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By MATTHEW NASH My first impression of “We Made It”, the first exhibition for fledgling Second Gallery, was: “I’m too old to get this show.” No, Charles Giuliano has not hijacked my body, and yes, I am still under thirty, but there was something about the vibrancy and immediacy of the work that spoke to a younger me. As much as I enjoyed a quick dip into youthful energy, I also knew that there was a perpetual distraction and short attention span that came with that energy, and that trying to focus…
By ROSIE BRANSON GILL Being semi-exposed is both daring and cautious. Like dipping one toe into a cold lake, it permits us to experiment safely. We take comfort in the knowledge that we never have to commit to complete, naked revelation, but is there harm in not just jumping blind? Can we fully experience life if we exist perpetually midway between one complete state and another? The current exhibition at Rhys Gallery owes much of its considerable success to its brave attempt to respond to those two questions. The show succeeds, not…
By BIG RED STAFF PREDICTIONS by MATTHEW NASH PREDICTIONS by MICAH J. MALONE PREDICTIONS by RACHEL GEPNER PREDICTIONS by MATTHEW GAMBER It may be Big RED’s second birthday, but we are not about looking back and harping on the past. Instead, we are looking to the future of Boston, and what great things are in store in the years to come. We may still be the new kid on the block, but that doesn’t mean we can’t look around and pick up on a few trends. Who knows, we may even…
By BIG RED January 19, 2006 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at The New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University for the opening of “Martin Mugar: Pulled Dots” and “James Kalambokis: Final Edit” Photos by James Manning. New England School of Art and Design at Suffok University
By BIG RED January 7, 2006 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at Artist Foundation Gallery for Mary Omalley “Curious Intimacies”, “This is Not My Mother’s Photo Album: New Photography Works” by Adrianne & Jamie Fernadez, and “Abstracted- Two Videos Started on Opposite Ends of the Spectrum of Meaning” by Bebe Beard and Lou Cohen. Photos by James Manning. Artists Foundation
By BIG RED NEWS EDITOR According to the Associated Press, the thief of a 16th century, gold-plated sculpture titled “Saliera” has turned himself in to police in Austria. The sculpture was recovered near the town of Zwettl, north of Vienna, buried in a wooden case after the thief called police. The man, who police will not identify, then turned himself in on Friday, January 20. According to the Associated Press: The man was photographed by a surveillance camera while buying a cell phone that was then used to send a text message…
By BIG RED NEWS EDITOR Back in issue #25 we said goodbye to Big RED’s editor-in-chief Matthew Gamber as he left Boston for Savannah and a cushy teaching job. His 18 issues with Big RED were full of growth and progress, and his hard work shaped the nature of our little pink site. So, here’s the thing…. um, well, you see… he never really left. Despite the gifts and fanfare and tearful goodbyes, he is still with us. It is a testament to the glory of email, certainly, but also to Gamber’s…
By BIG RED NEWS EDITOR College entrepreneur, Alex Tew, of Wiltshire, England, has auctioned off the final 1000 pixels on his web-based billboard, the Million Dollar Homepage. The eBay auction ended last week with a high bid of $38,100 by Elijah Klige for a link to MillionDollarWeightLoss.com. When the site began last August, the price for pixel space was set at a dollar per pixel, each block of pixels representing 100 pixels. Those who bought one of the 10,000 blocks available were signified by hyperlinked graphic. Tew conceived the Million Dollar Homepage…