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By BIG RED Saturday, August 11th, 2007 Candid snaps from the a day at The Boston Design Center for a photo shoot by Brian Burkhardt and Tanit Sakakini. For this project, the artists are creating an iconic image of 18 of Boston’s artists as superheroes which will be used to promote the artistic community of Boston. The project featured: Brian Burkhardt, Tanit Sakakini, Jane D. Marsching, Ria Brodell, Matthew Nash, Sheila Gallagher, Rachel Perry Welty, Andy Mowbray, Cristi Rinklin, Nick Rodrigues, Samantha Fields, Evelyn Rydz, Pixnit, Laurel Sparks, Hannah Barrett, Jeffu Warmouth,…
By BIG RED Saturday, August 11th, 2007 More candid snaps from the a day at The Boston Design Center for a photo shoot by Brian Burkhardt and Tanit Sakakini. For this project, the artists are creating an iconic image of 18 of Boston’s artists as superheroes which will be used to promote the artistic community of Boston. The project featured: Brian Burkhardt, Tanit Sakakini, Jane D. Marsching, Ria Brodell, Matthew Nash, Sheila Gallagher, Rachel Perry Welty, Andy Mowbray, Cristi Rinklin, Nick Rodrigues, Samantha Fields, Evelyn Rydz, Pixnit, Laurel Sparks, Hannah Barrett, Jeffu…
By BIG RED Thursday, July 26th 2007 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at the opening of STENCILS: Public Space and Social Intervention. Exhibit organized by Hiroko Kikuchi and Alice Vogler. Participating artists: Dirk Adams, Beth Balliro, Michael Gardiner, Geoff Hargadon, Lazaro Montano, Lucas Murida, Liz Nofziger, Melina O’Grady & Niko, Vela Phelan, Paul Roax, Claudia Salamanca, Jonathan Santos, and Andi Sutton Stencils: Exhibit Information New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University
By BIG RED NEWS EDITOR Inspired by the success of our Listings RSS feed, we’ve added a new feed for our Calls For Artists & Opportunities! So, for those of you who use RSS to keep up on what’s happening in the world, you can now add this link to your favorite RSS aggregator: http://www.bigredandshiny.com/cgi-bin/rss-calls Also, don’t forget that you can always check our latest issue with our Current Issue RSS feed: http://www.bigredandshiny.com/cgi-bin/rss And, you can keep up on our Event & Exhibition Listings: http://www.bigredandshiny.com/cgi-bin/rss-listings Enjoy!
By BIG RED NEWS EDITOR The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in conjunction with the Forsyth Institute, has annouced that it will acquire the the Forsyth Institute’s property on the Fenway, thereby expanding the MFA’s visibility in the area. The building currently housing the Forsyth Institute was designed by Edward T. P. Graham in 1912 and expanded in 1959 and 1969 to improve facilities for research. From Malcom Rogers’ intro to the press release: “Several months ago our neighbor to the east, The Forsyth Institute, announced their intent to sell their property.…
By BIG RED & SHINY The Big RED & Shiny 2007 Annual has finally arrived! Packed with essays by Jane Hudson, James Nadeau, Marrikka Trotter, Meg Rotzel, Heidi Aishman, Matthew Gamber, Steve Aishman and Matthew Nash, our new book brings all of the great writing about art and culture you have come to expect from our website to your coffee table. And, it’s a steal at only $12. There are two ways you can get your hands on your very own copy: The most enjoyable is to join us on September 7th,…
By STEVE AISHMAN Whatever happened to mindless creation? In a world that rationalizes war, where is the defiant irrationality? Where is the ethical anarchy? The Socratic cynicism? I went to Scope Hamptons two weeks ago to see what the art fair had to offer. The Scope Art fairs have the characteristic trademark of marketing emerging artists, so I went there looking for an edge to walk over. But in general, I did not find any challenging art. When speaking about Scope Hamptons, the Scope fair president told Bloomberg News “We don’t want…
By MATTHEW NASH Summer is a time for escaping. We escape on vacation or to the beach, we escape into books, we escape to the movie theatre. Issue number sixty-seven of Big RED & Shiny is devoted to escaping. First, you have probably already noticed that this is our Fourth Annual Summer Movie Extravaganza, with reviews of movies that kept us out of the heat this summer. As always, we have done our best to bring the Big RED perspective to these Hollywood offerings, and hope that you enjoy our thoughts. Secondly,…