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By Raina BelleauSeptember 27, 2017 0

Crossing Borders at Periphery Space

Crossing Borders is a reflection of intercultural identity, both for the artists represented and for the larger society in which we operate. At times it feels like a celebration, sometimes like a confrontation, while yet other moments take a more…

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By Josh FischerSeptember 26, 2017 0

Focal Points: Anthony Palocci Jr. at How’s Howard?

A used bar of pink soap. The glowing face of an alarm clock. An open beer can. Door knobs. A utility van’s handle. These are some of the subjects of Anthony Palocci Jr.’s straightforward yet enigmatic series of small paintings…

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By Olivia KiersSeptember 19, 2017 0

Neither Forbidden nor Forgotten: Ariel Basson Freiberg & Lavaughan Jenkins

This September, painter Ariel Basson Frieberg fearlessly explores figure painting through two striking gallery shows: Ariel Basson Freiberg: Trespass Daughter at Howard Yezerski Gallery (September 8–October 10), and Reconfigure with fellow Boston-based painter Lavaughan Jenkins at Abigail Ogilvy Gallery (September…

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By Frank RednerSeptember 19, 2017 0

Pedro Cruz: Mis Raíces

On the cusp of its 50-year anniversary, Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción’s Villa Victoria Center for the Arts provides the surrounding community with cultural enrichment. Events, programming, and exhibitions created by the Latino community center their perspectives and ruminations on identity,…

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By Chanel ThervilSeptember 14, 2017 0

Inside/Out: Chanel Thervil | Visual Articulations of Pain

Big Red & Shiny is pleased to welcome Chanel Thervil as our next Inside/Out artist in residence. Working in sculpture, painting, installation, and public art works, Thervil balances roles of visual artist, community activist, and arts educator. Her newest body…

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By Catherine GraffamAugust 22, 2017 0

Review: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

“The Heart is a Lonely Hunter,” is comprised of five young artists, hung along the narrow walls of Sulloway & Hollis law offices in Concord, New Hampshire. The unconventional setting provided meaningful context for the work presented here, all of…

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By Silvi NaciAugust 22, 2017 0

Confronting Legacies: Magda Fernández

If you ever have the pleasure of meeting the fascinating Magda Fernández, you will be encapsulated by her engaging ways of storytelling, kindness, and laughter. Her work is brilliant, raw, captivating, hard to watch, and yet very intriguing. Her way…

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By Matthew LawrenceAugust 17, 2017 0

Horenstein and Fink at the Newport Art Museum

The Newport summer is marked by a few large music festivals, events that have drawn the biggest names in jazz and folk to the island since 1954 and 1959, respectively. This year the Newport Art Museum has decided to join…

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By Ross NormandinAugust 17, 2017 2

Inside/Out: I Cut My Own Hair Now

Enter, sit, read magazine, wait. Then—hair cut. The thought of having a conversation with a stranger while they touch my head and cut my hair has always given me anxiety. I’ve never actually had to go through that because my…

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By Stace BrandtAugust 9, 2017 1

The Philosophy Behind Matter & Light: A Talk with Ian Corbin

When Matter & Light director, Ian Corbin, describes his life’s origin, it is almost unbelievable. This, in part, is due to his aesthetic: he’s on the couch in the back of the gallery finishing up an email on his MacBook…

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By Leah Triplett HarringtonAugust 8, 2017 0

Sensual, Tactile, Experiential: Amy Beecher at GRIN

Amy Beecher sat cross-legged and casual on a magenta carpet in a thoroughly pink and red room on a warm Saturday night in May. Speaking in a clear, precise, and uninflected lilt, Beecher read aloud to an audience surrounding her,…

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By Lilly SaywitzJuly 26, 2017 0

Charlotte Moth: Postcards as Placeholders

Upon entering the Paris-based Charlotte Moth’s exhibition Seeing While Moving at the MIT List Visual Arts Center I felt an overwhelming sense of nostalgia. While the show has since closed to the public, its sentiment is timely. In a pop culture…

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By Silvi NaciJuly 25, 2017 0

Nari Ward: Neutralize Naturalization

Sun Splashed: Nari Ward, the artist’s largest survey to date, is now on view at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. Organized by Ruth Erickson, Mannion Family Curator, with Jessica Hong, Curatorial Associate, this show couldn’t have come at a…

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By Silvi NaciJuly 20, 2017 0

Lupe Mojada: Interview with Jimena Bermejo

In this conversation with dancer and performance artist Jimena Bermejo, we explore the interdependent themes of belonging, immigration, borders, and human relationships in regards to dance and performance art. With a background in dance and theater, Bermejo’s practice centers on…

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By Ross NormandinJuly 19, 2017 0

Inside/Out: Like New Plants, They’re New Friends

Every Saturday morning I water plants and draw cartoons. Before that I drink coffee and eat a quick breakfast, usually toast. My watering can was produced by Union Products, Inc. in Leominster, which was a major plastic manufacturing city in…

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By Leah Triplett HarringtonJuly 18, 2017 1

Activist Artist: An Interview with Ann Lewis

Earlier this spring, Ann Lewis drove from Detroit to Boston to create a four-story mural. This wasn’t just any mural. Lewis would paint the mural on a building in Boston’s historic South End and would work with residents of the…

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By Frank RednerJuly 5, 2017 0

Jesse Kaminsky at The Distillery Gallery

Jesse Kaminsky, a Boston-based artist and DJ, makes work that oozes and crystallizes, and his radio show focuses on matters science fiction and the extraterrestrial. In his new exhibition, Scoped, on view at The Distillery Gallery through July 6, his sculptures and medium-scale installation center…

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By Alexander CastroJune 29, 2017 0

Stuart Diamond at Rhode Island College’s Bannister Gallery

A green, furry fiend lingers in the center of A Brief Case, one of Stuart Diamond’s latest paintings. Behind this Grinch-like ghoul, the scales of justice teeter on an elephant trunk, imperiled. A curtain of flame sizzles in the distance.…

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By Josh FischerJune 27, 2017 0

Interview with Allison Smith

On September 16th, visitors to Cambridge Common Park may do a double take when they encounter a large black Windsor chair in the midst of the numerous war memorials and monuments. Curious passersby may sit with a friend or stranger…

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By Julianna ThibodeauxJune 27, 2017 0

Stilled Ambition, Enduring Truth: Ana Mendieta

Ana Mendieta (1948-1985) wasn’t the first, nor will she be the last female artist to use her own body, feminine processes, and the stuff of the earth in her art—of her generation, Judy Chicago and Kiki Smith immediately come to…

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