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By HEIDI MARSTON Print this article The color was like the sky. It had a texture that changed from a soft brushstroke quality to patchy and cloudlike. It was 5’ x 5’ which at the time seemed huge. I felt like it could envelope me completely when I was in the same room with it. I loved it. I loved it so much I had it moved with me wherever I went, like one of William I. Koch’s paintings. What was it? My blanket. It brought me joy and I thought it…
By BIG RED STAFF Print this article THE GRAPHIC IMPERATIVE: POLITICAL POSTERS @ MASSART by BEN SLOAT LUEDERS-BOOTH & TUCKERMAN @ THE ART INSTITUTE OF BOSTON by MATTHEW NASH SONIFICATION/LISTENING UP @ MIT (BLGD 54) by ANNEKA LENSSEN JESSICA STOCKHOLDER @ SMFA by MATTHEW NASH PATTERN LANGUAGE @ TUFTS by CHRISTIAN HOLLAND In September in Boston, there are only two types of people: those who are going back-to-school, and those who are not. For our purposes, ‘back-to-school’ can loosely be defined as attending, teaching, or working at a college, university, high school…
By BEN SLOAT Print this article David Hilliard is a Boston-based photographer known for his unique multi-panel images that present complex, yet personal narratives. Represented by galleries in Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, and at the Bernard Toale Gallery here in Boston, David has become a major figure in photography, and an active photography educator. He has taught at Harvard, Mass Art, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, and at Yale University. His monograph was published by Aperture this past spring. David’s latest show, “Ladies” opened at the Bernard Toale…
By CHARLES GIULIANO Print this article Last night I caught up with Linda Norden, the first curator of contemporary art at the venerable Fogg Art Museum of Harvard University. Yes, we did have beers but opted instead of burgers to meet at the Harvard Square landmark, The Hong Kong, which is a short walk from the museum. It was a bit after 7 and the end of a long work day when we settled into a booth for what proved to be a three and a half hour dialogue. We initiated the…
By CHARLES GIULIANO Print this article In October, Gallery NAGA, on Boston’s Newbury Street, will present an exhibition of new work by Robert Ferrandini. Since his stroke in October, 2001 the gallery has shown and sold paintings and drawings from its inventory, but this is the first body of new work, watercolor on paper, since undergoing a long and daunting rehab. As a naturally right handed person, he is now developing facility with the left side of his body as the right arm and leg remain paralyzed. The stroke ended some 35…
By CHRISTIAN HOLLAND Print this article Perhaps an appropriate show as Axiom’s finale at its Allston space, MASS MEDIA included the work of 21 new media artists in its comparatively small space. Axiom’s director and curator of MASS MEDIA, Heidi Kayser, assembled the show in an attempt to emulate the ubiquity of mass media. The show makes no grand statements and has no strong theme to bind it together; it is essentially a reflection. Though the title may imply a show about mass media (e.g. television, radio, internet), few of its works…
By ANNEKA LENSSEN Print this article Since I love almost every mark that Degas ever made, and anyone else with sensory organs and a passing affinity for Western art does too, this review probably best functions as an aid toward deciding whether or not to cross the Charles and pay $7.50 to see Degas at Harvard. The verdict is that yes, you should go. You’ll like it. Degas at Harvard is an exhibit with impressive breadth, and it manages to deliver a sum sense of the artist that actually feels revelatory. The…
By RACHEL GEPNER Print this article Flip through an issue of Metropolis magazine and you’ll encounter stories about office chairs that save our spines, restaurants that save dining, and bus shelters that save bus waiting. Its pages of glossy photos ring affirmatively: Design will Save the World. The Busycle project is not quite as sexy as Philip Starck’s new chair, but it will certainly save bus-biking everywhere. The project began in May by long-time friends and fellow sculptors Heather Clark and Matthew Mazzotta when they were awarded theBerwick’s Artist in Research Residency.…