BOSTON TAKES CHINA: THE OPEN INTERNATIONALPERFORMANCE ART FESTIVAL, BEIJING
By THOMAS BIRD Over fifteen artists from Boston’s vibrant performance art scene have made it all the way here to Beijing for what is the largest performance art festival in…
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A SHORT CONVERSATION WITH TRIIIBE
Jason Landry: Alicia, Sara, Kelly and Cary…you are performance artists who go by the name Triiibe. What makes Triiibe unique and how do you fit into the genre of performance…
THE OLD, WEIRD AMERICA: FOLK THEMES IN CONTEMPORARY ART @ THE DECORDOVA
By KEN BOUTET & DAVE ORTEGA A large, sparsely detailed diorama by Sam Durant depicts the English-speaking American Indian, Squanto, teaching a grateful pilgrim how to fertilize a cornfield with…
EXPANDED MARKS @ SPACE GALLERY
By ALISE UPITIS In 1977, Richard Serra proposed that all drawing is the physical trace of doing, famously stating that “drawing is a verb.” Let’s call this our thesis. In…
ART+HISTORY @ NIGHTINGALE-BROWN HOUSE
By EVE ESSEX The newest object in the Nightingale-Brown House collection was, until recently, their somewhat infamous Goddard “secretary” desk and bookcase. Adorned with ornate brass hardware and a formidable…
BRAVO AND REALITY ART
BRAVO AND REALITY ART By Judy Kermis Blotnick If you happened to be in New York on July 18th and 19th you would have had the opportunity to go to…
CHRIS ELAM/MISNOMER DANCE THEATER: BEING TOGETHER
CHRIS ELAM/MISNOMER DANCE THEATER: BEING TOGETHER By Chelsey Philpot Misnomer Dance Theater dancers bend in ways human bodies are not meant to bend. At times they even painful to watch.…
ROBERT INDIANA @ THE FARNSWORTH
ROBERT INDIANA @ THE FARNSWORTH By Elena Sarni Walking through the five galleries bursting with Robert Indiana’s signature colorful work, stunningly displayed against muted gray walls, was like visiting the…
ARMITAGE GONE! LIGETI ESSAYS, THE WATTEAU DUETS AND EXCERPT FROM MASHUP
ARMITAGE GONE! LIGETI ESSAYS, THE WATTEAU DUETS AND EXCERPT FROM MASHUP By Chelsey Philpot Even under the exposing bright lights of the Concord Academy Performing Arts Center Armitage Gone! Dance…
NON FINITO: WHAT TITIAN AND CO. CAN TEACH A CONTEMPORARY PAINTER
NON FINITO: WHAT TITIAN AND CO. CAN TEACH A CONTEMPORARY PAINTER By Hannah Barrett Less than a month remains to visit the Boston Museum of Fine Arts exhibition Titian, Tintoretto,…
ALEX DA CORTE @ LAMONTAGNE GALLERY
ALEX DA CORTE @ LAMONTAGNE GALLERY By Sam McKinniss Alex Da Corte’s small show in the project room at South Boston’s LaMontagne Gallery is genre work for the outdated, contemporary…
YOUNGER THAN JESUS @ THE NEW MUSEUM
YOUNGER THAN JESUS @ THE NEW MUSEUM By Alex Young Much has been said and it would appear that even more has been written about the New Museum’s latest enterprise. The…
PROFILE: WALLY GILBERT
PROFILE: WALLY GILBERT By Nabeela Ahmed The polymath is in danger of becoming a dying breed. In days of yore, it was not considered exceptional for the likes of Leonardo…
INTERVIEW WITH MARY OTIS STEVENS
INTERVIEW WITH MARY OTIS STEVENS By Martina Tanga Local architect Mary Otis Stevens might be known to you, especially residents of Lincoln Massachusetts, for a very particular home built in the…
THE DECORDOVA’S BIENNIAL: A VERMONTER’S PERSPECTIVE
THE DECORDOVA’S BIENNIAL: A VERMONTER’S PERSPECTIVE By Marc Awodey On the morning Big RED & Shiny published a blog post about the DeCordova’s 2010 Biennial selections, a Vermont gallerist shot…
A CONVERSATION WITH HAROLD FEINSTEIN
A CONVERSATION WITH HAROLD FEINSTEIN By Jason Landry Forty-Five minutes north of Boston lives an amazing photographer. Far from the shores of Coney Island, a place that he frequented and photographed…
AN INTERVIEW WITH MO RINGEY
AN INTERVIEW WITH MO RINGEY By Jess T. Dugan Jess T. Dugan: Could you speak about the work you are currently making and how you began making it? What significance does…
STUTTER @ TATE MODERN
STUTTER @ TATE MODERN By Megan Driscoll A stutter is defined as an involuntary interruption, repetition or agitation of human speech. At the Tate Modern, the concept of stutteris explored in…
SUBLIME FREQUENCIES SCREENING
SUBLIME FREQUENCIES SCREENING By Jesse Kaminsky Collecting and recreating a moment in time has been the crux of the recording industry since its inception. Though developed in the English speaking…
FEAR OF… WELL, EVERYTHING
FEAR OF… WELL, EVERYTHING By Judy Kermis Blotnick Most people have come across the concept of fight or flight, that funky little chemical reaction humans have to stress. It is…