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By MICAH J. MALONE Print this article Perhaps ever since the inception of conceptual art many artists have insisted on using whatever medium necessary to achieve an idea. Not willing to assign themselves to a singular medium and become hostage to history, contemporary artists often seek a variety of vehicles to accommodate their ideas. Over the years I have found myself becoming increasingly skeptical of such an ideology. Why it is appealing to think that artists have “pure” ideas and need only a vehicle to realize them, there is always the cumbersome…
By ANNEKA LENSSEN Print this article “Cut” works gently. None of the works are quite human-scaled. The effect is that of an alien and enchanting terrain, parts Lilliputian and parts Brobdingnagian.* For Inhabitat XI, Chris Nau drew on and cut into one of the gallery’s walls. He then removed choice internal shapes, refined their edges, and returned them to position. This mode of draftsmanship, in charcoal, tool, and sandpaper, reminded me of Richard Diebenkorn. The focus is on line and virtuoso corrections. Inhabitat XI looked a bit like lace, or a pressed…
By CHRISTIAN HOLLAND Print this article Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the undisputed kings of construction paper animation chose not to create “Team America: World Police” with their favorite medium or even live actors, but marionettes. Puppets, which look remarkably like the stringed manequin-like marionettes of the children’s show Thunderbirds. Watching the film, it’s understandable as to why, because the mere undertaking of such as endeavor—the use of puppets in what amounts to be the parody of an action film—is hilarious. In an October interview in Cinema Confidential, Stone stated that the…
By CHRISTOPHE PEREZ Print this article One of the most intriguing yet compelling art moments of this Fall has been Huyghe + Corbusier: Harvard Project. The event, meant to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts –the only of Le Corbusier’s buildings in the US––, was curated by Linda Norden and Scott Rothkopf. French artist Pierre Huyghe, who is now living in New York, was the recipient of the 2002 Hugo Boss Prize from the Guggenheim Museum and is largely regarded as an artist whose great talent…
By MATTHEW NASH Print this article In the last issue of Big RED, I reviewed the exhibition Intimachine at Art Interactive. During the opening, I was introduced to the artist Brian Knep, whose work is included in the show, as well as the exhibition FEED at MassArt. After talking with Brian, and experiencing his work and the other pieces in the show, it became clear that the role of interactive media is very much in the air and unresolved. I asked Brian to talk about his views regarding interactive media, his “Healing…
By BIG RED Print this article December 3, 2004 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at SoWa First Friday.
By BIG RED Print this article The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum announced the selection of Renzo Piano and the Renzo Piano Building Workshop to plan and design a new building on the Museum’s property. The structure will meet the physical requirements of a master plan adopted by the Board of Trustees. Balancing careful preservation of the Gardner Museum’s world-renowned collection, the Renzo Piano Workshop will create new spaces that will accommodate exhibitions, programs, visitor services, classes, offices, and greenhouses, and in so doing will reduce the wear and tear of the museum’s…
By CHARLES GIULIANO Print this article Cut Chris Nau, Randal Thurston, Debra Weisberg Curated by Laura Donaldson Mills Gallery Through January 9 Boston Center for the Arts 539 Tremont Street Boston, Mass. 02116-6338 Abstracting Thoughts Linda Leslie Brown, Keith Francis, Peter Harris, William Frese, Reese Inman Curated by James Manning Alternate Currents Presents at Space 200 Through December 5 Marketplace Center 200 State Street Boston, Mass This tandem of intelligent and insightful exhibitions have been curated by two solidly established, mid generation curators: Laura Donaldson, director of the Mills Gallery of the…