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By Josh FischerNovember 28, 2017 0

Family Resemblances: Matt Keegan at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts

In Matt Keegan’s 45-minute video Generation – the centerpiece of his solo exhibition at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts – he takes a deceptively simple approach to tackle the knotty intersections of family and identity with funny, thought-provoking…

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By Josh FischerJune 27, 2017 0

Interview with Allison Smith

On September 16th, visitors to Cambridge Common Park may do a double take when they encounter a large black Windsor chair in the midst of the numerous war memorials and monuments. Curious passersby may sit with a friend or stranger…

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By Samuel AdamsJanuary 12, 2017 0

Art and Accountability: Carrie Mae Weems and Dell Hamilton Share Space at Harvard

For decades, Carrie Mae Weems’s staged photographs and videos have served as aids for processing the legacies of slavery, racism, and sexism in the United States. The elegant solutions in Weems’s compositions, their gravitas and narrative content, appear to operate…

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By A. ReidSeptember 11, 2015 0

A Building Session with Mare Liberum

Mare Liberum is self-described as “a freeform publishing, boatbuilding and waterfront art collective based in the Gowanus area of Brooklyn, New York.” While the group is in residence at Harvard’s Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, they continue their ongoing…

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By John PyperSeptember 20, 2012 0

Circa 1963, a History Lesson

Opening a year of exhibitions celebrating the 50th anniversary of Harvard’s Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts is Circa 1963. The work on display is supposed to represent the artistic context that birthed both the Carpenter Center and these works.…

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