visit to an art museum is as informative as it is culturally invigorating. Moreover- it allows us to attack strangers with "Did you see the so-and-so exhibit..." over dinner.  

Fun, however, is not a word that I would apply to an art museum visit. That was until I went to PS1 today. I'm not going to lie, it took a free cab ride and comped admission to get me there but, after that was all said and done, I can honestly say that MoMA's Long Island City sister is my new favorite museum.

First of all, there is an iguana. A living breathing one that walks around. Really that's all you need to know. But -for the sake of my unbridled attempt at getting a Yelp Elite '12 next to my name - I will continue. Currently there are two (two!!!) exhibits featuring little warning signs stating objectionable content not suitable for children. Personally, I am a big fan of anything not suitable for children, but that's not the point. The point is that when I was watching Frances Stark's animation, "My Best Thing", I actually LOL'd. Like, I opened up my mouth and laughter came out. This never happens at the Guggenheim.    

The space itself, while not very handsome on the outside, contributes well to the overall aesthetic on the inside. Plus, I think it's only $10, which is much friendlier than most Manhattan art museum admission fees.

1/30/2011

You can probably find a Simpsons reference for almost every occasion. MoMA PS1 provides ample opportunity to recall such classic episodes and instances as Homer's foray into concept art when a barbeque construction goes bad and Barney's Number 8 audio recording peppered with belching.

And I raise those two examples not to disparage modern or contemporary art but to lovingly alter Voltaire's quote on free speech: "I may not understand what your art says but I'll defend to the death your right to say it".

I certainly didn't get much of what I saw yesterday at PS1 and that's okay. Being pushed outside the comfort zone of art's role is challenging and you'll definitely be challenged by the exhibits at PS1.

Firstly, PS1 isn't dedicated to Sony Playstations. It's an old public school that was rescued and reinvented as an art installation space in the 1970's. Affiliation with MoMA happened in the year 2000 and that's enough history for today.

Walking through the halls, stairways and basement did take me back to my school days spent in a very old school. There are three floors, including a cafe and gift shop, along with a basement with permanent and new exhibits.

Some of the highlights for me included "The Logic of Association", a series of what almost look like Visio diagrams exploring the world that is and the world that can be and Feng Mengbo's "Long March:Restart". If you ever wanted to play a videogame on a ridiculously large screen, this will pique your interest. But since it's art, there's also another layer of meaning besides having the main character jump around and kill things. Think Super Mao Brothers, a mix of Communist China and Nintendo superheroes.

Other exhibits included black and white experimental movies that require either a lot of patience to comprehend or illegal mind altering substances could do the trick.

PS1 is open from 12-6pm and admission (suggested) is $10 or $5 for students. Until May 25th, construction is blocking the main entrance so enter through the back.

1/15/2009

Chris R's profile pic makes all the sense in the world now and I've just come back from a trip down memory lane.

I must have been about 10 years old. We were on a family vacation to Florida and taking a dip in the hotel pool. I was on my cousin's shoulders and slipped. I can't swim and I found myself flapping my arms, swallowing gobs of water, and gasping for air. Years later, not too long ago, I felt the same sensations after going through a water slide in Vegas. I should really revisit swimming lessons.

Leandro Erlich's Swimming Pool is the only pool I've been in where I've been able to be in the deep end. It's an illusion. It's surreal. It's haunting and enticing all at the same time. It's pure genius and an excellent use of museum space.

Speaking of a trip down memory lane, I also encountered a unicorn (They really do exist! Ally McBeal was telling the truth!), walked down the halls of an old school, and felt tempted to run up and down the floor like a child as I lay under Olafur Eliasson's Take Your Time mirror.

The exhibits right now at PS1 are really great. I'm glad I waited so long to finally check out the place. I got in free using the Target Free Fridays ticket. You get up to 30 days to use it. If expired, the place is definitely worth your $5. PS1 is kid friendly too, so if you have a tot, feed them some contemporary art. I would have loved it back in the day if my parents brought me to a place like this. Instead they dragged me to the Sausalito Art Festival every year. ***Yawn*** Oh, but they had really good corn there.

