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By JAMES A. NADEAU So I have been back in the U.S. for a couple of weeks now, hoping to find time to process and really think about my journey. But as we all know, life goes on. And if your life is as crazy as mine is in terms of commitments you will understand that finding the time to sit and reflect is pretty impossible. So forgive me if this article rambles and stumbles from concept to concept. I’m hoping that events and ideas and memories become clearer as I write.…
By BEN SLOAT Alec Soth is a prominent contemporary photographer who first gained acclaim with his seminal book, Sleeping By The Mississippi. Since its publication in 2004, Soth has published a number of photography books, including Niagara in 2006 and The Last Days of W in 2009. Represented by Gagosian Gallery in New York, Soth is also a full member of Magnum, as well as a frequent lecturer at schools and conferences. Soth sat down for a conversation with Big RED writer Ben R Sloat before his talk at Mass Art on…
By BIG RED Friday, October 2nd, 2009 Candid photos from a Big RED night on-the-town at Laconia Gallery for the opening of “Making Connections: Contemporary Cuban Printmakers” presented by Boston Printmakers. Laconia Gallery Boston Printmakers “Making Connections: Contemporary Cuban Printmakers” is on view October 2 – November 22, 2009 at Laconia Gallery. All images are courtesy of Laconia Gallery.
By BIG RED Thursday, November 12th 2009 Candid photos from a Big RED night on-the-town at The Photographic Resource Center at Boston University for the opening of “The Leopold Godowsky Jr. Color Photography Awards,” which honor the co-inventor of Kodachrome film, a man whose contributions have had a major and lasting impact on photography. Photographic Resource Center 2009 Leopold Godowsky, Jr. Color Photography Awards “2009 Leopold Godowsky, Jr. Color Photography Awards” is on view November 13, 2009 – January 24, 2010 at The Photographic Resource Center. All images are by Caleb Cole…
By BIG RED Friday, October 16th 2009 Candid photos from a Big RED night on-the-town at The New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University for the opening of “Construction,” curated by James Hull. New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University “Construction: a group exhibition of new sculpture made in Boston” is on view October 15 – November 21, 2009 at the NESAD Gallery. All images are by Molly Ferguson courtesy of the NESAD Gallery.
By STEVE AISHMAN Somewhere along the way, rules got a bad name. People began to associate rules with authority and oppression of freedom. Rules are now seen as antiquated obstacles to individualism and progress. Artists in particular decided that following any rules meant total subordination of personal liberties to potentially dangerous social institutions. Artists now fear that if any rules are allowed to even be uttered without immediately being contradicted, that there will be a return to social domination like the infamous degenerate art exhibition of 1937 or Lenin’s Izo-Narkompros where totalitarian…
By JAMES A. NADEAU I have spent the last two issues discussing the work that I viewed in Beijing, so I figured it was time to talk a little bit about my trip to Seoul. A lot of the work in galleries the Korean capital was fairly traditional – paintings, sculpture, fabric – but there were a couple of instances of new media work. The Arko Art Center, a space dedicated to contemporary Korean art, was one of my first stops after recovering from jetlag. It was a little hard to find…
By MICAH J. MALONE Sports and art rarely coincide. Only a handful of contemporary artists come to mind that have utilized sports and athletes as a primary subject. Paul Pfeiffer’s wonderfully jarring videos of basketball star Larry Johnson in perpetual celebration, David Hammon’s exaggerated basketball hoop covered in bottle caps erected in Harlem are now iconic works. And while other artists might liken their practice to “event aesthetics” (see Pierre Huyghe) that might parallel the obsession and excitement of athletic events, few artists have produced work with specific ties to local sports…