By KATHLEEN BITETTI Greetings to all. I am honored to have been asked to write for Big Red & Shiny, and rather than duplicate my FYI column in artsMEDIA, I am going to write a column that addresses timely public…
By MICAH J. MALONE As Big, Red and Shiny enters year three I am reminded of our first issue two years ago. Sean Horton was editor then and asked me to write about the “Rare Vermeer” that was then on…
By THOMAS MARQUET Nayda Collazo-Llorens’ Mindscapes is a conceptually coherent and thoughtfully installed exhibition. However, despite the quality of its assembly, it is of limited impact as a whole. Its efforts to create a Gestamkunstwerk work best as a well-conceived…
By CHRISTIAN HOLLAND “You are a brave man,” Raishad Glover said to me with subtle sympathy as he wheeled me, head first, into the Coach TV performance space at last weekend’s performance art festival in Fort Point, aptly called Contaminate.…
By MATTHEW NASH My first impression of “We Made It”, the first exhibition for fledgling Second Gallery, was: “I’m too old to get this show.” No, Charles Giuliano has not hijacked my body, and yes, I am still under thirty,…
By ROSIE BRANSON GILL Being semi-exposed is both daring and cautious. Like dipping one toe into a cold lake, it permits us to experiment safely. We take comfort in the knowledge that we never have to commit to complete, naked…
By BIG RED STAFF PREDICTIONS by MATTHEW NASH PREDICTIONS by MICAH J. MALONE PREDICTIONS by RACHEL GEPNER PREDICTIONS by MATTHEW GAMBER It may be Big RED’s second birthday, but we are not about looking back and harping on the…