Description: Cembalest on the Whitney's projects at the Park Ave. Armory and how New Yorkers approach art.

Question: What did you think of the Whitney Biennial this year?

Transcript: I could not really see the Whitney, enough to judge it. I will tell you though that I went to the Armory, you know that there’s a branch of the Whitney in the Armory, and I took my 12 year-old nephew, and he loved it. A lot of the work is very accessible, for example, at the Armory. What's fun about the Armory too is that you don’t know what’s around the corner. That’s what fun about the show like that, and I would say actually that’s the case of this biennial where maybe in certain other biennials the work was a little more familiar, so you are like “okay, I see it, I see it,” This biennial was may be a little more surprising that you did not really know exactly what was going be around the corner, so that’s what’s fun about seeing those shows.

Question: How Do New Yorkers Approach Art?

Transcript: I think New Yorkers in general feel very close to art. I think a lot of people grew up going to the museums. I think there are so many artists here and people involved it the art world that even people who aren’t in the art world might know artists. The idea of having the art in your house, whether it’s a Jeff Koons or your friend next door who has taken beautiful photos, is a very accepted concept. So, people expect to see art everywhere. There is interesting public art in New York that brings people and it makes them more aware of art. So, I think there is a very close relationship between New Yorkers and art.

Recorded on: 1/14/08