2009 December

Monthly Archives: December, 2009

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By James NadeauDecember 22, 2009 0

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston appoints Jen Mergel as Beal Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art

So the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has finally replaced Beal Family Senior Curator Cheryl Brutvan after a year of searching. And it seems that their long, international search for a major curator lead them right to Boston’s ICA. It…

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By BR&SDecember 21, 2009 0

BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: FONTAINEBLEAU HOTEL MIAMI

By BIG RED Candid photos from a Big RED night on-the-town at the Decordova Museum reception at Blade Sushi bar in the Fontainebleau Hotel Miami, during the festivities around the art fairs. Photos by Ivana George and Ellen Wetmore.

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By BR&SDecember 21, 2009 0

BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: EMERSON COLLEGE

By BIG RED Friday December 18th, 2009 Candid photos from a Big RED night on-the-town at GALLERY for the opening of “The Next Generation III” at the Huret and Spector Gallery. This is the third in an ongoing series of…

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By BR&SDecember 21, 2009 0

BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: MOBIUS

By BIG RED Friday December 11th 2009 Candid photos from a Big RED night on-the-town at MOBIUS at Ode to the Winter Sea a multimedia dance performance. With Jennifer Hicks – dance, Mike Hall – live video painting, Matt Samolis…

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By Kurt Cole EidsvigDecember 21, 2009 0

POIESIS

By KURT COLE EIDSVIG PoIesis is etymologically derived from the ancient Greek term ποιέω, which means “to make”. This word, the root of our modern “poetry”, was first a verb, an action that transforms and continues the world. Neither technical…

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By Steve AishmanDecember 21, 2009 0

A REPORT FROM THE PHANTOM ZONE

By STEVE AISHMAN The Storm and the Sculpture The snowman is the quintessential piece of vernacular sculpture. True, people who don’t consider themselves artists also make sandcastles, bonfires and even Christmas lights can be viewed as vernacular installation art, but…

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By sherrie greenDecember 21, 2009 0

GENETICS @ AYSCOUGHFEE HALL MUSEUM

By DAVID DE VERNY Most works of art, especially in the visual arts, are created to capture concepts in a specific time, space or location. Object making, installation art, earth works or performance art are all about the here, now…

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By BR&S Contributing AuthorDecember 21, 2009 0

A REPORT FROM ART BASEL

By REBECCA NOLAN & ROBERT WILSON Rebecca Nolan and Robert Wilson offer a glimpse of some of the work that was on display at this year’s Art Basel and SCOPE in sunny Miami Beach, Florida: Art Basel Miami Beach SCOPE…

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By BR&S Contributing AuthorDecember 21, 2009 0

EVOLUTION: FIVE DECADES OF PRINTMAKING BY DAVID C. DRISKELL

By ELENA SARNI The exhibition Evolution: Five Decades of Printmaking by David C. Driskell is making its last stop at the Portland Museum of Art after a two year national tour. The exhibit was organized by the David C. Driskell…

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By Matthew NashDecember 21, 2009 0

LIZ NOFZIGER: TOCSIN @ ENGINE COMPANY 40 FIREHOUSE

By MATTHEW NASH Tocsin (tok-sin) n. 1. a. An alarm sounded on a bell. n. 1. b. A bell used to sound an alarm. n. 2. A warning; an omen. Liz Nofziger makes installations that are more than site-specific; they…

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By BR&SDecember 21, 2009 0

BRIGHT FUTURES @ MIT CENTER FOR ADVANCED VISUAL STUDIES

By JESSE KAMINSKY Parsing the causes and consequences of the current financial crisis can be truly daunting, especially if you, like me, are untrained in the current financial cover-up lingo. To the casual observer, there seem to be as many…

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By James NadeauDecember 21, 2009 0

ASPECT: A CONVERSATION WITH MICHAEL MITTELMAN

By JAMES NADEAU This week I sat down and chatted with Michael Mittelman, founder, editor, and publisher of Aspect: The Chronicle of New Media Art. Aspect is a bi-annual DVD magazine dedicated to time-based work. They bring together artists and…

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By Natalie LovelessDecember 14, 2009 0

GERRY BERGSTEIN @ HOWARD YEZERSKI GALLERY

By NATALIE LOVELESS As many reviews on Gerry Bergstein’s current work have noted, there is something new to see here: small story book figures– “witnesses” inserted into Bergstein’s cataclysmic landscapes. I Love Architecture #3 shows a red-shirted man, holding a…

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By BR&SDecember 14, 2009 0

BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: RIFRAKT

By BIG RED Saturday December 5th 2009 Candid photos from a Big RED day on-the-town at Rifrákt collective in Jamaica Plain for their holiday art sale. Featuring the work of Boston based emerging artists: Siobhan Bledsoe, Nick Day, Colby Drasher,…

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By BR&SDecember 14, 2009 0

BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: MEME

By BIG RED Saturday December 5th 2009 Candid photos from a Big RED night on-the-town at MEME for the opening of Tim Bailey: Ten Fingers MEME: an active manifestation “Tim Bailey: Ten Fingers” is on view through December 19th at…

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By BR&SDecember 14, 2009 0

BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: AXIOM GALLERY

By BIG RED Friday, November 13 & Friday, November 20, 2009 Candid photos from a Big RED night on-the-town at AXIOM for the opening of Riders On The Train, curated by Nance Davies. Included are also photos from the artists’…

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By BR&SDecember 14, 2009 0

BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: TOCSIN @ ENGINE COMPANY 40 FIREHOUSE

By BIG RED Saturday, December 12th 2009 Candid photos from a Big RED night on-the-town at Engine Company 40 Firehouse in East Boston for the opening of Liz Nofziger’s multimedia installation Tocsin. Tocsin project website “Tocsin” is on view December…

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By BR&SDecember 14, 2009 0

BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: SPARK: A GALA CELEBRATION FOR ART TECHNOLOGY NEW ENGLAND

By BIG RED Saturday, December 12, 2009 Candid photos from a Big RED night on-the-town at Massachusetts College of Art for Spark: A Gala Celebration. This event was the 5th Anniversary celebration for Axiom Center for New and Experimental Media…

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By BR&SDecember 14, 2009 0

ROUNDTABLE

By BIG RED & SHINY The Roundtable is a forum in which the Big RED & Shiny editors discuss issues in contemporary art today. Periodically these discussions result in questions worth further discussion, and this column proposes these ideas and…

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By Matthew NashDecember 14, 2009 0

A LETTER

By MATTHEW NASH Happy Holidays from the entire Big RED team! December is always such a crazy month, as the weather turns and the holidays arrive. Everyone is rushing to finish up all of their tasks before Hanukkah, Christmas, New…

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