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BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: THE ART INSTITUTE OF BOSTON By Big Red Thursday, September 4th, 2008 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at The Art Institute of Boston for the opening of “Luba Lukova: Social Justice 2008 & Other Works” “Luba Lukova: Social Justice 2008 & Other Works” is on view September 4 – October 18, 2008 at the Art Institute of Boston. Photos by Joel Zayac.
INTERVIEW WITH EMILY ISENBERG By Micah J. Malone I got to know Emily Isenberg in our brief but memorable crossover in Portland, OR. I had just moved to town and a mutual friend thought we should meet. This friend however, did not know I had recently re-located to Portland, so it was with delight and surprise to find I had a Boston connection just coming into town. We hung out regularly, talking about art, artists, markets, the scenes of Boston and Portland, etc. Having only been here a year, Emily had already established…
BEN SLOAT @ OH+T By Matthew Nash At first glance, it might be easy to dismiss Ben Sloat’s new show “I’m Not Like Other Guys” at O•H+T as a facile obsession with Michael Jackson. In fact, when Sloat first told me he was doing a show about Jackson, my first response was “why?” Yet, considering the variety of approaches and dissections made by the work, and taken in context with the richness and complexity of Sloat’s recent exhibition at Laconia Gallery, it’s becomes clear that there is a lot more to this obsession…
AMY MONTALI & JESS T. DUGAN @ GALLERY KAYAFAS By Matthew Nash Currenlty on view at Gallery Kayafas are two exhibitions of photographs that challenge the stance of the viewer. Amy Montali’s large color photographs, and Jess T. Dugan’s smaller black-and-white images, each present moments in which the subjects offer something unexpected, perhaps a glimpse into a secret world or a life of tough decisions. They are images that do not always scream for attention, but each creates a private world where the subject and the viewer are carefully intertwined. Montali’s series, simply…
BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: FIRST FRIDAY (PART TWO) By Big Red Friday September 5th 2008 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at First Friday openings in Boston’s Back Bay and South End. “David Moore: Ballinglen” @ Kidder Smith Gallery “Bill Fisher: New Paintings” @ Arden Gallery “Steve Hollinger: What’s Left” @ Chase Gallery “First Class, Graphic Design Masters Thesis Exhibit” @ New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University “Maggie Stark: THERE” and “Christopher Frost: New Work” @ Boston Sculptors Gallery “Katherine Bradford: Aliens & Seafarers” @ Samson Projects “Amy…
Since I missed the openings last Friday, I decided to spend the day checking out shows in the South End and on Newbury Street. I saw a lot of great work, and was struck by how rapidly SoWA has changed in the wake of recent gallery closings. I had some great conversations with gallerists, and I thought I’d share my thoughts and notes after a long afternoon of art viewing. I’m working on a few reviews for this weekend’s issue of Big RED & Shiny, but here are some brief thoughts on…
MODERN DAY SAINT-GAUDENS: LAWRENCE J. NOWLAN By Chelsey Philpot “A Sculptor’s work endures so long that it is next to a crime for him to neglect to do everything that lies in his power to execute a result that will not be a disgrace.” – Augustus Saint-Gaudens Past the pickup trucks parked outside Dan’s Diner and the No Name Coffee and Tea café, and on the same side of Windsor, Vermont’s Main Street as the veterans memorial he created for the town in 2002, sculptor Lawrence J. Nowlan crafts his monuments and his…
SUSAN ERONY: A PORTRAIT By Tamara Schillin Susan Erony is an artist, historian, scholar, independent curator and adjunct professor currently residing in Gloucester, MA. She has grappled with complex and highly controversial subjects in her work and life for nearly three decades as a way of raising awareness and social consciousness. Her subject matter includes genocide, the holocaust, the roots of evil and hatred, the methods and consequences of war and torture, the pseudoscience of eugenics, weaponry and the byproducts of the industrial revolution, social culture, individual identity and how history, science and…