By STEVE AISHMAN The Aishman’s review a movie in Hong Kong. Steve Aishman is a former resident of the Phantom Zone. Since his escape he has been a regular contributor Big RED & Shiny.
By STEVE AISHMAN Every summer, Big RED & Shiny offers our Summer Movie Extravaganza! Artists and critics take on Hollywood blockbuster films and it is always fun. This year, as a “teaser” for our upcoming Summer Movie issue, BR&S regulars…
By STEVE AISHMAN Confessions of an Art Nerd Throughout my life I have been called a nerd. This has always been fine for me because I am a nerd. In fact I am multiple types of nerd. To make things…
By STEVE AISHMAN Some texts I or my friends have received during or after art openings. In no particular order, here’s the rundown: 1) This work is so bad. This wine is so bad. So many reasons to puke tonight.…
By STEVE AISHMAN The Budget Biennial JP Morgan is where Jesus saves. Sometimes I buy RH Quaytman’s work and the rest of the Whitney. It’s not for sale. No sound to hear in this grab ass scene. Gary’s so broke…
By STEVE AISHMAN While on a hike in the deep woods of Brooklyn, I found some split open trash bags with paper pouring out. Covered in dried blood and with multiple missing pages, I saw it was a journal/tactical notebook/garbage.…
By STEVE AISHMAN It’s a 13-hour flight to Dubai. Not the kind of travel to be taken lightly but worth it for the experience of Art Dubai. For visitors like me, Art Dubai represents more than the other fairs like…
By STEVE AISHMAN Every hero becomes a bore at last. — Emerson I have never been able to throw. And I mean anything. I can’t throw a baseball, tennis ball, Frisbee, whatever. Don’t ask me to toss you a pen…
By STEVE AISHMAN So I’m looking at Titian’s Venus and the Lute Player when I overhear a discussion being led by a teacher and some students: Teacher: “What do you think this painting is about?” Student A: “It seems to…
By STEVE AISHMAN “Art writing that attempts not to judge, and yet presents itself as criticism, is one of the fascinating paradoxes of the second half of the twentieth century.” – James Elkins In 1970, Edmund Burke Feldman wrote a…
By STEVE AISHMAN Artists and giving to charitable causes seem to go well together. The biennial ARTcetera art auction is a great example where Boston’s visual arts community has donated artwork and time to support the AIDS Action Committee since…
By STEVE AISHMAN Top Ten Bad New Years Resolutions for a Stereotypical Artist 10. Don’t roll eyes at people who ask if all my clothes are black; just accept that they are jealous and move on. 9. Stop worrying if…
By STEVE AISHMAN The Storm and the Sculpture The snowman is the quintessential piece of vernacular sculpture. True, people who don’t consider themselves artists also make sandcastles, bonfires and even Christmas lights can be viewed as vernacular installation art, but…
By STEVE AISHMAN Somewhere along the way, rules got a bad name. People began to associate rules with authority and oppression of freedom. Rules are now seen as antiquated obstacles to individualism and progress. Artists in particular decided that following…
By STEVE AISHMAN Information has evolved into a new species of garbage. The entire concept of someone who is “informed” has changed and now fragmentary 140 character lines of text pass as communication. It is not that this new breed…
By STEVE AISHMAN This is a news report and criticism: On Sept. 29, BoingBoing blogger Xeni wrote a criticism of an advertisement by Ralph Lauren, stating,”Dude, her head’s bigger than her pelvis.” Ralph Lauren’s law firm has now threatened to…
By STEVE AISHMAN 07There once was an artist from Boston Who searched all the way to Austin “Where is the art?” He said with a fart “If this country had balls, we have lost them!” -A limerick by Steve Aishman…
By STEVE AISHMAN You shouldn’t be reading this in front of your computer. People have a tendency to keep their computers in clean rooms like offices or on desks with flowers and potpourri. This article should be read in your…
By STEVE AISHMAN So the other day, I was at the Museum and I overheard two people talking about a Georgia O’Keefe. “Oh they are clearly vaginas,” said one person. “No, they’re just beautiful shapes and colors based on flowers,…
By STEVE AISHMAN I’m often reminded of artist George Vlosich’s work. You’re not familiar with his work? He’s one of the most written about artists of our generation. The You Tube video of him making his work has been viewed…