In Marguerite Yourcenar’s essay, “That Mighty Sculptor, Time,” she speaks of the “involuntary beauty” of ruined sculpture from the ancient past: …statues so thoroughly shattered that out of the debris a new work of art is born: a naked foot…
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Bayne Peterson: The art of being the Stranger
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…
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Photo Futures: Andy Adams and Jörg M. Colberg at the RISD Museum of Art
Flak Photo and Conscientious are arguably two of the most influential sites showing and discussing contemporary fine art photography online in recent years. Their respective creators/voices, Andy Adams and Jörg Colberg, got together on Thursday September 27th in Providence to…
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Chihuly & MFA Show at RISD; Soviet Graphic Art at Brown
Yesterday I took a day trip to Providence to check out the new RISD Museum wing and the exhibition of Dale Chihuly’s work in honour of RISD. The show was mildly interesting (I am not a fan of class art)…