♪ >> THERE IS ONE IN EVERY TOWN, THE BOLD STATEMENT.
NOT AFRAID TO STRUT ITS STUFF.
THE HOUSE, OR HORSE, AS IT WERE, OF A DIFFERENT COLOR.
YOU MIGHT CALL THEM ART HOUSES.
AND THEY CAN RANGE FROM HIGH CONCEPT TO FULL ON CRACKPOT.
FOR THESE FOLKS, HOME ISN’T JUST THEIR CASTLE, IT IS THEIR CANVAS.
HOME IS WHERE THE ART IS.
THIS IS CHRONICLE COME ON WCVB GENTLE FIVE.
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>> HELLO.
THIS PLACE IS SINGLE PIECE OF ART, AND YOU CAN JUST WALK INSIDE ART ITSELF.
AND FEEL THE ENERGY FROM EVERYWHERE, LIKE A BIG WHALE SWALLOWS YOU COME AND YOU ARE JUST INSIDE WANDERING AROUND.
>> TO ENTER THE MUSEUM OF MODERN RENAISSANCE IS TO BE EMERGED -- IS TO BE IMMERSED IN A TEMPLE OF COLOR.
MYTH AND MAGIC.
>> CALL IT A MUSEUM WHERE IT IS ALIVE.
SOMEBODY ASKED ME WHAT STYLE ARE YOU GUYS WORKING.
I SAID MAGICAL.
>> BECAUSE FOR YOU IT IS MAGIC.
FOR US IT IS REALITY.
>> INDEED, THIS FORMER MASONIC HALL OUTSIDE DAVIS SQUARE IN SOMERVILLE IS THE HOME OF KATYA AND KOLYA.
EVERY LAST SQUARE INCH OF IT, A REJECTION OF THE DRAB, ORDINARY WORLD OUTSIDE ITS DOORS.
>> THEY THINK ALL LIFE IS AWFUL.
I AM AWFUL, EVERYTHING IS AWFUL.
NO, NO, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL.
MAKE IT AS BEAUTIFUL.
>> THIS MARRIED COUPLE MOVED HERE FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE, AND $30 IN THEIR POCKET.
IN 2000 TWO THEY BOUGHT THIS BUILDING AND EMBARKED ON THEIR AMBITIOUS PROJECT, CREATING EVERY PIECE OF ART TOGETHER, IMPROVISING AND DISCOVERING ALONG THE WAY.
>> WHEN YOU OPEN THE BOOK, YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT’S INSIDE.
YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS GOING TO BE.
WHAT STORY WILL EMERGE.
>> THEY CONSIDER CONVENTIONAL MUSEUMS MAUSOLEUMS WHERE EVERYTHING IS DEAD, ACCORDING TO THEM.
BY CONTRAST, KOLYA AND KATYA SAY THERE IS IS ALIVE WITH ENERGY AND CREED IF SPIRIT WITH FREQUENT CONCERTS.
>> HERE EVERYTHING IS ALIVE, PEOPLE DANCING, SINGING, READING POETRY, LAUGHING, ENJOYING THE LIFE.
ALL THE MUSES ARE WELCOME HERE.
THIS IS ONE OF THEM RIGHT HERE NEXT TO ME.
>> THE MUSEUM OF MODERN RENAISSANCE IS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT PRIVATE VISITS CAN BE ARRANGED COME IN BETWEEN CREATIVE BURSTS, OF COURSE, WHICH ONCE STARTED CANNOT ALWAYS
BE STOPPED.
>> IT IS LIKE EATING NUTS.
YOU CRACK ONE, YOU CANNOT HAVE ONE.
CRACK, CRACK, CRACK, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HAVE A WHOLE PILE OF NUTS.
>> FROM ONE LOVE STORY TO ANOTHER.
>> THAT WAS HER, WONDER WOMAN.
>> THE NEW ENGLAND BACKCOUNTRY IS RICH WITH ROADSIDE ODDITIES, AND BOB DUPONT’S PLACE IN LEE MIGHT BE THE MOTHER LOAD.
>> I WANT PEOPLE TO NOTICE.
>> ROSIE, YOU SEE, IS DUPONT’S LATE WIFE, LOST IN A CAR ACCIDENT IN 2009.
AS A TRIBUTE, THIS RETIRED HOUSE PAINTER KEEPS A FRESH COAT ON THE OLD BARN OUT FRONT.
>> WE HAVE PICTURES TAKEN EVERY DAY.
THE LOOK OF OF COURSE, DUPONT’S ATTENTION TO DETAIL DOES NOT STOP WITH IT PAINT JOB.
AND ARE PLENTY OF DETAILS.
>> THE COLOR IS NICE, PERKS YOU UP A LITTLE BIT.
>> THIS IS NOT DUPONT’S FIRST PLUNGE OFF THE DEEP END INTO THE COLOR POOL.
>> WITH A GREEN STEM.
WHAT CAN WE SAY?
THEY KNEW WHERE WE LIVE.
>> ROSIE HERSELF HAD A FEW QUIRKS OF HER OWN.
>> FOLLOW ME ON IN.
>> SHE WAS AN INSATIABLE COLLECTOR OF COOKIE JARS.
>> COOKIE JARS AND COOKBOOKS.
500 COOKIE JARS PLUS.
>> APPARENTLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE IS NOT DOWN IN THE STORAGE ROOM.
>> ROSIE IS UPSTAIRS IN A COOKIE JAR.
THIS IS ROSIE IN A COOKIE JAR.
SHAYNA: BACK TO SOMERVILLE AND THE MUSEUM OF MODERN RENAISSANCE, KOLYA AND CATCH A BANK F PETITION TO HAVE THE BUILDING DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK, AND IT HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH THEIR ARTWORK.
IT TURNS OUT THAT IN 1920, A FAMOUS GURU FROM INDIA MADE A SERIES OF APPEARANCES IN THAT BIG HALL.
THEN A UNITARIAN CHURCH, INTRODUCING YOGA TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST T