OLAFUR ELIASSON: WATERFALLS By Ben Sloat I rode over the Manhattan Bridge today with a group of out of towners. As we looked eagerly into New York Harbor for the Eliasson waterfalls, we were disappointed to find only the scaffolding in…
A REPORT FROM THE PHANTOM ZONE By Steve Aishman The Zuni have used clay figures for thousands of years. Buddhists; mandalas. A clinical psychologists may suggest a candle. Christians may use the cross. Cultures from around the globe and throughout history…
JOGGING WITH THE PRESIDENT OF RISD By Christian Holland Several times a month, John Maeda, the recently inaugurated president of RISD hosts a community jogging event called “Jogging with John.” This issue, Big RED & Shiny offers a short podcast about…
MARKETWATCH By Micah J. Malone Marketwatch was created as a means to speculate on what is good economic value in art. From time to time I will write upon great market choices, emphasizing small-scale enterprises. When talking about art markets, comparisons…
In my post this morning about the new Creative Economy Council announced by Gov. Patrick, I mentioned that the impact of this new organization will be directly affected by the policies of our new president, whether it is Sen. Obama…
Today Governor Patrick’s office announced a new Creative Economy Council “tasked with measuring the sector’s contributions to the state, developing a statewide strategy, and promoting responsive public policies and innovative private sector practices.” This seems like a good thing, getting…
FADE: ERWIN REDL DEBUT/JOSEPH KETNER RETURNS By Tamara Schillin Covering every square inch of gallery wall space, Fade traces the stark geometric architecture and vaulted heights of the gallery with computerized fiber-optic LED lights, bringing light installation art into the…
RECONSTITUTION CONSTITUTED: VIEWERS RESPOND By Christian Holland Sosolimited performed a visual and aural remix of the first presidential debate between Senators Barack Obama and John McCain last Friday night at the ICA, and the sound posted below is a sampling of…
AMY STACEY CURTIS @ SANFORD MILL By Elena Sarni “No running. Notice where the exits are located. Enter at your own risk,” are unlikely messages to be associated with an art exhibit, but these are some of the instructional messages that…
ART SANTA FE By Sarah Hutt Stepping off the shuttle bus in downtown Santa Fe I experience a familiar physical sense of calm. The therapeutic quality of the light, the clear dry air, and the unbroken vista of sky and majestic…
A REPORT FROM THE PHANTOM ZONE By Steve Aishman “History is more or less bunk.” – Henry Ford I lost my portable hard drive the other day. The strange thing is, it really didn’t matter. Even a few years ago, if…
NEW YORK, MOMA & THE FLâNEUR By James Nadeau “Adept of the joys of watching, connoisseur of empathy, the flâneur finds the world ‘picturesque.'” – Susan Sontag, “On Photography” A couple of weeks ago I ended up spending an afternoon wandering…
This weekend brings us the South End Open Studios. I am embarrassed to admit that I have never attended one of these. And I’ve lived here ten years now. I know, I know. I am not a fan of crowds…
BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: PLATFORM2:PARADE FOR THE FUTURE By BIG RED Saturday, September 13th, 2008 Candid snaps from a Big RED day on-the-town at The Boston Common for “A Parade For The Future”, an event by Platform2. “Come one, come all to…
DAVE COLE @ JUDI ROTENBERG GALLERY By James Nadeau “There is no war, then, without representation, no sophisticated weaponry without psychological mystification. Weapons are not just tools of destruction but also of perception… “ – Paul Virilio “Military Force is Based…
STEVE HOLLINGER @ CHASE GALLERY By Matthew Nash In five glass tanks, small pods float suspended, occcasionally fluttering. Nearby, a glass cube houses hunks of metal detritus. Broken globes, suspended like a science experiment, are attached to an apparatus that pushes…
A REPORT FROM THE PHANTOM ZONE By Steve Aishman I have a question for you about child rearing: What do you do about a child who is behaving badly just for the attention? You don’t want to acknowledge the behavior because…
FALL PREVIEW By Christian Holland The fall is when Boston returns to its routine. The melancholy season marks the beginning of the familiar discomfort we know as New England weather and, for hundreds of thousands of young Bostonians, it’s back to…
NATHAN LEWIS @ SETON ART GALLERY By Stephen V. Kobasa What if there was painting that mattered? There is an unequivocal answer to this question in the survey of work by Nathan Lewis now on exhibit in West Haven, Connecticut.…
A SPECIAL COMMENT By Matthew Nash & Matthew Gamber Since our inception, Big RED & Shiny has always been created by artists as a way to discuss our local community and how it fits into a larger art world. Most…