2017 January

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By Silvi NaciJanuary 30, 2017 0

Scaffolding For Future Repairs: A Goldstein Reflex

I first experienced Audrey Goldstein’s work at the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, MA), after she had won the SMFA Traveling Fellowship in 2007. Goldstein exhibited two healing machines: “Generosity Generator” and “The Medicine Cabinets”, which investigated our internal systems,…

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By Alexander CastroJanuary 25, 2017 0

See It Before It’s Gone: Taylor Clough at Occam Projects

Taylor Clough’s Is, And of The at Occam Projects features an assortment of paintings on canvas and paper, absorbingly and tauntingly saturated. Clough painted people as an undergrad, but her current sceneries are unpopulated. Though lacking in figuration, she paints…

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By Megan GregoryJanuary 24, 2017 0

A Second Look at First Light: A Decade of Collecting at the ICA

The anniversary exhibition First Light: A Decade of Collecting at the ICA is composed of four small shows that are individually arranged by the Museum’s curators. Partway through the exhibit’s run, two of these and one of the video installations…

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By Silvi NaciJanuary 18, 2017 0

STAND UP: Silvi Naci in Conversation with Dell M. Hamilton

Dell M. Hamilton’s work draws on not only the historical conventions of photography and performance art but also on the history of black theater, the written and oral traditions of black & Latina women writers as well as the contradiction &…

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By Jonathan Hedegaard and Taney RonigerJanuary 17, 2017 0

Forget Understanding: Art as Encounter with Radical Otherness

Art is difficult to understand. In the domain of public perception, few truisms have enjoyed greater staying power than this one. What with its endless parade of unfamiliar forms, its highbrow hijinks and hopelessly cryptic meanings, things can hardly be…

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By Samuel AdamsJanuary 12, 2017 0

Art and Accountability: Carrie Mae Weems and Dell Hamilton Share Space at Harvard

For decades, Carrie Mae Weems’s staged photographs and videos have served as aids for processing the legacies of slavery, racism, and sexism in the United States. The elegant solutions in Weems’s compositions, their gravitas and narrative content, appear to operate…

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By Ian DeleónJanuary 10, 2017 0

A soul for the skies: In Memoriam of Micah Danemayer

Micah Danemayer, aka: hippie johnny / jungle jim / ic pcp / wife rice / fake steak / real veal / mono tony / visual aids December 31, 2016 I was in Miami the night I heard about the fire…

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By Ileana SelejanJanuary 6, 2017 0

See It Before It’s Gone: Embodied Absence

In a playful sequence from Cecilia Vicuña’s 1980 film Sol y Dar y Dad, una palabra bailada, a danced word, the viewer’s attention is directed towards a female character, presumably the artist. Her back is leaned against the door of…

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By Shana Dumont GarrJanuary 5, 2017 0

Not a Boxing Match: A Conversation with Alexi Antoniadis

A collection of small, bright sculptures by Alexi Antoniadis are visible through the back windows of Carroll & Sons on Harrison Avenue in Boston. Seeming weightless from their perches on subtle shelving, with vibrant colors and taut shapes, they possess…

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By Julianna ThibodeauxJanuary 4, 2017 0

See It Before It’s Gone: Carrie Mae Weems

A Zeus, a Jesus, a jester… or is it an evil clown? Actually, it’s President Barack Obama (yes, we can still call him that for a few more precious days)—seen through the lens (literally) of artist Carrie Mae Weems. “The…

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By Farrell Mason-BrownJanuary 2, 2017 0

Art for Breakfast: Liao Fei’s Perspective

Liao Fei’s exhibition at Yve Yang gallery at first glance seems to be a work in progress: perhaps even a transition between shows. Remarking on surveillance culture, Fei’s quiet exhibition not only gives visitors the uneasy feeling of being watched,…

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