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  the elevator

  the elevator
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  Olafur Eliasson's Take Your Time mirror

  Olafur Eliasson's Take Your Time mirror
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5/27/2009

My favorite museum in all the world.  Having gone through many, many years of NYC public school life, it's fascinating that this building was transformed into a space that is used so completely and resourcefully.  There is no other place as interesting and yet as inviting as PS1; the installations especially are always provocative and memorable, and unlike any I've experienced elsewhere.  Depending on the current exhibits (provided that you're not going to one that assumes a crowd of people), PS1 is a great place to explore very slowly, even alone, on a rainy day.  

My favorite permanent installation is Pipilotti Rist's "Selbstlos im Lavabad" (Selfless in the Bath of Lava): Just inside the entrance before the admission desk, there's a tiny video screen embedded in the floorboards depicting a woman looking up at you, naked and screaming, with lava flowing all around her under her feet.  Think of it what you will.  

Warm Up in the summers is less enticing-- A great concept in a great space, but too many (though how many is just enough?) hipsters sitting around in the sun, not listening to the music and taking pictures of themselves.  The sleek fixed-gear bikes that accumulate outside as a result are attractive, though.

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  warm up, august 2007

  warm up, august 2007
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  warm up, august 2007

  warm up, august 2007
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  Pipilotti Rist's "Selbstlos im Lavabad" (Selfless in the Bath of Lava)

  Pipilotti Rist's "Selbstlos im Lavabad" (Selfless in the Bath of Lava)
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7/17/2011

PS1 is a great place to go to if you're a fan of contemporary art, or if you want an introduction to contemporary art.  I think the space is perfect for what the museum tries to achieve.  There are enough exhibits to keep you busy, but it is not at all overwhelming or crowded (I went on a Sunday afternoon and it was very bearable for me, a crowd-hating person.)

I've only been to the museum once before, a few years ago.  So when I went today, I really wasn't sure what to expect.  I must say I was blown away.  I came in knowing nothing, and left with the appreciation of works by Laurel Nakadate and an interest in Alejandro Jodorowsky.  This time around, I felt a lot of the works were explicit/parental guidance suggested, so I don't recommend this museum for children.

If you've been to all the museums in Manhattan, take a short train ride to Long Island City and check out this extension of the MoMA.  A refreshing time awaits you!

7/15/2012

The 5 stars goes to the museum as for the warm-up parties they are a hipsters heaven. Its only worth it if you have an LIC/ Astoria id because then you get in for free. The beer is $6.00 really? I could understand if it was for a better beer but really? I really honestly feel bad for the people paying $15.00 to get in. It's really not worth it. I suggest sitting outside to hear the music for free and buying a 6pack for $9.00. Some of the Dj's were wack. Yes, I said it wack. It's sad really so my final answer....3 STARS FOR THE WARM UP 5 STARS FOR THE MUSEUM. The only reason I will go back is because I get in for free. Stay away if you hate hipsters and wanna-bees.

12/3/2010

Stop, yelling at the art, Claire F.!

This is what people usually have to tell me when I am brought to modern art museums.

Not at PS1, though. The space is what really makes this gallery something special. Perhaps due to its location, in LIC, it's rarely crowded. The halls and rooms are nice and airy and the art truly given centre stage.

This past weekend, there was free admission, so I didn't get a chance to check to see if my work ID would get me in free (like it does at MoMA). A lot of the rooms were closed, getting ready for the openings of future shows, so there wasn't too much to see. But highlights included a surrealist book jacket montage; a kindof preachy flow-chart-y exhibit on globalization (my thoughts: "this should be someone's doctoral thesis, not in a museum"; Marie R.'s: "when there are too many words in art, i get bored")

And then there was this room on an upper floor where the sky is the art. No, really. There is no roof on it so you just sit there watching the clouds go by. It was strangely moving.

So, go check out the space, the venue makes what it's showing there that much better!

Also recommended: coffee at nearby Sage General Store* (only the last guard @PS1 to see me made me toss it) and a stop by 5Pointz across the street for a different take on modern art.

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* Sage General Store : yelp.com/biz/sage-genera…

6/24/2013

This extension of MOMA was an extremely airy experience which by its historical symbolism has a certain cache far warmer than its Downtown location which was built in a more modern aspect. A remarkable advantage was that the visit was for free having bought a first ticket from the MOMA  which allows you a free access within the 14 days post purchase . Remarkable installations , workshops and live speakers . An artistic manifestation which interacts with the audience on more than on an observational level . One of the greatest places to visit if on visit !

