By CHARLES GIULIANO Over the years, some of my Beer and Burger meetings with artist Martin Mugar have been epic. Early on, when we first met, there was a hilarious gonzo evening, with copious vino, at the elegant Algonquin Club,…
By RACHEL GEPNER Last week a writer sent me a copy of Samson Projects’ press release from the show Off My Biscuit, Destroy the District and a note saying, “I’ve never seen it’s kind before but THIS IS ART WRITING.”…
By THOMAS DORAN This Thayer street show is just what we’ve had coming to us: Incendiary broadcast with a week left to go. Below is the Samson Projects press release in its entirety: —- “Yo Camilo, what up with this…
By MATTHEW NASH Much has been written about “Things I Love: The Many Collections of William I. Koch” currently on view at the Museum of Fine Arts. Many of these articles address the blatant pandering of the MFA to the…
By JONATHAN FARDY In the mid sixties the body came back into art. The human figure had all but disappeared due to the overwhelming dominance of American abstraction, but come back it did – out from under the repressive…
Big Red & Shiny: AN INTERVIEW WITH WILLIAM STOVER By REESE INMAN Cerith Wyn Evans’ first solo US museum survey was presented at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, from Oct 6, 2004 – Jan 30, 2005. The exhibition included…
By BIG RED Print this article September 17, 2005 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at The Middlesex Lounge for the Art Show Down fundraiser. Photos by James Manning.
By BIG RED Print this article September 15, 2005 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at the reception for Return On Investment and David Brown at NESAD/Suffolk University. Photos by James Manning.
By BIG RED Print this article September 9, 2005 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at SOWA first Friday. Photographs by Fred Levy.
By BIG RED Print this article September 16, 2005 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at Collision Eight El Ocho at Art Interactive. Photos by James Manning.
By BIG RED Print this article Boston artist Chantal Zakari, who recently co-curated the exhibition Bit Logic at GASP, has announced the release of her new book, webAffairs. From the announcement, this book “is an artist’s documentary of an adult…
By MARINA VERONICA Print this article Upon viewing Duane Slick’s new work at the Nielsen Gallery, one may recall Andy Warhol’s 1985 silkscreen prints of company logos and symbols or collaborative paintings with the young African-American graffiti artist with Haitian…
By JONATHAN FARDY Print this article What happens when we interact with the computer? Even a simple word processing program, changes the way I write, its not my handwriting, it auto corrects my typos, notifies me of spelling and grammatical…
By HEIDI MARSTON Print this article The lights go down, everyone screams. We don’t see anything yet but we know what’s coming. The anticipation is almost too much. The smoke pours out onto the stage; the lights from below light…
By HEIDI MARSTON Print this article The color was like the sky. It had a texture that changed from a soft brushstroke quality to patchy and cloudlike. It was 5’ x 5’ which at the time seemed huge. I felt…
By BIG RED STAFF Print this article THE GRAPHIC IMPERATIVE: POLITICAL POSTERS @ MASSART by BEN SLOAT LUEDERS-BOOTH & TUCKERMAN @ THE ART INSTITUTE OF BOSTON by MATTHEW NASH SONIFICATION/LISTENING UP @ MIT (BLGD 54) by ANNEKA LENSSEN JESSICA STOCKHOLDER…
By BEN SLOAT Print this article David Hilliard is a Boston-based photographer known for his unique multi-panel images that present complex, yet personal narratives. Represented by galleries in Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, and at the Bernard Toale Gallery here…
By CHARLES GIULIANO Print this article Last night I caught up with Linda Norden, the first curator of contemporary art at the venerable Fogg Art Museum of Harvard University. Yes, we did have beers but opted instead of burgers to…
By CHARLES GIULIANO Print this article In October, Gallery NAGA, on Boston’s Newbury Street, will present an exhibition of new work by Robert Ferrandini. Since his stroke in October, 2001 the gallery has shown and sold paintings and drawings from…
By ANNEKA LENSSEN Print this article Since I love almost every mark that Degas ever made, and anyone else with sensory organs and a passing affinity for Western art does too, this review probably best functions as an aid toward…