2017 November

Feature

By Karolina HacNovember 28, 2017 0

The Artist in a Lab Coat: Mark Dion at the ICA/Boston

“The ‘21st-century naturalist,’” curator Ruth Erickson explains in an introductory text to the exhibition Mark Dion: Misadventures of a 21st-Century Naturalist currently on view at ICA/Boston, “investigates nature as part of culture and society rather than separate from them—exploring how folk…

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By Josh FischerNovember 28, 2017 0

Family Resemblances: Matt Keegan at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts

In Matt Keegan’s 45-minute video Generation – the centerpiece of his solo exhibition at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts – he takes a deceptively simple approach to tackle the knotty intersections of family and identity with funny, thought-provoking…

Feature

By Olivia KiersNovember 16, 2017 0

Painful Performances: Contemporary Chinese Art

It is now almost ten years after the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and sixteen since China joined the World Trade Organization. Three decades have elapsed since the Tiananmen Square protests, and half a century since the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.…

Articles

By Chanel ThervilNovember 16, 2017 1

Inside/Out: Part 3 | Visual Articulations of Joy

“A book, or a work of art [culture] cannot by itself change the world, but by asking the questions that matter, it might attempt to be an act of articulation against violence, both the brutal and casual kinds. It might…

Articles

By Taney RonigerNovember 14, 2017 0

Art and the Flag of Exile

“May you live in interesting times.” – Chinese curse With the fate of the planet hanging precariously in the balance, there’s at least one thing about which we can all be certain: we are living in interesting times. While it’s…

Reviews

By Libby LangsnerNovember 13, 2017 0

Who Am I? In Trump’s America

Drive-By Project’s Who Am I? The Sequel successfully deals with the anxiety of Trump’s America. On view through November 11, a year after the 2016 election, the thematic group exhibition provided a response to our volatile political climate. Like the…

Reviews

By Catherine GraffamNovember 9, 2017 0

Nothing is Permanent: Samson Projects’ Departing Exhibition

Anchoring the SoWa district of Boston on Harrison Ave is Samson, a veteran gallery venerated for showing contemporary and meaningful exhibitions over the last 14 years. Their current (and final) show, “Immigrancy” focuses on the concepts of mobility and movement…

Reviews

By Jacqueline HoutonNovember 9, 2017 1

Coming Face-to-Face with The Enemy at the MIT Museum

Slip the straps of the eight-pound backpack over your shoulders, buckle it around your waist, and try not to tense up as an attendant tightens your virtual-reality headset. In a moment, the large, mostly empty room at the MIT Museum…

Reviews

By Raina BelleauNovember 7, 2017 0

Painters & Photographers at Reilly Gallery, Providence College

Painters & Photographers, curated by Jamilee Lacy, starts the gears turning with it’s title. Are these paintings or are they photographs? Yes, most of the artists presented use traditional photo processes to create their images, film, camera, enlarger, etc., but…

Interviews

By Chanel ThervilNovember 6, 2017 0

Feeling Continuity’s Embrace In: Wole Soyinka, Antiquities Across Times and Place

“Identity intersects other times and places to survive histories we’ve come through.”- Awam Amkpa Curated by Awam Amkpa, Professor, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, WOLE SOYINKA: Antiquities Across Times and Place is the first exhibition composed of African art…

Magazine

By Julianna ThibodeauxNovember 2, 2017 0

Annette Lemieux: Mise en Scène

Artists take new directions in their work all the time: inspired anew by an idea, a medium untried, current events, or perhaps another artist’s work. Acclaimed international artist Annette Lemieux, known for decades for her conceptual, politically charged art, turned…

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