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By BIG RED Friday August 13th, 2010 Candid photos from a Big RED night on-the-town at THE FOURTH WALL PROJECT for the opening of Boston Related Featuring Works by: Antoniadis and Stone, Raul Gonzalez, Jessica Gath, Alone, Jason Reppert, Nicole stone, Jesse Littlefield, Matthew Rich, Janos Stone, Miles Huston, Fredo Conde and David Ording. Fourth Wall Project “Boston Related” is on view through September 4th at Fourth Wall Project. Images by James Manning. James Manning is a Boston based independent curator, artist and film producer. He is a regular contributor to Big…
By MATTHEW NASH On February 15 of 2004, Big RED & Shiny launched our first issue. On August 16 of 2010, we launch our last. I have been doing BR&S for a long time. I’ve written every line of code that makes this site happen at least 3 times, & I’ve designed 134 of the issues. This has been my life, several days a week for a about eight years, and I’ve certainly contributed my share of writing to the project. Matthew Gamber has been editor-in-chief for 126 issues, and wrote for…
By STEVE AISHMAN The Aishman’s review a movie in Hong Kong. Steve Aishman is a former resident of the Phantom Zone. Since his escape he has been a regular contributor Big RED & Shiny.
By JANE HUDSON First, let’s say thanks to Matt Nash, Matt Gamber, Micah Malone, James Nadeau, Steve Aishman, Tom Marquet and all the other contributors for the largess that has been Big Red. I knew all these folks when they were students at the Museum School, and later as friends and colleagues. This was an heroic effort, unparalleled in Boston art coverage, Charles Giuliano’s Maverick Arts (currently Berkshirefinearts.com) notwithstanding. There was a shared belief that the Boston art scene needed reviewing beyond the limited coverage from the major papers in town. Also,…
By THOMAS MARQUET #61: What ever happened to “The White Cube”? Thomas Marquet is a cartoonist, sculptor, and critic, based in Brooklyn. Find more of his work online at his website,thomasmarquet.com.
By JULIE NOVAKOFF Since my recent relocation from Boston to Los Angeles, I have taken advantage of the blossoming cultural life of this city. I’ve visited numerous galleries and exceptional museums such as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), The Getty, Los Angeles and the Architecture and Design Museum (A + D) to name a few. This week I ventured beyond these traditional establishments and participated in the Los Angeles Downtown Art Walk, a self-guided tour held on the second Thursday of…
By JIM MANNING If you owned a gallery, showed or performed your art, or if you just happened to go to an exhibit opening in the Boston / Cambridge area during the past six years then odds are pretty good that I have taken a photo of you that has ended up on “On The Town.” To all the hundreds of people I have photographed over the years for Big RED & Shiny, THANK YOU! and I apologize for all the awkward pictures I may have posted of you. Soon after Big…
By JOHN PYPER Till September 19th, the New Museum in Manhattan has a mid-career retrospective for Brazilian artist Rivane Neuenschwander. The works gathered in A Day Like Any Other Day are transitory moments collected and framed. She transforms seemingly random actions into objects that capture the imagination. It is free from the controversial questions surrounding recent New Museumexhibitions. This exhibition is deserved, as it is a timely review of one of the clearest voices to emerge in our generation. After world war II, Ernst Gombrich started his book The Story of Art…