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BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: THE ICA By Big Red Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at the ICA Boston for the opening of The 2008 James and Audrey Foster Prize exhibit; Momentum 12: Gerard Byrne and Ugo Rondinone, Art Wall. Institute of Contemporary Art THE 2008 JAMES AND AUDREY FOSTER PRIZE on view Through March 1st 2009 Catherine D’Ignazio, Rania Matar, Andrew Witkin and Joe Zane Momentum 12: Gerard Byrne On view trough March 12th 2009 Ugo Rondinone, Sandra and Gerald Fineberg Art Wall. On View through November…
TARA DONOVAN @ THE ICA By Matthew Nash The first thing I noticed upon entering the ICA’s West Gallery was the abundance of security guards hovering around the room, their teeth gritted nervously. While this might seem intimidating to the average viewer, it is actually a testament to the fascinatingly improbable nature of Tara Donovan’s sculptures. All of her pieces, and especially the three untitled cubes that greet viewers at the gallery entrance, inspire such a sense of disbelief that one can hardly resist reaching out and touching them. Of course, as fragile…
A REPORT FROM THE PHANTOM ZONE By Steve Aishman The Reverence Of Looking The Zuni have used clay figures for thousands of years. Buddhists; mandalas. A clinical psychologists may suggest a candle. Christians may use the cross. Cultures from around the globe and throughout history have used objects as points of focus for beginning meditative or spiritual journeys. These objects sometimes end-up gaining there own religious or sacred value, but not always. Frequently, these objects are classified as art. In fact, even a quick walk through the Museum of Fine Arts shows that…
EDITS @ HALLSPACE By Karen S. Fegley To edit a newspaper is to correct or modify text and other content in order to make it suitable for publication. In Edits, HallSpace’s current show, Melissa Zexter and Pat Shannon turn that concept on its head: they start with published newspapers and perform their “edits” post-production. While Zexter’s edits are extractive—newspaper headlines and imagery stitched onto photographs—Shannon’s edits, which might be termed subtractive and structural, are performed directly on newspaper pages. The works of these two artists, presented in the same show, balance each…
A CONVERSATION WITH GREGORY CREWDSON By Ben Sloat Gregory Crewdson is a photographer known best for his high production photographic projects, Hover, Twilight, and Beneath the Roses, open ended narratives that blend the suburban vernacular of the Northeast with the paranormal. Other photographic projects include Fireflies, where the insects are rendered in black and white long exposures as abstract light sources, and Natural Wonder, dioramas of taxidermy animals within ambiguous storylines. A longtime educator, Crewdson is the head of the graduate photography program at the Yale University School of Art. Big Red writer…
PHILADANCO @ THE ICA By Chelsey Philpot Financial down-turns throughout history have shown that even in a tough economy people do not stop going to movies. Why shell out twelve bucks for a blockbuster? Why pay too much for butter-soaked popcorn and boxes of candy large enough to induce a sugar coma? The answer: Sometimes we all need an escape. Just to watch a matinee, people are willing to pinch on the grocery bill and forgo buying coffee. Last Friday at Boston’s ICA, Philadanco, the Philadelphia Dance Company, provided that needed escape.…
TALKING ABOUT PLACE WITH RACHEL WHITEREAD By James Nadeau Rachel Whiteread was in town for the opening of her U.S. premiere of her new piece Place (Village) at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. I was lucky enough to spend a few minutes with her. We chatted about her new work, her old work and a little bit about Bruce Nauman. The exhibition is up until January 25th of next year. It is worth a trip on the “E” train. James Nadeau: So, what I wanted to focus on is process. It…
BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: E.P.LEVINE,EXPOSURE PLACE LTD By Big Red October 25th, 2008 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at E.P. Levine in the Exposure Places Studios, Studio B, shooting for the National Film Challenge. A number of BRSers were part of the crew (which contributed to the delayed launch of this issue…)