Monet's Garden, New York City's latest immersive art exhibit, mixes beloved artist's work with fresh technology
NEW YORK -- Immersive exhibits continue to thrill New York City art lovers, and the latest one sets the work of Claude Monet to classical music with brilliant projections and high-tech interactions.
As CBS2's Dave Carlin reports, the 90-minute experience even smells great.
For her birthday, Yulia Omelich was gifted a surprise visit to the Monet art experience by Ulrika Drax Johansson.
"Claude Monet is by far my true hero in the art world," Omelich said.
The friends from Greenwich, Connecticut, took a kind of bath in Monet's Garden, celebrating the French painter who lived from 1840 to 1926.
"How he combined the colors with the nature and lilies, and the scent in this exhibition is absolutely everything. It's to die for," Omelich said.
The installation at Manhattan's 30 Wall St. fills you up with the color palette. You interact with brush strokes, and your nose will notice.
"It's the best thing, and also with the scent from water lilies, it's just incredible," Johansson said.
Nepomuk Schessl is executive producer of Monet's Garden.
"He started right in the 1800s, and the interesting thing is that he started when photography became more popular. He started to shift away his art ... so he was one of the first ones to start painting light and emotions," he explained. "Also, he invented impressionism. The way he used his brush, for example ... We also want visitors to have a certain interaction with the art, right, so that they feel connected."
You can put yourself in the art and create your own. Patrons can draw their own water lily and have it added to a digital pond.
For some, the journey peaks with a Monet-inspired electric hug, bursting with feel-good vibes you get from mixing a beloved artist with fresh technology.
Monet's Garden is up and running through Jan. 8. For more information on the exhibition and how to buy tickets, visit monetsgarden.venuetix.com.