Elliot Carter, dead at 103
Monday, legendary composer Elliot Carter passed away after 103 years on this planet. I think that it’s safe to say that Carter lived through most of the recent musical movements…
Author John Pyper
John Pyper
John is an independent writer and curator. He was the Editor in Chief of Big Red & Shiny from 2012-13 and Journal Editor through June 2014. John has written for Art New England, Art Papers, Artsfuse.org, Artwrit.com, DailyServing.com, the New American Paintings blog, Printeresting.org and others.
New Los Angeles hip hop videos tapping into cinematic poetry
I’ve been very impressed by the visuals contained in hip hop videos coming out of Los Angeles. It’s not just one person, or one label– it seems to be all…
In the Holocene, MIT
This week you have two excuses to go see MIT’s “In the Holocene.” I’m not sure you need an excuse with such a tight show, but you have two nonetheless.…
Preview: Ahmed Alsoudani
By John Pyper October 10, 2012 I remember the day that George Herbert Walker Bush ordered the invasion of Kuwait/Iraq and began what is now called the Gulf…
Hartford Art School
We had some interesting responses to our report that Hartford Art School and Hartford University were facing cuts to their humanities and arts programming in favor of more lucrative programs.…
Circa 1963, a History Lesson
Opening a year of exhibitions celebrating the 50th anniversary of Harvard’s Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts is Circa 1963. The work on display is supposed to represent the artistic…
The Nave Gallery- INVESTED LANDSCAPE II, Landscapes Through A Diffracting Lens
One of my favorite galleries in the Boston area is more accurately in the Davis Sq area. The Nave, besides being a place where young curators (including me) have regularly…
Real Art Ways, Sept 2012
Before BR&S got back into full swing, I got a bit of a break and took off to see friends and art up and down the eastern seaboard. Along the…
Hello World
Greetings everyone! So this is the new BR&S and we couldn’t be more excited to be back! Our relaunch has been a long journey of invisible labor that started around…
RIVANE NEUENSCHWANDER @ NEW MUSEUM
By JOHN PYPER Till September 19th, the New Museum in Manhattan has a mid-career retrospective for Brazilian artist Rivane Neuenschwander. The works gathered in A Day Like Any Other Day…
STEFFEN SCHLEIERMACHER @ THE NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY
By JOHN PYPER The New England Conservatory and the Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice (SICPP) demonstrated their commitment to new music by devoting an evening at Jordan Hall to…
CARLIN WING @ ANTHONY GREANEY
By JOHN PYPER Carlin Wing has a habit of pointing a camera up at the ceiling. Up there, on the blank ceiling, is nothing. Maybe some weird old marks, a…