Was the Art Production Fund's Good & Plenty benefit an over-the-top party, or a knowing parody of one? During cocktails at the Park Road Armory, servers offered Gouda lollipops from headpieces formed like cheese wedges and witty performance artist Johnson McNamara endured frozen in several lounge lizard positions. Whimsical as the effect was, planning the nonprofit's second fundraising extravaganza was no ruse. "It was considerably more intense than putting together a wedding, " APF co-founder Yvonne Force Villareal said. Tell that to Miss Middleton.
In addition to honoring Estée Lauder's John Demsey and curator and critic Clarissa Dalrymple, the business managed to turn some of New York's most sought-after artists into party planners. Will Cotton collaborated with chef David Burke on the menu, which included sausage skewers stepped into heads of iceberg lettuce; Jeff Koons designed a plate; and the lipstick-smeared napkins on the tables were Dan Colen's creative idea of what to do with a bunch of MAC products. Elise Øverland left with a pile of them, having stated Burke she'd make him an kitchen apron.
It's the height of the season of art bashes in New york, with each benefit trying to upstage the last. "I am thoroughly partied out. I have a sore tonsils, " John Currin griped. On the upside, he added, "Aimee Mullins looks hot as hell. I was sort of checking her out and I got caught.
As cotton candy and cupcakes were served, Amy Sacco viewed a nude performance artist who was seated on a corporate and littering a floor with notes she'd taken about revelers in her immediate vicinity. Sacco ignored the urge to pick them up and take a peek, but the thought surpassed her mind. "Talk about good chat, " she said.
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