12/12/2010

If you live in NYC and haven't been to Warm Up at PS1 yet - you're dumb. It's an event on Saturday afternoon in the summer held outside PS1. Sweet music and live DJs, beer, and you can even act like a kid with the giant bouncy balls. The crowd is a good mix of people. Check that out.

The museum is definitely not something you see everyday... Lots of video and interactive art. It's a must-visit if you don't mind some heavily eclectic shit.

The fact that it's an old school gives it some legit street cred.

12/16/2013

Wow, I had such a great time looking at this museum. The collection of pieces were so interesting and aesthetically pleasant to look at.

10/17/2010

Scruffy art school digs, think concrete floors in an old atmospheric school building, scheduled performances that don't start on time and "pieces" that look like they were taken from the dumpster and put a label on them.
In all fairness some of the art was inspiring, if not a bit sloppy, amateurish, or stereotypical art schlock : one guy did a photographic series of him and his mother naked.  In one picture she was masturbating with a tiara.
Video of seemingly absurd images that make no sense get better when there is a tank with live fish in it in the room.
This is queens, so be on your guard on your way to and from the subway.
Cafeteria, bookstore and patio, are all worth a stop.
This is a satellite of the more respected MOMA.

7/12/2012

Warm Up Party Review....
It felt like the perfect place to be on a hot, sweaty NYC night.
This was a New York City that was a underground night party- brought out into the day light. Well worth the line up for drinks.
Todd Terry made the day and brought the house together.
You should do it, if you've read this far.
Ends at 9pm.

8/19/2010

We went here for the big Summer Saturday PS1 event which I guess is hit or miss every year?? My friends told me this thing was awesome, but when we all walked in they all looked slightly disappointed this year, because it just wasn't quite up to the level of awesome I guess it was the year before.

You pay $15 to get in which sucks I think, but you get a full day of live music and DJs and art to walk around and look at it. But do beware that the higher up you go in the art museum, which is cool since it is an old school building the museum bought to use as its space, the more nudity and adult like art you will find! I'm sorry, I know I am not an artist really, but some of those photos and things in that adult section I do not see how anyone would really like looking at those things, yet alone taking those photos in the first place? And those pictures are in an old school! There used to be lots of children running these halls!! Just felt a little weird to me...

Some of the other floors had some cool art, all very modern and contemporary so if that isn't your thing, this might not be the place for you. The music on the day we went was very much house techno music but I guess there was better jazz and pop like dance music on other weekends, so I would research that before you go if you do have a choice on dates to attend. We did appreciate the misters set up and they had giant exercise balls around for people to use as chairs, play with, kick etc. And a wading pool to cool people off in, but man that water was gross by the end of the day!!

The beer was pricier than we wanted it to be, and there isn't really food here unless you want to pay for pricey cafe food on top of your pricey beer after your pricey admission ha ha But it was a good unique NYC experience, I just think I will research the exhibits more and the music more if I go again next year!

7/8/2012

*review is for warm up

You wait in line to get in, you wait in line to get drink/water tickets, you wait in line to buy your drinks, you sweat, you smile, you make new wanna-be-hipster friends, you chug your drinks so you can get a few minutes of a/c and look at some pretty weird art, you listen to some good music, your booty starts shakin' ....  you leave, the night is young and you still have cash in your wallet.  It's cheap (cover: $15, drinks: $6) and it's fun.

Go after 7:00 for the best DJ's and to skip some of the lines and heat.  And dress comfortably... this is not the place to show off your new wedges (as I sadly learned - whatever they were cute!)

6/9/2010

I love that MoMA has an outpost in Queens. However, I'd say 90% of the artwork related to sex, race, or something totally impossible for the average person to grasp. Honestly, I wouldn't bring a kid here. There's a lot of sexual imagery. (Luckily, there is a decent amount of signage before the such exhibits.)

Not only that, but MIA's "Paper Planes" played on repeat in the stairwell; I started to hate the song.

I actually liked the school building itself the most. Black tape is used to create images in the stairwells, and the rooms maintain their classroom structure.

While the admission is suggested, the people at the front desk make you feel pretty guilty for not paying the full suggested amount.

Glad I checked it out, but I don't plan on coming back unless there's a very specific exhibit I want to see.

11/6/2011

During my teens, I used to hear about MoMA P.S. 1. One day I did find my way there. Had a great time at The Printed Matter event.

