art exhibit – Happens For A Reason

Hi friends! If you follow me on Instagram or like my Facebook page, then you are probably familiar with FrutaPop, a beverage company that has reinvented the ice pop with a boozy twist. Yes, these alcohol-infused ice pops or “poptails” exist, and they are so delicious. FrutaPOP also specializes in detox and coffee pops. All of their pops are made out of natural fruits and juices, and they offer seasonal flavors so your can have your pops year-round. With a poptail in hand, you’re brought back to your childhood days, with an adult twist of course.

Throughout the month of April, FrutaPOP has been proudly sponsoring The Art of POP: An Ode to Andy Warhol exhibition located at 548 West 28^th Street in Chelsea. Until the end of the month, this POP up exhibition will highlight work from artist and co-founder of FrutaPOP, Laurance Rassin. Rassin is also the artistic director and founding member of The New Blue Riders, a twenty-first century contemporary art movement. This POP up exhibition pays tribute to POP icon Andy Warhol. Pop Art is one of my favorite art movements, and I was delighted to see pop art pieces with a modern twist. If anyone wants to buy one of these pieces for me, please let me know 😉

Every Thursday during the month of April, FrutaPOP will host a series of poptail parties. Come join us on the 20^th and 27^th of this month. You’ll have the chance to try FrutaPOP’s limited edition, alcohol-infused “Andy POPs,” which feature some of Rassin’s Pop Art works from this exhibition on the label.

Please visit Eventbrite (click here) to get your free tickets to one of the next poptail parties!

The POP up exhibition is open until April 30^th, 2017, and hours are Tuesday – Saturday from 10am-5pm.

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Hope to see you on the 20^th and 27^th6-9pm!

Xx Marisa

I haven’t been to my favorite museum (the Metropolitan Museum of Art) in a long time, so I thought I’d do a throwback post on my favorite art exhibit to date: “China: Through the Looking Glass.”

Last spring and summer, the Met exhibited this combined fashion and art exhibit which examined the “impact of Chinese aesthetics on Western fashion and how China has fueled the fashionable imagination for centuries” (Metropolitan Museum of Art).

The exhibit was divided into smaller galleries presenting different themes of Chinese culture. These rooms were filled with haute couture, avant-garde, and even ready-to-wear fashion paired along with pieces of Chinese artworks and culture.

This exhibit was truly breath-taking. Through music, film, lighting, and technology, I felt as if I was transported into a different space and era each time I walked into a different room. Many times I caught myself thinking, “It’s hard to believe I’m still at the Met right now!”

My favorite room was the Porcelain Room, where high-fashion dresses incorporated blue and white porcelain patterns as well as actual Chinese porcelain. Of course my favorite piece was the stunning ball gown created by Chinese designer Guo Pei (6th photo featured below).