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By Michael RoseSeptember 16, 2013 0

Memory and The Void: The Work of Memorials as Expressed Through Emptiness

Memory and the built environment are inextricably linked, and most potently so in places where historic events—and the need to remember them—collide. The memorial, the time tested place-marker for moments of significance, is a particularly challenging form for architects and…

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By Kate FarringtonSeptember 16, 2013 0

The Phoenix and the Shaker Chair: A Comparison between Xu Bing’s Phoenix Project and Chen Zhen’s The Opening of a Closed Center

“In my opinion, the best way for the West to see Asia is to study the individual. Each one is totally different from any other.” —Chen Zhen1 This summer, thanks to Xu Bing’s Phoenix Project at MASS MoCA (on view…

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By BR&SSeptember 13, 2013 0

Your Guide to Fall Open Studios 2013

Fall in Boston is also a great time to visit some open studios, talk to artists and even bring home some art. Here are some of the upcoming Fall Open Studios in and around the city: September 21-22 United South…

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By John PyperSeptember 12, 2013 0

Changes

It’s impossible to stop the flow of time. A year ago, BR&S innocently jumped into the various local art ecosystems hoping that our experiment would last longer than a few months and we’d have some level of support. Well, we…

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By Natalie AndrewSeptember 11, 2013 0

Inside Out: Identity

I am extremely pleased to have been asked by Katherine Vetne and BR&S to contribute to Inside Out. Getting validation, as you’ll see in a moment, is a wonderful and very helpful experience. Always. Thanks Katherine and BR&S. I have…

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By BR&SSeptember 11, 2013 0

The Big Red Shindig *UPDATE*

Like beer? Love art? Want to support a great cause? Got $10? Then the Big Red Shindig is a MUST. Happening Friday, September 27 from 7-10pm at the Mills Gallery. In addition to all of the amazing artists, DJs and…

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By BR&SSeptember 10, 2013 0

Go & See: Tuesday 10 – Monday 16 September

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: • • • Exhibitions • • • Tuesday September 10 — Saturday October 19 Wilfredo…

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By Anulfo BaezSeptember 10, 2013 0

Making the Arts a Priority at MassCreative’s ‘Create the Vote’ Mayoral Forum

On Monday night, Emerson College’s 550 seat auditorium at the beautifully restored Paramount Theatre was packed—artists, arts administrators, advocates, critics and many other professionals working in the creative industries gathered—as the city witnessed its first-ever mayoral forum on the arts.…

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By Stephanie ArnettSeptember 9, 2013 0

Richard Mosse / The Enclave

An enclave is the term for an isolated land or group which is wholly surrounded by another and thus inaccessible without passing through foreign territory. I’ve come to Venice Biennale to see the best of what the international art scene…

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By BR&SSeptember 6, 2013 0

#FirstFriday: 6 September 2013

This #FirstFriday spend a beautiful September evening out on the town seeing art. You can start on the waterfront for the ICA Boston’s Performathon featuring voguing competitions, beatboxing performances, and sets by DJ Knife. While there, be sure to check…

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By Megan KlarenbachSeptember 5, 2013 0

Production/Reproduction: Michael Lin’s FreePort Project at the Peabody Essex Museum

Michael Lin’s FreePort project, on view at the Peabody Essex Museum, brings a contemporary perspective to the museum’s renowned Asian export art collection. The FreePort Series, launched in 2010 by Curator of Contemporary Art Trevor Smith, invites well-known contemporary artists…

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By BR&SSeptember 4, 2013 0

The Big Red Shindig

What were you doing last September 4th? We BR&S editors were rolling out our relaunched blog and journal after a two year hiatus. 365 days later, it’s clear that you did miss us while we were gone. With your love,…

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By BR&SSeptember 3, 2013 0

Go & See: Tuesday 3 – Monday 9 September

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 Friday August 2 Photo: SoWa Artists Guild SoWa, 450 Harrison Avenue, Boston SoWa…

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By Katherine VetneSeptember 3, 2013 0

Inside Out: Introducing Natalie Andrew

Our Daily Red is pleased to continue our artist-in-residence series titled Inside Out. Every 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…

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By Katherine VetneAugust 29, 2013 0

Inside Out: The Role of Rules

“To work with a plan that is preset is one way of avoiding subjectivity. It also obviates the necessity of designing each work in turn. The plan would design the work.” – Paragraphs on Conceptual Art, by Sol Lewitt Much…

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By BR&SAugust 27, 2013 0

Go & See: Tuesday August 27 – Monday September 2

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 August 28 deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, 51 Sandy Pond Road, Lincoln,…

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By Matthew KuhlmanAugust 27, 2013 0

Studio Sessions: Rob Andrews, revisited

Welcome to the first episode of Studio Sessions where we will visit for a second time with Rob Andrews. Following our first hour-long conversation, I felt there was such a large percentage of Rob’s work and ideas that we didn’t…

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By BR&SAugust 20, 2013 0

Go & See: Tuesday 20 – Monday 26 August

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 August 22 Artists For Humanity EpiCenter, 100 West Second Street, South Boston…

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By Greer MansfieldAugust 19, 2013 0

Frida & Diego: Passion, Politics and Painting at the High Museum

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera are big business, though it’s difficult to say whether these two Communists would have been surprised by their blockbuster marketability. They were famous in their lifetimes, of course, but the level of interest in the…

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By Gabriela JaureguiAugust 19, 2013 0

Les Papesses- Palais des Papes, Avignon and Collection Lambert, Avignon

Pope’s palace populated by she-popes First, Joan impersonates the pontiff, Oh Petre, pater patrum, Papisse prodito partum! And now this! Camille, Louise, Kiki, Jana and Berlinde ride in, red robes aflow leaving behind not flesh babies but objects all sizes.…

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