If you're into post-modern conceptual art, then you'll adore this place. If you find modern/post modern art to be the scam of the century, then stay away.

Contemporary post modern art, I get it. I appreciate all forms of art. What I don't appreciate is the pretentious, economic class structure vibe. Art should be for everyone, not just those with a snooty air. Art should be thought provoking, innovative, boundary-pushing, emotional, reflective. Art shouldn't always be "safe." However, please don't make people feel stupid just because they don't get the in-joke.

Off my soap box. Although I like the museum itself, I got turned off as one other reviewer put it, by the "silly rules." Depending on what's exhibited, I'll come back.

The bookstore was actually the best part of the whole place.

Sorry, but I was more amazed by the graffiti work at 5 Pointz.

7/28/2013

First time and will be last. Arts there are junk. E.g a collection of 8 dirty garbage bins; and by the way that one is probably the best one in the museum; and maybe the water spray out side cause it cooled me  in the hot day but that's it. I went there with 4 other people and no one liked it. Nothing there is impressive.. Outside, they had a band; the guy was singing..."I can't sing. I can't sing......." Sounding painful. Maybe we're not hipsta.. enough....

11/23/2012

Two years ago I went to PS1 and it blew my mind - today, I went and the first word (sound?) out of my mouth was "meh."  We had ventured to LIC to check out the Now Dig This! exhibit on black art/artists in Los Angeles 1960-1980.   The show itself was fine though I couldn't get excited about the way it was curated (too little historical context, too hard to understand who the artists were, what made LA a distinctive scene and so on), and I found it impossible to get excited about pretty much everything else that PS1 was showing. (It was also hard to get excited about the cafe-turned-restaurant. Gone are the days when you can get a cookie and a tea - now the cafe has been turned into one of those artisanal, hand-crafted, small batch kind of places so you feel like a jerk if you order a tea).  Of course, museums can be hit or miss, and this one gets points for suggested admission prices, and for getting me to a part of town that I wouldn't otherwise get to. But it's good to remember that PS1 can be *more* hit or miss than most museums.

6/27/2012

PS1 is a great gallery/ museum. It's a bit different, but not impossing or pretentious. It's got plenty to see and art to lose yourself in, but you don't get lost.

I love that the stairways are used as canvases with art all around them and the exibits are carefully and brilliantly curated...Plus I managed to get in free with the student card I have from my current course.

The only thing that could make it better is if you could party there on a sunny weekend...oh wait, that is covered too!

5/17/2012

Kinda place you go when you want to hang out and see some funky kind of art in a summer beach party kind of atmosphere! (Cept there is no beach! Just the sand/the dresscode I guess?)

Meet some people, listen to some music, and wait on those lines, so you can get a drink ticket so you can wait on another line so you can order a small selection of whatever beer or wine they have.
Oh, and they sell some plain overpriced grilled food like hot dogs or hamburgers.

All for a $15 cover.

Nah, but really, its a nice calm chill place to spend the afternoon.

2/5/2012

While the building can be a tad bit creepy to anyone who grew up in NYC public schools, this is really the only museum in ny wholly devoted to large-scale modern art installations. MOMA's a mix of everything. Here, installations are the rule & take up entire rooms, or are heavy on integrated audio/visual or architectural elements in addition the art itself.
I typically tire of museums quickly (a certain Sommerset Maugham character said that ones appreciation typically fades as boredom sets in, so he makes it a point never to dither) - but I've come fresh off taking rips & stayed here for 4 hours. It was awesome.
FREE WITH SUNY ID:)

1/2/2013

Webster's dictionary defines art as "the conscious use of skill and creative imagination especially in the production of aesthetic objects; also : works so produced." But these days a lot of art isn't about the production of objects, or even the conscious use of skill. It's more about creating an experience for the viewer. (That's what makes it fun to Yelp about!) New York's best museum, the Museum of Modern Art, is built around a history of objects, but fortunately they have the resources to support an outpost in Queens at PS1 where they can showcase performance and sound and other various kinds of experience-oriented art. It's a place for happenings that keep people coming back again and again throughout the year. While PS1 is well known for the summer WarmUp series (and I mostly agree with other reviewers that this used to be a fun party but is now overcrowded--the organizers need to rethink it a bit), there are plenty of other events, including readings and book launches, and they aren't just limited to things of interest to the art world. It seems to me that PS1 is trying to be a hub for contemporary culture, inclusive of music and literature as well as art, and I think they're doing a good job of it. The ambience of the old school building gives it all a sense of humility. There can be some esoteric stuff here, but it's all in the spirit of learning and discovery.

