My candle burns at both ends, it will not last the night. But ah my foes and oh my friends it burns a lovely light. Edna St. Vincent Millay Seeing the Mike Kelley show at MoMA PS1 in Long Island…
One of the most satisfying projects I’ve done was Yardsale. The viewers were a cab driver, a couple of good hagglers and a collection of friends and family. I have a few colleagues that consider it their favorite of my…
Don’t miss this Boston and New England galleries representing down in Miami this year! Carroll and Sons is showing work by Sandra Allen, Ambreen Butt, Barbara Gallucci, David Hillard, Tanja Hollander, Monique Johannet and Joe Zane at Miami Project Art…
While writing this series, I have had conversations with people from all facets of Boston’s arts ecosystem about the concept of Boston as an “innovation hub” and the role that art might play therein. While I’ve spoken with curators, artists,…
Last Sunday I had some friends over to my studio to pick out a wedding present. I pulled out work from all different eras, and tried to stay generally out of their way (a delicate kind of decision-making for newlyweds).…
Meeting with other makers has been essential to my practice. Sometimes it ends up that we work together on projects or take an exploratory trip, but it’s usually just a meeting for a few hours somewhere where we can check…
I first heard of Janine Antoni in the early ’90s when I saw a few photos in a magazine: a still from Loving Care, an installation shot of Gnaw, and a photo of Butterfly Kisses. At that point in my…
Throughout my conversations surrounding this series, the need for infrastructure has emerged as a dominant theme in considerations of art’s role in the innovation hub. In my last post, I discussed the crucial experiments and perspectives artists bring to Boston.…
There was a flash blizzard in Nebraska in 1888 called the Great Blizzard. People froze in place ten feet from their homes, or saddling their horses. Some lucky individuals found a clothesline or fence to follow through the whiteout to…
Every week, BR&S picks out a series of gallery events, screenings, exhibitions, performances. Here are our choices for you to go & see this week: • • • Events • • • Thursday November 21 Henry Horenstein, Jess, South Boston,…
For over two years Mario Garcia Torres obsessively researched the circumstances surrounding an obscure assignment given to a small group of students at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) in 1969. In a process he has likened to…
At the corner of 6th and Market Streets, standing so close to the Liberty Bell Center that you can hardly pay a visit to Philadelphia’s famous metonym without bumping into it, is a newly revitalized city landmark. It now takes…
I’ve got mushrooms on the brain lately. Fall is a good season for them; they seem to spring up everywhere after a good rain moistens the dead leaves. I spend a lot of time in the fall walking around in…
These terms: Interactive Interdisciplinary Installation Process-Based Participatory Site-Specific Each in its own way makes my head hurt and collectively make me want to back quietly and slowly out of the room. Here’s an idea based project of mine called Attendant,…
In my continuing exploration of art’s role in the branding of Boston as an “innovation hub,” I was eager to speak with Boston artists. While the diversity of artists working in Boston makes it nearly impossible to construct a comprehensive…
The weekend before last, the annual Creative Time Summit brought individuals with various relationships to social practice art to New York for a series of presentations and conversations at the NYU Skirball Center. The theme of this year’s Summit, Art,…
Being the intersection I tend, over and over, to step into thin air by myself. I do it while making artwork and by not always knowing when I’m making artwork and when I’m just going about the day. Maybe you…
Our Daily Red is pleased to continue our artist-in-residence series, “Inside Out.” Every other month, a new guest artist will have access to the platform to publish images and jot down thoughts about inspiration, obsession, creative failures and insights. Unlike…
This is my last post as artist-in-residence at Big Red and Shiny. I have really enjoyed the challenge of making my thoughts coherent on a regular basis. Thanks for listening. Nocebo Placebo I. Satin paper, quartz (believed to augment crystal…
Next Tuesday, November 5, Boston will elect a new mayor for the first time in 20 years. The new mayor—either City Councilor John Connolly or Representative Marty Walsh—will dedicate a cabinet-level position for the arts in their administration. Both…