{"id":2700,"date":"2007-09-03T23:54:12","date_gmt":"2007-09-04T07:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2007\/09\/julian_schnabel_to_villagers_chupi_mi_verga.html"},"modified":"2007-09-03T23:54:12","modified_gmt":"2007-09-04T07:54:12","slug":"julian_schnabel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/09\/julian_schnabel.html","title":{"rendered":"Julian Schnabel To Villagers: “Chupi Mi Verga”"},"content":{"rendered":"

First you paint that crazy new addition to your big West Village building<\/a> a peculiar bright pink<\/a>. The only thing left is to name it something cryptically pretentious<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“What’s a chalupa?” people once wondered, before a talking Chihuahua with a Mexican accent explained it all.<\/p>\n

Now, along the streets of the Far West Village, a new question is echoing: “What’s a chupi?”<\/p>\n

Whatever it means, it’s the name of Julian Schnabel’s new hot-pink high-rise nearing completion at 360 W. 11th St.<\/p>\n

. . .<\/p>\n

The Venetian retro-style residential building involved constructing an 11-story addition above an existing three-story former stable. A plain concrete slab that topped the old facade has been incorporated into the project and inscribed with “Palazzo Chupi” — “palazzo” meaning “palace” or “mansion” in Italian, and “chupi” meaning, well . . . it’s anyone’s guess.<\/p>\n

Schnabel, a painter and award-winning filmmaker, did not reply to an e-mail request for explanation.<\/p>\n

Kelly, who is involved on site in the construction of the 11th St. building, said he doesn’t know.<\/p>\n

“I actually can’t tell you what it means,” he said “It’s just Palazzo Chupi. I don’t think it’s Italian.”<\/p>\n

. . .<\/p>\n

Assuming “chupi” isn’t Italian, there are some other possibilities.<\/p>\n

It means “kisses” in Spanish — but “underpants” in Swahili. In Tagalog, it translates into “get lost.” And, in Peru’s indigenous Quechua language, chupi is potato soup.<\/p>\n

In Hindi, it means “hidden.” “Chupi Chupi” is the title of a hugely popular Bollywood movie. Wait a second: Palazzo Chupi — Hidden Palace. That could work. But then why did Schnabel paint it hot pink? Some might say he could have picked a less conspicuous color for a hidden palace.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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