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By MICAH J. MALONE Los Angeles artist Jason Rhoades passed away early last month in what is said to be a possible heart failure. Rhoades was often described as a very enigmatic person, which could easily be discerned from his “all out” installations of pipes, legos, legal pads, neon and many other materials. Los Angeles art viewers may remember Rhoades most recently when he designed a series of interactive art exhibitions called “soirees.” Among them, the “Black Pussy Soiree Cabaret Macramé”, was perhaps most provocative where violent neon signs with African, Caribbean,…
By BIG RED NEWS EDITOR Art Showdown is a game show about art, and an art exhibition about game shows currently on view at Art Interactive. This project, two years in the making, has involved the full transformation of the gallery into a television studio, with episodes to be filmed in front of a live audience over the course of four weekends. Between live shows, the studio itself becomes the art, encouraging viewers to explore the set and the games, and dream of what it might be like to be a contestant,…
By BIG RED EDITORS Big RED & Shiny is always looking for people who are excited about art and want to write about it. As the new season kicks off this fall, there is plenty of art to see in Boston, and we know there are a few of you out there who have something to say about what you’ve seen. So, whether you’re a student, a professor, an artist, a collector, or just an art-lover, if you have something to say then we want it. We accept single submissions and those…
By CHARLES GIULIANO Print this article The exhibition “No Reservations: Native American History and Culture in Contemporary Art” curated by Richard Klein for the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgfield, Connecticut, about a one hour drive from Manhattan, may prove to be one of the most unique and influential projects of the season. The strategy and critical thinking of combining cutting edge work by emerging native and non native artists treating controversial issues of history and culture related to the legacy of indigenous people, is a landmark and template for future efforts.…
By THOMAS MARQUET #3: Thomas Marquet’s comic strip about life in a gallery. “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.
By MICAH J. MALONE Fall is among us, and for Boston that means a flood of students. It’s also the time when the best exhibition venues gear up for those students. It is no secret that the best places to see art in Boston are often at school galleries. We cover them as dutifully as we can each year with our “Back to School” edition. Mass Art, the Museum School, The Art Institute of Boston, Tufts, and Boston University are all reviewed here by our eager writers, most of whom attended at…
By JASON DEAN Editor’s Note: In issue #46 of Big RED & Shiny, Jason Dean wrote a piece about the German collaborative eTeam and their “International Airport Montello” project. Since that piece, Dean has become a part of the project, and is working with eTeam to create the experience for patrons travelling to the airport. Presented here is the first part of his travelogue. August 14th: I just got an email from Art In General with the subject ‘International Airport Montello Layover Support Position Available’. Having gone to the lecture at Sara…
By JON PETRO Onanism is the act of self-gratification practiced by millions of people everyday. So if an artist chooses to bring his fetish to the venue of fine art, wouldn’t you expect to see art that reflects the true quality of that fetish? Joe Wardwell’s solo exhibit Full Length at the Allston Skirt Gallery is an attempt at such masturbatory grandeur. This exhibit consists of four different components. Wardwell’s debut LP album Full Length, a lo-fi production completely self-composed and recorded. An installation of 40-plus sepia drawings representing preliminary studies for…