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By HEIDI M. MARSTON Print this article Josh Winer’s show at Clifford Smith Gallery exhibits 30” x 40 “ C–prints of piles of sand and gravel. The photographs, shot with a 4×5 camera and mounted on aluminum, are reminiscent of western traditional landscape: but with a twist. When you first enter the gallery, images of what could be sand dunes in the Mohave Desert expand across the wall. Upon closer inspection of each image, the illusion of timeless traditional landscape breaks down. Winer constructs images such as 42° 14’ 36N, 071° 02’…
By KIMBERLY POTVIN Print this article Nathaniel Hawthorne published The Scarlet Letter in 1850, which was greeted, at the time, with great anticipation and enthusiasm, especially considering the alluring subject matter; that of America’s Puritan past and the eternally interesting question concerning the chastity of women. These two topics were undoubtedly strong concerns of the generation and held the rapt attention of all people, including the religious, the political, and the fascination of both the wealthy and poverty-stricken social classes. In order to truly understand the influences contained in The Scarlet Letter,…
By MATTHEW GAMBER Print this article Ken Feingold is an artist whose work has explored the communicative capacity of video installation, web-based programming, and “cinematic sculpture.” Feingold is a recipient of awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and was a recipient of a Rockefeller Foundation Media Arts Fellowship. His work is currently on view in the Grossman Gallery at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. —– MG: What led you to into animatronic sculpture and installation? KF: Well, I was very interested…
By BIG RED Print this article ‘The station wagons arrived at noon, a long shining line that coursed through the west campus. In single file they eased around the orange I-beam sculpture and moved toward the dormitories. The roofs of the station wagons were loaded down with carefully secured suitcases full of light and heavy clothing; with boxes of blankets, boots and shoes, stationery and books, sheets, pillows, quilts… I’ve witnessed this spectacle every September for twenty-one years. It is a brilliant event, invariably. The students greet each other with comic cries…
Gallery @ Green Street Candid photos from a Big RED night on-the-town at GALLERY for the opening of EXHIBITION
September 10, 2004 Candid photos from a Big RED night on-the-town at GALLERY for the opening of EXHIBITION
By BIG RED Print this article Nearly a decade has passed since Malcom Rogers arrived in Boston to become one of the most controversial directors in history at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Many supporters claim that Rogers’s unorthodox vision has opened up the MFA, while dissenters say he has turned an educational institution into an entertainment venue. Let’s take a moment to look at some of the last 10 years’ highlights: 1992: Then director Alan Shestack lays off 21 employees and closes the Huntington Avenue entrance in a desperate attempt…
By BIG RED Print this article On September 15, the Institute of Contemporary Art broke ground on the construction of its new building. The fantastic structure, which appears to defy both gravity and logic, will be on Fan Pier in Fort Point. This will be the first new museum building in Boston in nearly 100 years. At Big RED, we couldn’t be more excited about a new ICA. The possibility of building a collection of contemporary works, and of a renewed commitment to the arts in general, can only bring Boston closer…