Volume 1 : Issue #112

Articles

By BR&S Contributing AuthorAugust 11, 2009 0

THE OLD, WEIRD AMERICA: FOLK THEMES IN CONTEMPORARY ART @ THE DECORDOVA

By KEN BOUTET & DAVE ORTEGA A large, sparsely detailed diorama by Sam Durant depicts the English-speaking American Indian, Squanto, teaching a grateful pilgrim how to fertilize a cornfield with fish. One nearly dismisses this display of aesthetic plainness and…

Magazine

By BR&S Contributing AuthorAugust 11, 2009 0

EXPANDED MARKS @ SPACE GALLERY

By ALISE UPITIS In 1977, Richard Serra proposed that all drawing is the physical trace of doing, famously stating that “drawing is a verb.” Let’s call this our thesis. In 2002, curator Laura Hoptman claimed that, at the turn of…

Interviews

By Matthew NashAugust 11, 2009 0

A CONVERSATION WITH PHIL FRYER & SANDRINE SHAEFER

By MATTHEW NASH Performance artists Phil Fryer and Sandrine Schaefer are the duo behind “The Present Tense”, a series of festivals promoting performance art. Recently, they have joined forces with Vela Phelan, Dirk Adams, Alice Vogler and Brad Benedetti to…

Interviews

By James NadeauAugust 11, 2009 0

Q & A WITH 4 ARTADIA AWARDEES

By JAMES A. NADEAU Last week, Artadia announced the seven winners of their Boston awards. In light of this, I sent a couple of questions to the winners, to get a sense of their experiences. Four artists responded: Amie Siegel,…

Articles

By BR&SAugust 11, 2009 0

BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: JESSE KAMINSKY @MEME GALLERY

By BIG RED August 7, 2009 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at MEME Gallery for the closing reception of Jesse Kaminsky’s “Bubbleraft 2.” MEME All photos and text by Big RED’s Christian Holland.

Articles

By BR&SAugust 11, 2009 0

BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: THE 2009 BUMPKIN ISLAND ART ENCAMPMENT

By BIG RED August 1 through August 2, 2009 Candid snaps from this year’s Bumpkin Island Artist Invasion. Bumpkin Island Art Encampment A video of a Bumpkin Island Gamelan performance. Bumpkin Island Gamelan performance at sunset. From the Berwick Research…

Articles

By Thomas MarquetAugust 11, 2009 0

“THE WHITE CUBE”

By THOMAS MARQUET Print this article #52: In a special two-part episode of “The White Cube”, Geoff the framer faces death and learns the true meaning of life. Or something like that. Thomas Marquet is a cartoonist, sculptor, and critic,…

Articles

By Steve AishmanAugust 11, 2009 0

A REPORT FROM THE PHANTOM ZONE

By STEVE AISHMAN August is the cruellest month. The doldrums of the art world where half of the galleries are closed or not showing new work. Most of the artists are at the beach. August is an annual promise of…

Articles

By Micah J. MaloneAugust 11, 2009 0

MARKETWATCH

By MICAH J. MALONE Marcel Duchamp was always part of the market. Indeed, one can argue (and many have before me) that nearly all of Duchamp’s gestures were linked in one way or another to the economic machinery of his…

Articles

By BR&S Contributing AuthorAugust 11, 2009 0

ART+HISTORY @ NIGHTINGALE-BROWN HOUSE

By EVE ESSEX The newest object in the Nightingale-Brown House collection was, until recently, their somewhat infamous Goddard “secretary” desk and bookcase. Adorned with ornate brass hardware and a formidable set of carved shells, this nine-and-a-half foot high cabinet–although it…

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