SENSORIUM @ THE LIST CENTER
By BEN SLOAT The idea of humans having five senses comes from Aristotle, relating to his greater writings on perception, a condition he used to distinguish animals from plants. In…
Author Ben Sloat
Ben Sloat
Ben Sloat is a Boston-based photographer, critic, and curator. He is a founding contributor of Big RED & Shiny.
ASTRONAUTS, MONSTERS & SILICON FLOWERS @ GREEN STREET
By BEN SLOAT On view until September 9th at the Green Street Gallery is the multimedia exhibition Astronauts, Monsters, and Silicon Flowers. A dark and quirky rejoinder to the end…
TEMPORARY WALLS @ RHYS GALLERY
By BEN SLOAT Rarely does an art exhibition speak to the importance and advocacy of art itself. Temporary Walls, curated by Heidi Marston and Lydia Ruby, on exhibit at the…
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS AN OLD DOG: WILLIAM EGGLESTON IN THE REAL WORLD
By BENJAMIN SLOAT William Eggleston has the distinction of being among the most emulated of color photographers. Made famous by his groundbreaking and controversial solo show at MOMA in 1976,…
GROUP PORTRAIT @ PRC
By BEN SLOAT On view at the Photographic Resource Center until January 22nd is the exhibition of images titled Group Portrait. Comprised of work from five different photographers from the…
PUTTING THE “ART” IN MARTYR: ZHANG HUAN AT THE MFA
By BEN SLOAT Print this article In late September, the artist Zhang Huan did a performance entitled “My Boston” on the west lawn of the Museum of Fine Arts. Well…
A CONVERSATION WITH DAVID HILLIARD
By BEN SLOAT Print this article David Hilliard is a Boston-based photographer known for his unique multi-panel images that present complex, yet personal narratives. Represented by galleries in Los Angeles,…
PH15 @ CMAC
By BEN SLOAT Print this article At the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center until September 2nd is an exhibition called Cameras, Communities, Connections from a collective called ph15. The ph is…
ARTSPEAK (I KNOW JUST WHAT YOU’RE SAYING)
By BEN SLOAT Print this article As a city of world-class universities and art institutions, Boston attracts a wide variety of distinguished members of the art world to speak about…
GIRL CULTURE @ TUFTS UNIVERSITY
By BEN SLOAT Print this article Currently showing at the Tufts University Tisch Gallery is an exhibition by the photographer Lauren Greenfield titled “Girl Culture.” Greenfield photographs girls and young…
THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO HMM… HIROSHI SUGIMOTO @ MFA
By BEN SLOAT Print this article The Museum of Fine Arts currently has a photography show tucked away in the Japanese print gallery called Photographs by Hiroshi Sugimoto: The Sylvan…
THE ROMANCE OF YOUR UNSEEN NEIGHBORS: IN THE VERNACULAR @ BUAG
By BEN SLOAT Print this article From the photographic capture of commonplace social artifacts by Eugene Atget and Walker Evans to the lifestyle documentation in the “snapshot aesthetic” by Nan…
SUPPLY AND DEMAND: SHEPARD FAIREY @ GALLERY KATZ
By BEN SLOAT Print this article Gallery Katz in the South End currently has on exhibit until October 16th, a show by the artist Shepard Fairey. Famed for his ubiquitous…
THE ACTION FIGURE ARTIST: JOE FIG AT BERNARD TOALE GALLERY
By BEN SLOAT Print this article By means of the 3rd dimension used in minature, Joe Fig has happily provoked the nuances of what it is to be an art…
YOUNGSUK SUH @ CLIFFORD SMITH GALLERY
By BEN SLOAT Print this article In his new “Instant Traveler” show at Clifford Smith Gallery, Youngsuk Suh displays a large-scale photographic series of magnificent national park settings in Hawaii.…
CONCERNING THE SPIRITUAL IN ART @ THE PHOTOGRAPHIC RESOURCE CENTER
Two questions immediately arise upon confronting the title “Concerning the Spiritual in Photography”: “What is spiritual?” and “Why photography?” The word “spiritual”, much like the words “soul” and “moral”, carries…