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Bayne Peterson graduated from RISD in 2013 with an MFA in sculpture. This year he has exhibited work in Brooklyn, Cambridge, Providence, and Philadelphia. He received a Graduate Studies Grant in 2013, In Search of the Primus Stove Carver. His exhibition Myst, curated by Tabitha Piseno and Sam Keller, was on view at Proxy (270 Westminster St., Providence), the recently opened exhibit space of the creatively mobile curatorial team at RK Projects, from October 16 — November 14, 2014. Peterson’s process is tied to the practices of information gathering and transmission. In…
The work of Henry Darger made its grand-scale public debut in 1997 at the American Folk Art Museum. Almost immediately, his phantasmagoric landscapes, populated by pre-adolescent girls with male genitalia, gave rise to a new breed of narrative artists like Marcel Dzama and Amy Cutler; cute, precocious little girls behaving strangely were appearing everywhere. Initial critical reception of Darger’s work in the 1980s, when it was dismissed as the product of a depraved pedophile, was quickly reassessed. As most of the facts about Darger’s life have come to light (we have his…
This past July Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue—known for launching the careers of many young artists and recognizing exceptional talent among those already established—announced their return to Boston after five long years, marking the 3rd time in its 15-year history that the organization hosted an award cycle in our city. 389 applications from individuals and collaborative artists living and working in the metro Boston area were culled down to 10 Finalists who this past week received studio visits from the second round of jury members. Today Artadia announced their three…
Every week, BR&S picks out a series of gallery events, screenings, exhibitions, performances. Here are our choices for you to go & see: / / / / / / / / / / / / Friday, November 13 through Saturday, November 15 Labor in a Single Shot Conference: An International, Interdisciplinary Conference on the global video workshop curated by Antje Ehmann and Harun Farocki http://www.bu.edu/com/labor-films/ Keynote Speakers: Thomas Elsaesser, University of Amsterdam Tom Gunning, University of Chicago Saturday, November 15 Urbano Project: Art, Learning & Social Change Art, Learning & Social Change:…
Every week, BR&S picks out a series of gallery events, screenings, exhibitions, performances. Here are our choices for you to go & see: / / / / / / / / / / / / Thursday, November 6 Sonia Almeida Blue Filter Opening Reception: MCC Artist Fellows & Finalists in Painting New Art Center 61 Washington Park, Newton, Massachusetts 02460 6:00 – 8:30PM / FREE The Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) and the New Art Center in Newton (NAC) join together to present the MCC Artist Fellows and Finalists in Painting, from October…
This week, Christopher Bedford, the Henry and Lois Foster Director for The Rose Art Museum, Ruba Katrib, Curator at the Sculpture Center and New York-based painter Ryan Sullivan convened to review 389 artist applications for the third Artadia Award cycle in Boston. Ultimately 10 exceptional finalists were chosen to advance to the second round where three to five will be selected for an award ranging in value between $5,000 and $20,000, with ongoing professional support. The finalists for the 2014 Boston Artadia Awards are: Sonia Almeida, Larissa Bates, Ria Brodell, Lucy Kim,…
On bright, cold mornings in September, the Five Colleges of the Connecticut River Valley vie for the title of “Most Autumnally Attuned Campus.” But this fall, Mount Holyoke offers a sublime experience that surpasses even the botanical gardens of Smith and the leaf littered quads of Amherst: a rare opportunity to view the drawings of Henri Matisse (18691954). Matisse Drawings will run through December 14 at the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum. Curated by Ellsworth Kelly, himself one of the most notable American abstract artists of the 20th century, the show highlights…
Every week, BR&S picks out a series of gallery events, screenings, exhibitions, performances. Here are our choices for you to go & see: / / / / / / / / / / / / Wednesday 22 October Mime directs traffic in Bogota, El Tiempo, 1995. Source: El Tiempo archives, Bogota, Colombia. Courtesy of Doris Sommer. Pedro Reyes, Colloquium: A Conversation with Antanas Mockus A round-table discussion organized in collaboration with Harvard University’s Cultural Agents Initiative. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 Eunice and Julian Cohen Galleria (Gallery…