Potato Power, LaJoie Growers LLC, Van Buren, Maine 2012 #1/5 23×29″ Pigment print ©Caleb Charland We think we know how photographs are made. It’s an almost instantaneous assumption that informs our perceptions, to some degree or another, in the…
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 Wednesday May 29* Charles Hayden Planetarium, Museum of Science, 11 Science Park,…
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s beautifully written story of the Jazz Age, details many aspects of the lost generation’s party life including the built environment. From Nick Carraway’s beat up cottage tucked in the shadow of his neighbor’s…
Owing to the limitations inherent in print publications, time-based works often have been shortchanged in the art publishing world. Represented in photographs, video, installation art, and performance-based works are stripped of much of their essence—sound, duration, motion. Sound works…
If you’re on Twitter, you may have come across the hashtag #DrawArt. On Thursday 16 May, 2013, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum invited Paige Dansinger, artist, art historian, and #DrawArt iPad program designer (@MuseumPaige) for a digital “Draw in…
Katrina Umber, Roses + Bike AJ wrote the kindest introduction. By talking about the two bodies of work AJ mentioned, I hope to give you some insight into the how and why of my work. The rest of my…
Victoria Crayhon (Providence, RI), Untitled, Auburn, NY, 2010, from the series “Thoughts On Romance From the Road,” Archival inkjet print, 24 x 36 inches, courtesy of the artist We’re used to a certain type of photography in the New…
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 Wednesday May 22 Boston Cyberarts Gallery, 141 Green St., Jamaica Plain, MA…
Welcome back to Studio Sessions and the interview with my next guest, Nikki Romanello. Nikki earned a BFA in sculpture from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2008, and an MFA in sculpture from the Pratt Institute in 2011.…
SOMEWHERE IN DREAMLAND Looking at Will Cotton’s paintings remind me of cartoons; or one cartoon in particular. The Fleischer Studios Color Classic cartoon Somewhere In Dreamland (1936) is the epitome of Depression-era wish fulfillment. Two innocent, almost overly cute children…
The Colombian artist Doris Salcedo has been trying since the 1980s to represent in sculpture the experience of trauma and violence. The plainness of her works, made of simple everyday objects, such as shoes and chairs, belies the intense experiences…
Donald Judd was born on June 3, 1928 in Excelsior Springs, Missouri. While young he spent a great deal of time on his grandparents’ farm, and his family moved a great deal—he lived in Omaha, Kansas City, Des Moines, Dallas,…
The photos that Francesca Woodman created during her short life (1958-1981) are at once striking and subtle, often provocative but also playful. There is a constant character of exploration that defines her production. Among all of the concepts Woodman plays…
Unable to attend the opening of the Museum School MFA Thesis Exhibition at Tufts University Art Gallery, I saw the show on a rainy evening last week. Alone save for a few other visitors, I was relieved to find…
Wednesday night the MFA and Big Red & Shiny were proud to present the Odd Spaces panel discussion at the MFA Boston, following the group exhibition of performance art curated by Liz Munsell, assistant curator of contemporary art and MFA…
Let’s face it: if you need a 2D artwork that can endure extended exposure to sun, rain, wind, and “direct engagement” in various forms by wildlife, children, and the random flung object, you won’t be calling on watercolors or…
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 Wednesday May 15* Photo: Daniel S. DeLuca. Sandrine Schaefer Ghandi’s Flame, 2012…
The most obvious benefit of belonging to an artist-run, coöperative gallery is stability regardless of commercial success. Artist-members can count on regular solo shows, and have no limitations when choosing what to exhibit, or how to present it. Reliable…
Adrienne Edwards, Associate Curator of Performa in New York City, began her talk with Adam Pendleton at the Gardner Museum last Thursday night (May 2) by saying that their conversation would mimic the many long talks they have together as…
Liz Munsell One thing I’ve noticed working with you so far—which I must say has been nothing but an honor and a pleasure—has been how easy you make the job of a curator, precisely because you consider the context in…