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By MATTHEW GAMBER Leaves are changing and tourists flock to New England for the leaves dying and the unique syrup packaging. Assuming nobody is here for the luxury of double parking, what officially is going on around these parts? From the official Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism site – MassVaction.com: Explore one of America’s leading small art museums at the Worcester Art Museum. Catch a performance – theater, Broadway shows, musicals, ballet and film – at the Citi Performing Arts Center in Boston. See the very best in contemporary crafts at…
By CHARLES GIULIANO From the top floor of their brick, industrial building, at 93 Summer Street, in the downtown business district of Adams, Mass. the artists Matthew Belanger and Marianne Petit can see Mount Greylock, the tallest peak in Massachusetts. Back in the day their location placed them in the midst of a bustling business district in walking distance of three Roman Catholic churches in what still is a Polish neighborhood. Today, there is little or no traffic on the street with only a handful of stores struggling to survive. There have…
By STEVE AISHMAN Dust – To remove dust (as in cleaning) Dust – To apply dust (as in fingerprinting) Bound – Moving (“I was bound for Chicago”) Bound – Unable to move (“I was bound to my desk”) Buckle – To hold together (buckle your belt) Buckle – To fall apart (buckle under pressure) Assume – To actually have (To assume office) Assume – To hope to have (“He assumed he would be elected.”) Fast – Moving rapidly Fast – Unable to move (“I was held fast to my bed.”) Trim -…
By THOMAS MARQUET #23: Jacqueline fends off the advances of Steven Conrad, and spends a day in the studio. “The White Cube” comics can be read in series in the Big RED & Shiny Collections section. Thomas Marquet is a cartoonist, sculptor, and critic, based in Brooklyn, New York, which is an admittedly unoriginal place to be pursuing any of these things. Get The White Cube every day at Tom’s blog.
By MATTHEW NASH It’s hard to be optimistic about the apocalypse, yet much of the work in the group exhibition “After The End Of The World” feels, well… almost optimistic. The four artists in this exhibition each create worlds that imply the end of days, and yet each also finds humor, beauty and even hope in the gloomy visions they create. This is one of the most upbeat and lighthearted apocalypse-themed shows I think I have ever seen. Joshua R. Marks Virus installation dominates much of the space, and sets the initial…
By JON PETRO “‘America’s Paradise’ and ‘Isla Del Encanto:’ Contemporary Art from the American Caribbean,” is a thematic group exhibition, containing over 20 varying types of artworks, from 12 emerging and established American Caribbean artists addressing the issue of the myth of paradise. As the exhibition’s brochure points directly to “issues of identity, migration, and the complex economic, political, and social relationships with the U.S…” and an “often angst-filled conversation…” the exhibition itself offers a small and narrow view in content and style, of life under the motto “America’s Paradise.” There is…
By MARTINA TANGA Stencil: a thin sheet of stiff material – like paper or metal – is perforated with a design through which ink or paint is forced onto an underlying sheet of paper. It is a simple but effective technique that has been used to create both Art and commercially mass produce images. We tend to consider Art and commercial designs as polar opposites: one is for the elite while the other is for the masses. The former exist as a unique entity, while the latter, is one of thousands, dispersed…
By BEN SLOAT At the Bernard Toale Gallery in the South End is a fascinating exhibition of photographic images, Ambiguous Ambassador, by the deceased photographer Tseng Kowng Chi. Each image is a staged self portrait, a square format black and white photograph of Tseng wearing a Chinese soldier’s uniform posing in a site of cultural importance. Known mostly for his images with Mickey Mouse at Disneyland, in front of the Notre Dame or the World Trade Center, this show at Bernard Toale Gallery includes fantastic pieces that have hardly been on exhibit…