New Take On ‘Last Supper’ At Park Avenue Armory

December 1, 2010 2:43 PM

Visitors enjoy a preview of the multimedia installation “Leonardo’s Last Supper: A Vision by Peter Greenaway,” in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. The installation, which is based on Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper,” opens to the public on Friday, Dec. 3. 2010. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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NEW YORK (AP) - A new multimedia installation in Manhattan will offer new ways to see and interpret Leonardo Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.”

The Park Avenue Armory show reproduces the 15th century painting with a 40-minute sound-and-light show.

The “clone” painting is set within a full-scale replica of the 4,000-square-foot dining hall at Santa Maria Delle Grazie. The convent in Milan houses the original work.

“Leonardo’s Last Supper: A Vision by Peter Greenaway” opens on Thursday.

LINK: Park Avenue Armory

The work by the Welsh-born filmmaker and multimedia artist fills the armory’s cavernous former drill hall.

The armory’s president, Rebecca Robertson, calls Greenaway’s installation “an incredible multimedia reverie.”

The show ends Jan. 6.