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Carlos Jiménez Cahua Untitled #65.p (My [Aesthetic] Vocabulary Did This To Me; bicubic), 2012 Tiff file, dimensions variable This is part two of a conversation about the artist-in-residence program sübSamsøn, directed by Camilo Alvarez, interviewed a few days ago. The current artist in the Gallery’s basement studio is Carlos Jiménez Cahua, who ends his 6 month residency this month. Stephanie Cardon So Carlos, how did you approach this 6 month residency? That’s a long time to be ‘in residence’. Did you have a particular project in mind or let it evolve organically?…
Felix Gonzalez-Torres American (Guaimaru, Cuba 1957 – 1996) “Untitled” (Last Light), 1993 Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Cowles, by exchange, 2010.472 If you’ve traveled to or lived in Boston during the past two years, you’ve probably seen one or two pieces by Felix Gonzalez-Torres here and there. Visitors to the Boston University Art Gallery took part in the artist’s Untitled (Lover Boys) during the 100 Years (Version #4, Boston 2012) exhibition and from February 17 — May 20, 2012 visitors experienced Untitled (Blood), Untitled (Lover Boys) and…
Camilo Alvarez sübSamsøn is an artist-in-residence program developed by Samsøn owner and director Camilo Alvarez. An artist is invited to occupy a small studio in the basement of the Gallery’s 450 Harrison Avenue space in Boston for a duration of 6 months. I was curious to learn more about the model, and about the experience of both gallerist and artist as they work alongside each other. This is part one of two conversations with Alvarez and Carlos Jiménez Cahua, who ends his residency this month. Stephanie Cardon What sparked your idea…
The Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University in Waltham has been on the rebound since 2009, when former president Jehuda Reinharz recommended that director Michael Rush’s contract not be renewed and the museum’s important collection of modern and contemporary art be sold. The decision was met with hesitation and condemnation from the school’s students, faculty, and members of the art world, including the Association of American Museums. The Rose’s collection was saved, and in July 2012, the Museum announced the appointment of Christopher Bedford as its first art director since 2009. Bedford…
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 February 13 Boston Society of Architects, BSA Space, 290 Congress Street, Boston Micro-Housing Unit By What’s In 6-8pm / Free Wednesday February 13* Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Arnheim Gallery, 621 Huntington Ave, Boston Artist Camilo Restrepo with Boston Arts Academy Dance: The Liminal Bend Closing Reception: Wednesday February 13 5-7pm / Free Sunday February 17 Worcester Art Museum, Contemporary Gallery & WAM Library, 55 Salisbury…
In this episode of Studio Sessions we talk with artist Anthony Montuori. Anthony is a 2012 MFA graduate from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and earned his BFA from the Montserrat College of Art in 2009. Originally a painter, Anthony has moved on to making artwork in a videogame format in recent years. His games use the simple objectives and visual style of early 8-bit videogames, and use references to famous artists and artworks or philosophical bases to add an artistically conceptual twist into the game play.…
There’s no question that Bruce Davidson is a lion of twentieth century photography, and with good reason. His silver gelatin prints are atmospheric, transporting viewers to a rough and tumble 1960s Harlem neighborhood. Like the work of Lewis Hine, Walker Evans, and W. Eugene Smith, Davidson’s photographs are momentous time-capsules that seal a social reality so profoundly and poignantly that they are at once both humane works of art and the records on which social and political policy is written. Except that they’re not. Unlike the foregoing humanistic photographers, Davidson did not…
The other day I was browsing though the archives of The Evolving Critic and came across a post from 2011 titled “How to Build an Igloo.” The week I published the post, Boston had been blasted with a winter mega-storm similar to this weekend’s “Nemo.” I figured if there was a way to cope with all the snow that had been dumped on us, it would be to have some fun blogging about it and maybe even inspire some people to create a snow sculpture or snow angel or who knows, even…