There tends to be a broad variety of art up at any given time--plenty of objects to anchor the events. Some recent stand-outs for me were Darren Bader's series of rooms with living animals and vegetables, with a pair of burritos basking in the sun at the end, and Janet Cardiff's motet playing from forty speakers. The latter piece was gorgeous and moving and it always had a big audience of people sitting on the benches and walking slowly in circles, listening carefully. It stayed up for so long that I thought PS1 might make it a permanent installation, like James Turrell's skylight. Alas, it had to come down, but other good things will come in its place.

A final note about the café: The reviews talking about how bad it is are obsolete. In 2012 the M.Wells diner took it over and now the food is amazing. It's not cheap, but it's a decent value, unlike the standard museum café (such as PS1's old one) that charge ridiculous prices for mediocre-to-poor-quality fare.

12/28/2011

I went here during the summer as I was visiting my brother and one of his friends wanted to check it out. I'm not really into analyzing art, but I like to go and just check out the stuff.

This place was kind of weird. Maybe I don't "understand" some of the exhibits they had, but there was some weird stuff going on. Right near the ticket desk, I kept hearing some little voice but could not figure out where the hell it was coming from. FInally, I saw some people staring down at this little hole in the floor....there was a tiny tv screen in the hole in the wood and it was some weird looking woman talking to whoever was watching. It was on a loop so it kept playing. I assume she was "talking" from hell, but I just didn't understand it. Freaked me out though.

Upstairs, there was an exhibit by this girl who took tons of pictures of herself, mostly crying and/or topless. Again, I just don't really get the point. There were walls filled with pictures of this same girl.

Another exhibit had a tv set up and on it was a video showing clips of a girl dancing to Britney Spears with random men. I read on the little plaque on the wall that this girl met these men online and would visit them and videotape her dancing to Britney while they pretty much just stood there. How is this art?

There were some other odd things but the coolest was this room that had no ceiling. It was wide open to the sky. We tried figuring out if it was fake but we just couldn't figure it out.

I would not go back here because it's weird and I don't understand it.

1/6/2012

PS1 Summer Warmup is an AMAZING way to spend a summer day in NY...features underground and up-and-coming artists. Wish it weren't $15 entrance fee though, I went 5 times last summer and the costs started adding up. Get a membership if you can.

Also, hydrate yourself beforehand as you cannot bring water bottles inside. Try not to use the bathrooms - bring your own toilet paper if you really have to go.

The actual museum exhibits are a hit or miss.

9/4/2011

I went to the warm up, waited in line, hoping for the best and paid a hefty 15 dollars to see some of the most uninteresting art I have ever laid my eyes on. So this is what you get, about 1,000 people standing is a supposedly artist signed courtyard (several white ribbons above us and un-poted trees in another small gravel court). Some bad house music with about 5 people dancing.

The exhibits, 8 rooms of strange films with three people dancing, and repeating the same thing over and over, spliced and in fast forward. Then there was the green square with a doll in the middle of the square and a sandwich bag over the body, and if I am not mistaken there was 2 off the same exact room dedicated to this "art" exhibit. I do not know who is on the board of directors of this "museum" but this is not art, and it makes me sad that people do not realize that the last 50+ years of art history actually contains real artists that real people can appreciate. This is a disgrace for the art world having to deal with so many non artists and having this represented in NYC supposedly an art super center....what a disgrace.

I recommend "The Cotton Candy Machine" if you would like to see some modern artists that actually inspire. Also sadly Chelsea is filled with horrible exhibits similar to MOMA PS1 case, such as the two by four glued to the white wall. Next time MOMA, just raise the price and put the whole place under construction, state that there is an amazing exhibit coming, and all there will be is 3 floors of orange cones, spaced in art patterns, and then maybe I will feel like I got my moneys worth.

1/29/2012

A few really cool exhibits saved this place in my opinion. AND i know some art snobs will read my review and say, "well good, we didnt want to procure art for those type of people anyway"  BUT, I like to draw a line here- sometimes things go a little too far and fail on 2 fronts- The pieces aren't pleasing and they dont make you think.

