By STEVE AISHMAN I’m often reminded of artist George Vlosich’s work. You’re not familiar with his work? He’s one of the most written about artists of our generation. The You Tube video of him making his work has been viewed…
By JESSICA MOORE Artist and organizer Margaret Bellafiore is peaceful and focused as she draws intricate plant parts at a desk in Mobius Art Space. The open, airy studio is dotted with artists sketches and still-life arrangements –- plums, flowers,…
By CHRISTIAN HOLLAND In the spring of 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court forged a new precedent for the matter of “obviousness”1 as it pertains to patents in the unanimously decided KSR v. Teleflex ruling. Generally, to be granted a patent,…
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 China, ever. The annual “Open Art Realization Performance Art Festival”…
Earlier this week, I posted 2 items about the arts policies of Boston’s 4 mayoral candidates. I also sent questions to the candidates and promised post them here. Tonight, Michael Flaherty’s campaign sent a long response which I’ll include in it’s…
Following up on my post below about the arts policies for Boston’s mayoral candidates, here is a link to a piece in the Jamaica Plain Gazette. For the most part, the candidates address the usual litany of issues, including education…
I just got off the phone with Kathy Bitetti, who called to tell me about some big moves involving the national debate around health care, and what artists have done here in Massachusetts. She will have a column for us…
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 fish. One nearly dismisses this display of aesthetic plainness and…
By BIG RED August 7, 2009 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at MEME Gallery for the closing reception of Jesse Kaminsky’s “Bubbleraft 2.” MEME All photos and text by Big RED’s Christian Holland.
By BIG RED August 1 through August 2, 2009 Candid snaps from this year’s Bumpkin Island Artist Invasion. Bumpkin Island Art Encampment A video of a Bumpkin Island Gamelan performance. Bumpkin Island Gamelan performance at sunset. From the Berwick Research…
By THOMAS MARQUET Print this article #52: In a special two-part episode of “The White Cube”, Geoff the framer faces death and learns the true meaning of life. Or something like that. Thomas Marquet is a cartoonist, sculptor, and critic,…
By STEVE AISHMAN August is the cruellest month. The doldrums of the art world where half of the galleries are closed or not showing new work. Most of the artists are at the beach. August is an annual promise of…
By MICAH J. MALONE Marcel Duchamp was always part of the market. Indeed, one can argue (and many have before me) that nearly all of Duchamp’s gestures were linked in one way or another to the economic machinery of his…
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 set of carved shells, this nine-and-a-half foot high cabinet–although it…
Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue has announced the seven awardees for 2009 in Boston. The two awardees at the $15,000 level are Amie Siegel and Joe Zane; the five recipients of the $3,000 awards are: Claire Beckett, Ambreen…
Today, as I wandered around Jamaica Pond, I noticed that Matthew Hincman’s bench sculpture has returned. It even has a new, fancy concrete base so I assume that it is now permanent. Of course, everyone is a critic, and as…
REVOLT2DIE & GJYD @ MEME By Matthew Nash Riding among an exhausted busful of Negroes going on to graveyard shifts all over the city, she saw scratched on the back of a seat, shining for her in the brilliant smoky interior,…
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 White Columns and audition for Bravo’s new upcoming show. No,…
A REPORT FROM THE PHANTOM ZONE By Steve Aishman Dear movie industry liars, Why have you decided that it is easier to make a bad movie with good advertising than to just make a good movie? You should hire the guys…
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. Dancers flip their arms behind their heads as if both…