BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: TRUSTMAN GALLERY, SIMMONS COLLEGE By Big Red Thursday, October 9th , 2008 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at the opening of The Human Animal Project. Curated by Paul Roux Trustman Art Gallery at Simmons College…
BETH LIPMAN @ RISD & SOVIET POLITICAL ART @ BROWN By James Nadeau Last weekend I took a road trip (actually it was a train trip) to Providence. I went to check out the new wing at the museum at the…
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…
INTERVIEW WITH JIM FITTS By Jason Landry Jim Fitts is the Executive Director of the Photographic Resource Center at Boston University, a position he took on in 2007 after serving for several years on the center’s Board of Directors. He…
BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: HONK! By Big Red Sunday, October 12th, 2008 Candid snaps from a Big RED afternoon on-the-town at HONK! Parade to Reclaim the Streets for Horns, Bikes, and Feet: From Davis Square to Harvard Square. HONKFEST
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…
Yesterday I took a day trip to Providence to check out the new RISD Museum wing and the exhibition of Dale Chihuly’s work in honour of RISD. The show was mildly interesting (I am not a fan of class art)…
BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: THE ICA By Big Red September 26, 2008 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at the ICA for the opening of reConstitution at The Institute of Contemporary Art. The Institute of Contemporary Art All images by…
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…
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…
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…
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…
BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: THE NEW ENGLAND SCHOOL OF ART &DESIGN AT SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY By Big Red Thursday, September 18, 2008 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at the opening of String Theories(on view through October 24), featuring Paul Andrade,…
BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: EMERSON COLLEGE By Big Red Friday, September 26th , 2008 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at the opening of Erwin Redi ‘Fade.’ Curated by Joseph Ketner, Emerson’s new Foster Chair in Contemporary Art Theory and…
A CONVERSATION WITH EVAN GARZA By Christian Holland September 18, 2008 – I talked with Evan Garza at the opening for “Hecho a Mano: New Visions of Latin Contemporary Art” at the Center for Latino Art. Garza moved to Boston…