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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 Sunday 2 — Saturday 8 December* MassArt, Tower Lobby, 621 Huntington Ave, Boston Annual MassArt Holiday Sale 10am-7pm / Free Tuesday 4 December* Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, Harvard University ArtisTalk:Katharina Sieverding 6—8pm / Free Wednesday 5 December Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, Harvard University Two-Point Perspective Gallery Talk: People Everyday: The Vantage of Kerry James Marshall 3:30—4:30pm / Free Thursday 6 December Carpenter Center for…
Greetings BR&S! I’m J.R. Uretsky and in the studio today I am working on a new segment of my performance series titled, Women I’ve Known, Biblically. I have been thinking about sentimental artworks and found this great article by Nada Gatalo. I see sentiment as a tool, and I want my performances and videos to act as situations that evoke sentimental feelings while simultaneously being the “…consequence of its [the works] sentimentality.” Gatalo explains, “The moral critique of sentimentality is most extensively developed by David Pugmire, who claims that sentimentality is immoral…
https://vimeo.com/58230343 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 an ‘Open Studio’ format which is predicated on potential sales, BR&S wants to provide the artist-in-residence with an outlet to place their practice in a more public realm, offering an expanded look at the creative process and placing emphasis on the time ideas and works take to mature. It is…
The CMCA, Rockport’s Center for Maine Contemporary Art, is doing something right. Its Biennial, which closes next Wednesday after a 2 month run, showcases the work of 17 artists who live and work, at least part-time, in the State of Maine. At 60, the Center seems to have taken a swig from the fountain of youth. When it comes to art, Rockport, a charming small town on the Midcoast, has to contend with the same stereotypes and preconceptions as many a New England destination. Absent from the white post-and-beam structure were the…
Toki Eishö (active late 18th century) Japan, Edo Period, 18th century Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk Honolulu Academy of Arts, Richard Lane Collection (2007.143) On November 29, 2012, Boston University’s Department of History of Art & Architecture and the Center of the Study of Asia hosted a lecture by Dr. Stephen Little, Curator and Head of Chinese and Korean Art at LACMA. Through delightful anecdotes of Richard Lane’s life and the acquisition process and a look at some artworks in the collection, Little recounted how he was able to…
Thanks To Our Sponsors By The Editors November 30, 2012 We would like to take a brief moment to thank this month’s sponsors. These are the organizations and companies that keep us publishing, so be sure to check them out! Featured Advertisers Guggenheim – The “Conversations with Contemporary Artists” series presents the opportunity to hear and meet artists such as Gabriel Orozco and R. H. Quaytman as they discuss themes in their work as well as current issues in the art world. Asia Society Museum – Bound Unbound: Lin Tianmiao represents the artist’s first…
While driving home from my family’s house on Black Friday I was surprised to see an open sign in front of the Boston Cyberarts Gallery. I had missed the opening event for their new show and had been meaning to stop by but hadn’t yet found time when our schedules overlapped. Still coming down my calorie-high the day before, I wasn’t sure that I felt completely prepared to spend time with the work and engage with it in the way that I needed. Strangely, I found that I was unprepared, though for…
When someone you just met does something nice for you and you are shocked, it makes you reexamine the kind of jerks you usually hang around with. And that sentence is the roundabout way I picked to tell you that I am reporting from the west coast of Ireland. I’m here on a month long residency at the Burren College of Art, and that line about reexamining things refers to how I got here. I applied for a one-year teaching fellowship. I wasn’t selected, but I got an email from the dean…