A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR By Micah J. Malone A casual overview of our current issue strikes me as something of an anomaly. While at times we have focused volumes, we…
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MARK MORRIS @ CUTLER MAJESTIC
MARK MORRIS @ CUTLER MAJESTIC By Chelsey Philpot Mark Morris dancers make it look so easy. From the flick of a wrist to the simultaneous jumps and right down to…
CONNECTIONS @ MIT MUSEUM
CONNECTIONS @ MIT MUSEUM By Megan Driscoll The Connections exhibition by the Sociable Media Group at the MIT Museum is part research, part art –turning theories and data sets into…
ZOE | JUNIPER @ THE ICA
ZOE | JUNIPER @ THE ICA By French Clements There’s a chance you’ve already seen the collaborative work of performance artist Juniper Shuey and choreographer Zoe Scofield, in a music…
THOMAS NASON @ THE FLORENCE GRISWOLD MUSEUM
THOMAS NASON @ THE FLORENCE GRISWOLD MUSEUM By Joe Leduc “You talk about the decay of New England. It’s a compost heap.” – Robert Frost to Donald Hall By the time…
ASSESSMENT ALASKA @ THE DISTILLERY GALLERY
ASSESSMENT ALASKA @ THE DISTILLERY GALLERY By Karen S. Fegley In the months leading up to the 2008 U.S. presidential election, Alaska received considerable public attention when its governor was…
BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE @ BROOKLYN MUSUEM
BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE @ BROOKLYN MUSUEM By Kate Laurel Burgess Burning Down the House: Building a Feminist Art Collection at the Brooklyn Museum’s Sackler Center for Feminist Art is…
NATURE THEATER @ THE ICA
NATURE THEATER @ THE ICA By Chelsey Philpot Do not go see Nature Theater of Oklahoma expecting to see a performance about trees. In fact, do not go to one…
MISAKI KAWAI @ LAMONTAGNE GALLERY
MISAKI KAWAI @ LAMONTAGNE GALLERY By David O. Avruch The paintings, sculptures and collages of “Kung Fu Forest,” Misaki Kawai’s current show at the LaMontagne Gallery, are simultaneously awesome and…
DEBORAH WING-SPROUL & LING-WEN TSAI @ SPACE
DEBORAH WING-SPROUL & LING-WEN TSAI @ SPACE By Elena Sarni There were no discernable signs of the country’s economic crisis among the crowded, music-filled streets of Portland, ME during this month’s…
ARTISTS & WRITERS; CANARIES
ARTISTS & WRITERS; CANARIES By Judy Kermis Blotnick In his book A Whole New Mind, Daniel Pink predicts that the future will belong to the right-brained. His research shows that…
BRUCE CONKLE & MARNE LUCAS @ ART GYM, MARYLHURST, OR
BRUCE CONKLE & MARNE LUCAS @ ART GYM, MARYLHURST, OR By Micah J. Malone In Bruce Conkle and Marne Lucas’s exhibition, “Warlord Sun Kind: The Genesis of Eco-Baroque”, the artists have…
RACHEL PERRY WELTY @ YANCEY RICHARDSON GALLERY, NYC
RACHEL PERRY WELTY @ YANCEY RICHARDSON GALLERY, NYC By Alan Reid Rachel Perry Welty’s one-person exhibition at Yancey Richardson leaves one conflicted. The show is polite, even seemingly sweet, and while…
TRENDS IN PRE-FAB METAPHORS
TRENDS IN PRE-FAB METAPHORS By Amanda Sanfilippo While in the earlier 20th century Brancusi exploited innate, archetypal forms that one could call the ultimate pre-fab (the egg, the sphere), and…
MISSING @ BARBARA KRAKOW GALLERY
MISSING @ BARBARA KRAKOW GALLERY By Angela Speece “Less is more” is the aesthetic motto that ties this group of diverse artists together…. In a world bombarded by visual imagery, this…
DIRTBAGS, MALLCHICKS & MOTORBIKES: A CONVERSATION WITH DAVE KIERSH
DIRTBAGS, MALLCHICKS & MOTORBIKES: A CONVERSATION WITH DAVE KIERSH By Dave Ortega Dave Kiersh is an illustrator/ writer/ artist currently living in Arlington, MA. Among other things, he exhibited last year…
GUY DE COINTET @ GREENE NAFTALI GALLERY, NYC
GUY DE COINTET @ GREENE NAFTALI GALLERY, NYC By Alan Reid To confess, Guy de Cointet is an artist whose work I’ve unabashedly loved since first viewing. His is an easy-breezy…
EXHIBITION BY PHOTOGRAPHER BRIAN DOAN SPARKS PROTEST
EXHIBITION BY PHOTOGRAPHER BRIAN DOAN SPARKS PROTEST By Jason Landry A few weeks ago, an exhibition in Santa Ana, California at the VAALA (Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association) Center sparked…
LAUREL SPARKS: PLEASURE DOME @ HOWARD YEZERSKI
LAUREL SPARKS: PLEASURE DOME @ HOWARD YEZERSKI By David O. Avruch The studied madness suffusing the paintings in “Pleasure Dome,” Laurel Sparks’s new show at the Howard Yezerski Gallery, was…
MEG AUBREY @ GALLERY STOKES, ATLANTA
MEG AUBREY @ GALLERY STOKES, ATLANTA By Laura Ann Meyers In her current exhibition I Just Live Here, Savannah College of Art and Design alum Meg Aubrey explores the environment and…