By STEPHEN V. KOBASA This is the scene that tells everything. The soldier is visible only from the chest down, wearing shorts, sneakers, and no socks. He is firing an automatic weapon. The spent bullet casings are falling around his…
By JAMES NADEAU So, Bravo’s Work of Art is now over. In a short (and mindblowingly quick) 9 weeks we paid witness to wacky artists, crazy contests and even minor nudity. 14 artists of varying media and talent levels all…
By ELENA SARNI “I want to say one word to you. Just one word…Plastics.” Yes, the quote is from the film The Graduate. I love that quote, and never pass up a chance to use it. And it’s the perfect…
By FRANKLIN EINSPRUCH Over the last twenty-one months, Bostonians have been putting an unusual amount of thought into the state of their art world, wondering aloud how we might make this a better place for visual art: more exhibitions, more…
By MATTHEW GAMBER It was an interesting experiment: A rotating volunteer staff of one publisher, a few editors, and dozens of contributors (many whom never met in person) collaborate on a site devoted to topics related to local visual art.…
By JIM MANNING A visit with artist Monica Nydam at her studio at the Distillery in South Boston. The artist talks about her current series of Horse paintings as well as her recent exhibitions at The Fourth Wall Project and…
Summer 2010 From July 7 to July 23, 2010, Jennifer Schmidt spent a two and a half weeks in Alaska at the Homestead Artist Residency. Hosted by Chuck Chaney, she lived and worked amongst fellow Homesteaders: Faith Johnson, Lauren Payne,Amy…
By JENNIFER SCHMIDT CLICK FOR IMAGES FROM THE HOMESTEAD AK This July, I had the opportunity to travel to Alaska and spend some time at the Homestead AK, a residency for artists interested in experiential art making, exploration of…
By JUDY KERMIS BLOTNICK Sitting on a beach in Provincetown, on a Saturday morning following the traditional Friday evening “gallery stroll” that the locals call “gallery creep,” I try to verbalize impressions, visions that I found engaging. I pull together…
By BENJAMIN R. SLOAT Taiwan is a small democratic island nation just off the coast of China. Considered a rogue province by China, Taiwan’s recent history has included 40 years of martial law under Chang Kai Shek’s Nationalist regime, but…
By BIG RED Friday August 13th, 2010 Candid photos from a Big RED night on-the-town at THE FOURTH WALL PROJECT for the opening of Boston Related Featuring Works by: Antoniadis and Stone, Raul Gonzalez, Jessica Gath, Alone, Jason Reppert, Nicole…
By MATTHEW NASH On February 15 of 2004, Big RED & Shiny launched our first issue. On August 16 of 2010, we launch our last. I have been doing BR&S for a long time. I’ve written every line of code…
By STEVE AISHMAN The Aishman’s review a movie in Hong Kong. Steve Aishman is a former resident of the Phantom Zone. Since his escape he has been a regular contributor Big RED & Shiny.
By JANE HUDSON First, let’s say thanks to Matt Nash, Matt Gamber, Micah Malone, James Nadeau, Steve Aishman, Tom Marquet and all the other contributors for the largess that has been Big Red. I knew all these folks when they…
By THOMAS MARQUET #61: What ever happened to “The White Cube”? Thomas Marquet is a cartoonist, sculptor, and critic, based in Brooklyn. Find more of his work online at his website,thomasmarquet.com.
By JULIE NOVAKOFF Since my recent relocation from Boston to Los Angeles, I have taken advantage of the blossoming cultural life of this city. I’ve visited numerous galleries and exceptional museums such as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art…
By JIM MANNING If you owned a gallery, showed or performed your art, or if you just happened to go to an exhibit opening in the Boston / Cambridge area during the past six years then odds are pretty good…
By JOHN PYPER Till September 19th, the New Museum in Manhattan has a mid-career retrospective for Brazilian artist Rivane Neuenschwander. The works gathered in A Day Like Any Other Day are transitory moments collected and framed. She transforms seemingly random…