Home is where the art is

♪ ANTHONY: THERE IS ONE IN EVERY TOWN, THE BOLD STATEMENT. THE HOUSE OR THE HORSE AS IT WERE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR. YOU MIGHT CALL THEM ART HOUSES. THEY CAN RANGE FROM HIGH CONCEPT TO FULL ON CRACKPOT. FOR THESE FOLKS, HOME IS NOT JUST THEIR CASTLE. IT IS THEIR CANVAS. HOME IS WHERE THE ART IS. ANNOUNCER: THIS IS "CHRONICLE" ON WCVB CHANNEL 5. ♪ >> COME ON INTO OUR WORLD. THIS IS A SINGLE PIECE OF ART. YOU CAN JUST WALK INSIDE ART ITSELF. YOU CAN FEEL ENERGY FROM EVERYWHERE LIKE A BIG WHALE SWALLOWED YOU AND YOU ARE INSIDE WANDERING AROUND. ANTHONY: TO ENTER THE MUSEUM IS TO BE IMMERSED IN A TEMPLE OF COLOR. >> WE CALL IT A MUSEUM BECAUSE IT IS A HOUSE WHERE THE MUSES ARE LIVING. PEOPLE SAY WHAT STYLE YOU WORK IN? HAS A MAGIC. >> FOR YOU IT IS MAGIC. FOR US IT IS REALITY. ANTHONY: THE FORMER MASONIC HALL OUTSIDE OF DAVIS HALL IN SOMERVILLE IS THE HOME OF THESE TWO. EVERY LAST SQUARE INCH OF IT, DOWN TO THE BATHROOM SINK, A REJECTION OF THE ORDINARY WORLD. >> THEY THINK LIFE WAS AWFUL, DOESN’T MATTER WHAT WAS HAPPENED. EVERYTHING IS AWFUL. NO. LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL. MAKE IT AS BEAUTIFUL. ANTHONY: THE MARRIED COUPLE MOVED HERE FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE AND 30 DOLLARS IN THEIR POCKET. THEY BOUGHT THIS BUILDING AND EMBARKED ON THEIR INVESTORS PROJECT, CREATING EVERY PIECE OF ART TOGETHER, IMPROVISING AND DISCOVERING ALONG THE WAY. >> YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT IS INSIDE. YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS GOING TO GIVE. ANTHONY: THEY CONSIDER CONVENTIONAL MUSEUMS MAUSOLEUM’S WERE EVERYTHING IS DEAD. THEY SAY THEIRS IS ALIVE WITH CREATIVE SPIRIT. >> HERE EVERYTHING IS ALIVE. PEOPLE DANCING, SINGING, READING, ENJOYING THE LIFE. ALL OF THIS IS WELCOME HERE. ANTHONY: THE MUSEUM ISN’T OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO PRIVATE VISITS CAN BE ARRANGED IN BETWEEN CREATIVE BURSTS OF GORSUCH ONCE STARTED CAN’T ALWAYS -- BURSTS WHICH ONCE STARTED CAN’T ALWAYS BE STOPPED. LIKE CRACKING A NUT. ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HAVE A PILE OF NUTS. ANTHONY: FROM ONE LOVE STORY TO ANOTHER. >> ROSEY, HER WONDER WOMAN. ANTHONY: THE NEW ENGLAND BACK COUNTRY IS RICH WITH ROADSIDE ODDITIES AND IN THE BACKWOODS OF THE BERKSHIRES, HIS PLACE MIGHT BE THE MOTHER LODE. >> WANT PEOPLE TO NOTICE. ANTHONY: ROSIE WAS HIS WEIGHT -- LATE WIFE. LOST IN A CAR ACCIDENT IN 2009. THE HOUSE PAINTER KEEPS A FRESH COAT ON THE BARN OUT FRONT. >> WE HAVE PICTURES TAKEN EVERY DAY. ANTHONY: HIS ATTENTION TO DETAIL DON’T STOP WITH A PAINT JOB AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF DETAILS. >> PERKS YOU UP A LITTLE BIT. ANTHONY: THIS IS NOT THE FIRST PLUNGE INTO THE COLOR POOL. >> THE FIRST HOUSE WAS COMPLETELY ORANGE WITH A GREEN STEM. WE KNOW WHERE WE LIVE. ANTHONY: ROSIE HAD A FEW QUIRKS OF HER OWN. SHE WAS AN INSATIABLE COLLECTOR OF COOKIE JARS. >> COOKIE JARS. ANTHONY: THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE IS NOT DOWN HERE IN THIS STORAGE ROOM. >> THIS IS ROSIE IN A COOKIE JAR. ANTHON A FITTING TRIBUTE. THERE COULD NOT BE A MORE FITTING TRIBUTE. IN SOMERVILLE, THE MUSEUM OF MODERN RENAISSANCE, THEY HAVE PETITIONED TO HAVE THEIR HOME LISTED AS A NATIONAL HISTORIC MONUMENT BUT NOT BECAUSE OF THE ARTWORK. SHAYNA: IN 1920 A FAMOUS GURU FROM INDIA MADE SEVERAL A. SINCE IN THAT ROOM. -- MADE TO SEVERAL APPEARANCES IN THAT ROOM. AND THEN INTRODUCED YOGA FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. IT STUCK AROUND. AN