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The Martin Creed show <\/a>at the Park Avenue Armory gave us much to think about plus\u00a0one great decorating idea. We’d normally find the ornate 1880’s dark wood-paneled grand corridor\u00a0rather oppressive \u2014unlike the astonishing 55,000 square foot Drill Hall. We found the space curiously modernized by Creed’s inspired black diagonal stripes, applied to the walls as though they were giant pieces of tape.<\/p>\n

\"Sally
Sally Schneider<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The stripes chill out the stern grandeur and gave the place a jazzy, subversive feeling we loved.<\/p>\n

\"Sally
Sally Schneider<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We never would have thought of applying such a radical fix to Victorian “dark”…<\/p>\n

\"Joshua
Joshua Bright for The New York Times<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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