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By BIG RED Print this article July 22nd, 2005 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town: The Midway Show in the Bakalar Gallery at MassArt and ephEmera Co-curated by Helga Felleisen and Eden Reiner, GASP in Brookline.
By BIG RED Print this article This past month, a fire in Watertown changed the lives of several Boston artists and musicians. Among them was Dave Norton, a close friend of Big RED & Shiny, and a well-known artist and musician with bands such as Certainly, Sir and Victory At Sea. On Saturday, August 13th, The Middle East will host a benefit event for the victims of this unfortuate tragedy. Bands like Victory At Sea; Helms; Certainly, Sir; Prime Movers; Madman Films; Dirty Holiday; Dorkbot; Tramps Like Us; Modelo ’78; Tiny Amps;…
By BIG RED Print this article In the third issue of Big RED and Shiny, founding editor Sean Horton wrote: “I am not sure if any of us thought we would even make it this far.” At that time the project was barely off the ground, after a year of false-starts, and the launch of our third issue was a landmark. After issue seven, when Sean departed for greener pastures in Vermont (and later New York), he could look back proudly at having more than doubled the accomplishment. Matthew Gamber took over…
By BIG RED Print this article LEF New England is now accepting proposals for the Fall 2005 Contemporary Work Fund, supporting innovative work of strong creative merit in all contemporary art disciplines, excluding filmmaking, which is supported through LEF’s Moving Image Fund. Contemporary Work Fund grants are targeted primarily to the creation of new work and to projects that foster artists’ creative development. Grantmaking is restricted to New England artists and nonprofit cultural organizations. Individual artists apply for project support through a nonprofit organization. Organizational applicants apply directly for projects that provide…
By BIG RED Print this article Kirsten A. Malone : Retrospective, a three-day exhibition, will be the first retrospective of Kirsten Malone’s strong work since her untimely death in 2004 at the age of 29. With this body of photography, video, sculpture, and performance, Malone introspectively integrates her own experiences with acute commentary on the social constructs affecting her life as a young woman in Boston. Employing her characteristic intelligence and sharp wit, personal histories become pertinent social critique of stereotypes, consumption, and technology. In her own words, she set to “question…
By BIG RED & WHITE CUBES Print this article This past January, Big RED & Shiny held our first fundraiser at the Boston Center for the Arts. Along with music and performances, this event featured an exhibition on the theme of money. This summer, we are proud to present a reprise of this exhibition, with new artists and works. Return On Investment runs from August 24 – September 28, 2005 at the New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University. The reception will be Thursday, September 15, from 5-7 pm.…
By CHARLES GIULIANO Print this article Looking through stacks of paintings leaning against the walls of the Brooklyn studio of John L. Moore there were several persistent forms drawn in black, painterly outline against solid red, blue or white grounds. The icons included ovals, what read as trees and bare branches, and vertical strokes that he identified as the element of fire. On the table was a thick stack of very large sheets of drawing paper with similar markings in gestural black on a white ground. He is of my generation, actually…
By CHARLES GIULIANO Print this article “If you look at an image of a rock and the shadow that it casts, what happens when you remove the rock and focus on the shadow? Or remove the shadow and leave the rock,” Benno Friedman was trying to explain the essence of the digital images he has been working on for the past ten years. “Or back when we were doing wet work photography, and used to spot out the dust, the blemishes in a print, what happens if you remove everything but the…