Sweet like candy: Balloon Dog Yellow by Jeff Koons. (Photos by C-M.)
There are days a girl wants art that’s big and shiny, art that can be admired while sipping a frozen margarita and getting a tan. Until some Caribbean resort decides to do a sculptural installation (probably not that far off), there is always the roof of the Met, where you can currently catch the sight of some over-sized pieces by Jeff Koons. (I admit: I dig the balloon dog.) It’s good clean fun, in an Ibiza foam party kind of way.
The show is up until October 26th.
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Vino, Foxy Lady and Drank in Florence, Italy. (Photo by 18K.)
Hey Folks: As you’ll notice, C-Monster has a new look. After tinkering with buggy layouts that were inserting spam code for boner drugs in my page (the nerve!!), I should hopefully be rocking and rolling. Or at least humming my favorite lite music favorites. xox, C.
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Artist unknown: desktop wallpaper on a Vandal Squad computer. (Photo by C-M.)
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