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By MATTHEW GAMBER Since 2004, this pink website has been your independent, upstart source for news, reviews, and dialogue on contemporary work. We’ve published 125 issues, covered hundreds of exhibitions, and offered artists and patrons insight into the minds of the individuals shaping the contemporary state of the arts in New England. On the web, it’s easy to be focused on the immediate, and forget the larger context. When looking at though the archives this past week, I was amazed and the amount of content we have accumulated since 2004. You can…
By THOMAS MARQUET #55: What do artists talk about during a recession? Thomas Marquet is a cartoonist, sculptor, and critic, based in Brooklyn.
By CEARA DANAHER The Boston artists Jack W. Schneider, Alexander DeMaria, and Todd White came together in January to present “Dude, where’s my apocalypse?” at the fivesevendelle project space. One of the most compelling aspects of the show is the impetus and effect of the grouping of the three artists. DeMaria, White and Schneider may not seem to be the likeliest combination to be sharing this space, which is one floor of a 19th century brownstone located in Boston’s Mission Hill neighborhood Stylistically, the greatest kinship lies between White and DeMaria, who…
By SANDRINE SCHAEFER Many artists make work with the hope that they will one day see it in a gallery or museum, but Vela Phelan once told me that his assemblages are made not for these spaces, but for homes. Experiencing these pieces on the walls of Phelan’s own home, I always felt that they were portals that lead into metaphysical terrain. This experience is no different in his exhibition, X me lab, currently on view at The New England Gallery of Latin American Art. Walking into NEGLAA the night of X…
By RICKY TUCKER Running a scenic course under the overpass of cross-dressing, “Virtuoso Illusion,” hits all the usual but gleaming notes typical to the theme: The vibrantly melancholic Sedgwykean Hero(ine), tales of excess (both cautionary and leading), the refracted illuminations of appropriated self, and the underpinnings of what’s queer met with the subversive as a way of life; to begin a list. However, the show really achieves a coasting clip when all cultural presumptions fade and the complexly stacked fixtures of identity are in the fore. During a panel discussion on the…
By MATTHEW NASH Georgie Friedman is a video installation artist whose multi-channel pieces are both contemplative and engaging. Her latest piece,Dark Swell, can be seen as part of the 2010 DeCordova Biennial. We met up for tea and scones at a cafe near her home to talk about clouds, glaciers and geysers. MN: Can you start at the beginning? What is the origin of your installation work? GF: Its kind of roundabout. The origin of the work was that before Boston, I lived in New Orleans for about three and a half…
OUR NEW LISTINGS: EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS, CALLS FOR WORK, CLASSES & WORKSHOPS by BIG RED OUR NEW LOOK: FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND by BIG RED It’s our birthday and we’ve had our fill of cake, presents and cocktails. What we really want here at Big RED & Shiny is a vibrant, viable art scene in Boston. Since 2004, this provocative, pink website has been your independent, upstart source for news, reviews and dialogue on contemporary work. We’ve published 124 issues, covered hundreds of exhibitions, and offered artists and patrons insight…
By BIG RED After six years online, we’ve learned a lot about how to help you find all of the great stuff we have on Big RED & Shiny. Sure, we’ve had re-designs before, but none this comprehensive. So here’s a quick overview of the new look so you can find your way around. In the past, all of our options were in the left column. This new look puts different kinds of content in easy to find menu bars so that you can get to what you want easily. Across the…