Peter Greenaway will be at the armory on December 4 for a special conversation about his massive installation of “Leonardo’s Last Supper”
Park Avenue Armory
643 Park Ave. at 67th St.
Tuesday – Sunday, December 3 – January 6, $15 (children ten and under free), 12 noon – 8:00 pm
212-933-5812
www.armoryonpark.org
Iconoclastic British director Peter Greenaway has made such films as THE DRAUGHTSMAN’S CONTRACT (1982), THE BELLY OF AN ARCHITECT (1987), THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER (1989), and THE PILLOW BOOK (1996) over the course of his controversial thirty-year career. Recently he has turned his attention on the art world, making digital documentaries and giving lectures on such masterpieces as Paolo Veronese’s “The Wedding at Cana” and Rembrandt’s “Night Watch” as part of his Nine Classical Paintings Revisited series. Greenaway’s multimedia examination of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper,” including a life-size re-creation of the work within a clone of its original home, in the Refectory of Santa Maria Delle Grazie, will be on view in the Park Avenue Armory from December 2 through January 6. “Leonardo’s Last Supper: A Vision by Peter Greenaway” will invite visitors into an immersive environment of light, sound, and illusion, offering new ways to look at the famous painting itself within its historical context as well as art in general. On December 1, Adam Lowe, founder and director of Factum Arte, will hold a lecture on “Duplicating da Vinci: The Art of Cloning a Masterpiece,” while Greenaway will participate in a special conversation on December 4 at 10:30 am about the unique installation. (Each event is $15 and does not include admission to the main gallery.)