Any of these 2 Ill accept as being appropriate, but some of these art pieces are stupid and boring (before you laugh at those simple words, think about how people look at simple art and appreciate it for its simplicity, now look and stupid and boring and appreciate that)

The Office- was overwhelmingly cool, especially when juxtaposed to some petting zoo stuff.

The building is also, pretty cool.  Remember, the admission is suggested, you dont have to pay the $10

3/15/2013

Terrible front desk staff (the moody one who attended the reception desk on 03/15/13 at 1pm).

1/14/2013

Womp womp. I almost wondered if I walked into the wrong PS1 because I was so not impressed with anything here. Perhaps it's a better experience in the summer with the events and cooler exhibits but my experience totally fell flat. I don't really "get" modern art but I always give a try anyway, but I won't be giving MoMA PS1 another try any time soon.

7/9/2011

As a native Queens girl,  I will say this is a MUST experience for EVERYONE. I love PS1, the art, the performances, the space itself, Long Island City.

MUST SEE: JAMES TURRELL THE MEETING ROOM. its a quintessential part of the museum (3rd floor gallery open only during sunset fall - winter, and summer during Warm Up).

1/8/2012

I came here awhile back when I lived in NYC. I really enjoyed the Saturday Sessions, and their choices in exhibits. I don't feel like its a museum but more of an exhibition space that displays artists that can really hold your interest. Even if contemporary art isn't your "thing", I found that there is stuff displayed here that you really can't look away from. This is the first museum I ever went to that really helped me appreciate contemporary art and the true goal behind it.

I think you'll find that there is a lot crammed into what might at first seem like a small space, but it does take you some time to experience each room. I find that there exhibits usually take up a series of rooms, each depending on the artist can usually range of at least 3-4 rooms.

My bf and I had free passes the first time we went, but paid full price most of the other times we had gone. I feel that its worth paying the full price since this place is nonprofit and if you like what they do, help it continue. On Saturdays with the live music, and the cheap drinks I think $15 is worth the experience that could definitely make your weekend one to remember.

11/7/2010

LIC is definitely a developing place. Took a while to get myself to MoMA at P.S.1. I can't help but feel that some of the work here didn't make it to main museum because it just takes a little more than your typical art connoisseur to appreciate.

The exhibit I ended up catching at PS1 was a mixture of mixed media, performance and "way out there," art. Unfortunately, something I haven't got much an eye for.

However, I did enjoy the space PS1 though; as a native NYer public schools are closely tied to my childhood, and walking through the halls of PS1 brings that so many memories of being a kid. I thoroughly enjoy converted spaces, places that have a history but also are appreciated in many shapes and form (instead of tearing them down and building some less than inspiring and barren).

The cafe and bookstore are great. If I lived closer I'd totally love to spend more time in both those spaces. Cafe prices are a bit steep but the open layout makes for a good afternoon tucked away doing your own thing or catching up with friends.

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  bookstore (@ ps1)

  bookstore (@ ps1)
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  MoMa @ ps1

  MoMa @ ps1

1/6/2012

Their summer warm-up parties are pretty popular. I only went to one of them, but I had such a great time and would do it again and again.

We got here on a warm summer afternoon. My companion paid for me, which was nice. You enter into the place to a huge sand-filled area filled with all sorts of people in summer dresses, bermuda shorts, summerwear in general rocking out to the DJ. It was a house DJ when I went. They also serve beer, which I gladly partook in.

I met some friendly girls there and I got to talking to them and dancing, while my companion met up with his friends (they're super fun too, but I love meeting new people all the time). My new-found friends and I decided to check out the exhibits inside. They had all sorts of cool exhibits. I really liked the pool one where you can go underneath the pool area and peer through the glass/water. I can't remember many of the exhibits except for how I felt in each area. There was one where it was just a very bright ceiling (it was a skylight, but it almost seemed like a painting!). There was also something on the staircase, but I wasn't quite sure what it was. Some kind of decorations.

The bathrooms were sort of not clean and the lines were REALLY slow.

I went back outside and found my friends in the back. They also have big sculptures in the back area near the entrance.

Overall, I had a great time here. Very relaxing and chill. I would definitely recommend this spot 100%. I am planning on coming back here once summer rolls around.