A REPORT FROM THE PHANTOM ZONE
By STEVE AISHMAN Art as Cultural Weapon Here are some things I was thinking about, but know nothing about. *All of this may be wrong or taken out of context,…
Author Steve Aishman
Steve Aishman
Steve Aishman is a former resident of the Phantom Zone. Since his escape he has been a regular contributor Big RED & Shiny.
A REPORT FROM THE PHANTOM ZONE
By STEVE AISHMAN The Phantom Zone’s Boston Gallery Map The Phantom Zone’s Boston Gallery Map including a suggested 1 mile walking path. Click here to view the full map so…
A REPORT FROM THE PHANTOM ZONE
By STEVE AISHMAN Dust – To remove dust (as in cleaning) Dust – To apply dust (as in fingerprinting) Bound – Moving (“I was bound for Chicago”) Bound – Unable…
A REPORT FROM THE PHANTOM ZONE
By STEVE AISHMAN Editor’s Note: This installment of Steve Aishman’s “Report From The Phantom Zone” may have been written in collaboration with his wife and long-time Big RED contributor, Heidi…
A REPORT FROM THE PHANTOM ZONE
By STEVE AISHMAN “The Six Mistakes of Man” The delusion that personal gain is made by crushing others. The tendency to worry about things that cannot be changed or corrected.…
LOOKING FOR DADA AT SCOPE HAMPTONS
By STEVE AISHMAN Whatever happened to mindless creation? In a world that rationalizes war, where is the defiant irrationality? Where is the ethical anarchy? The Socratic cynicism? I went to…
THE PRIVATIZING OF LEISURE (OR HOW I LEARNED TO STOP HAVING FUN)
By STEVE AISHMAN I watched a new neighbor move-in over the past few days. Most of her big boxes included multiple types of exercise equipment (abs, arms, cardio), HD TV’s…
A REPORT FROM THE PHANTOM ZONE
By STEVE AISHMAN “You see, visiting art exhibitions is a terrible act of violence that we perpetrate on ourselves.” – Trotsky “He has helped to preserve, protect, and present the…
A REPORT FROM THE PHANTOM ZONE
By STEVE AISHMAN SUBJECT: FAQ (Fairly Asinine Questions) Asinine:[‘æ-sê-nIn] marked by inexcusable failure to exercise intelligence or sound judgment of, relating to, or resembling an ass My third grade teacher…
SUNTEK CHUNG @ SAMSON PROJECTS
By STEVE AISHMAN So, I’m at SunTek Chung’s opening @ Samson Projects and I meet this guy. “Where are you from?” I ask him. “Well, I was born in California,…
DOUGLAS WEATHERSBY @ KINGSTON GALLERY
By STEVE AISHMAN Douglas Weathersby’s current exhibitions at three different sites can each be viewed as individual exhibitions, but they can also be viewed as one large, multi-state exhibition. More…
IRRELEVANT ARTWORK JAMMING THE TURNSTILES? APPARENTLY NOT!
By STEVE AISHMAN View Steve Aishman’s video. Quicktime, 2mb A few months back, I was standing at the West entrance to the MFA Boston on a Wednesday at 3:50…
UNDER THE FORT @ RHYS GALLERY
By STEVE AISHMAN Anyone who has a great older brother or sister knows that the defining quality of a great sibling is not if she defended me on the playground…
CRAIG DRENNEN @ SAVANNAH GALLERY, ATLANTA
By STEVE AISHMAN Do you know anyone who remembers when they were a child and would paint or draw all the time but then also remembers the first time they…
99% FAILURE (OR HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE WHITNEY BIENNIAL)
By STEVE AISHMAN “I found the Palace of Green Porcelin, when we approached it about noon, deserted and falling into ruin. Only ragged vestiages of glass remained in its windows,…
A LETTER TO THE EDITORS
By STEVE AISHMAN I am writing this letter to Big Red because I realized the other day that I am stalking Bill Arning, the curator of the MIT List Visual…
YOU ARE MY SECRET @ CLIFFORD SMITH
By STEVE AISHMAN Print this article I remember walking by the teacher’s lounge when I was nine years old and I saw some teachers preparing a birthday cake. The teacher…
LAST RADIO ON: MATTHEW GAMBER @ GALLERY KAYAFAS
By STEVE AISHMAN Print this article I once met a man who collected Beanie Babies. He had thousands of them; ranging from inexpensive Scorch to ultra-collectablePeanut. Like any good collector,…