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By JOHN PYPER Carlin Wing has a habit of pointing a camera up at the ceiling. Up there, on the blank ceiling, is nothing. Maybe some weird old marks, a light, a crack if the building is old enough, or some kind of architectural pattern. What is it about ceilings that are compelling Wing to turn her camera up? Ceilings Where I Sleep is a collection of photographs and index cards mounted just shy of five feet off the floor in a left to right, all in a linear progression. Each photo…
By RICKY TUCKER Panel 1 Though reclining, he’s on his toes. He strikes us as a fit and formidable young man daring the viewer from across the way. Why are the young often those who’ve let their hair go long? Self-assurance radiates from the image.. His style is clean and fitted with the background to match and a multitude of notions pouring from his eyes. Something here is ominous, but it could easily be read as impending success, which is a concept full of gravitas and polarizing effect. * * * Sartre…
By JIM MANNING Thursday, April 29th, 2010 Candid photos from a Big RED night on-the-town at Judi Rotenberg Gallery for the opening of Man Up: Jesse Burke, El C. Leonardo, Steve Locke and Rune Olsen. Judi Rotenberg Gallery Man Up: Jesse Burke, El C. Leonardo, Steve Locke and Rune Olsen is on view through May 22nd 2010. James Manning is a Boston based independent curator, artist and film producer. He is a regular contributor to Big RED & Shiny.
Kim Bernard, Christopher Carroll, Olivia Glascock, Wilson Harding Lawrence, Laurel McMechan, Carrie Strine, Elizabeth Thach, Kevin Thrasher and Gregory Vershbow.
By BIG RED Sunday, May 2, 2010 Photos from a Big RED on-the-town featuring work on display during Somerville Open Studios at Nave Gallery and Muskat Studios. This was also the closing day for The Beast in Me—Johnny Cash: Art Influenced by the Struggle of a Man, curated by Jenn Harrington. Somerville Open Studios Nave Gallery Muskat Studios Somerville Open Studios was located at various locations on May 1st and 2nd, throughout the city of Somerville, MA.
By STEVE AISHMAN The Budget Biennial JP Morgan is where Jesus saves. Sometimes I buy RH Quaytman’s work and the rest of the Whitney. It’s not for sale. No sound to hear in this grab ass scene. Gary’s so broke he buys pot by the pound. I’m Rihanna’s rebound. That’s not my gun? The Bruce High Quality Foundation is not God’s own creation. The Museum is broke! We’re shakin’ in shit! There’s no architecture to see in Frecon. Hell, I eat paint like Bacon. It was love at first sight, so I…
By THOMAS MARQUET #60: Re-evaluating career options, every two years. Thomas Marquet is a cartoonist, sculptor, and critic, based in Brooklyn.
By KURT COLE EIDSVIG PoIesis is etymologically derived from the ancient Greek term ποιέω, which means “to make”. This word, the root of our modern “poetry”, was first a verb, an action that transforms and continues the world. Neither technical production nor creation in the romantic sense, poietic work reconciles thought with matter and time, and man with the world. – Wikipedia This column presents the poetry of Kurt Cole Eidsvig, in juxtaposition to the dialogue around art and culture also featured at Big RED & Shiny. PICASSO ON COCKTAIL NAPKINS If…