By BIG RED January 29, 2010 Photos from a Big RED night on-the-town at fivesevendelle project space for the opening of “Dude, where’s my apocalypse?”, featuring Boston artists Jack W. Schneider, Alexander DeMaria, and Todd White. DUDE, WHERE’S MY…
Browsing: Volume 1 : Issue #126
By BIG RED Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 Candid photos from a Big RED night on-the-town at the Davis Museum and Cultural Centerfor the opening of “Something Like Fireworks,” an installation by Stephen Vitiello. Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley…
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 THOMAS MARQUET #56: New Year! New attitude! Thomas Marquet is a cartoonist, sculptor, and critic, based in Brooklyn.
By RIVER CORTES The 18th annual Outsider Art Fair took place this year from February 5-7 in Manhattan. For the second consecutive year, it was held at 7 West 34th Street, in the shadow of the Empire State Building. Inside,…
By KAREN S. FEGLEY Although World War II ended 65 years ago and its slipstream, the Cold War, began to grind to a halt around 1985, the world remains an unquiet place. Since the Cold War, we have witnessed bloody…
By STEPHEN V. KOBASA War’s dogs are out and about. We should know this. A thousand Americans dead in Afghanistan, and the number of slaughtered civilians only an underestimated approximation. But we are not keen to have such news. In…
By MICAH J. MALONE Two recently opened shows in Portland, Oregon have positioned traditional and craft skills as a series of political acts: gestures that challenge convention and seek to re-affirm new roles within the discourse of art. While Timothy…
By JUDY KERMIS BLOTNICK Since last fall Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles, 6 million of which were in the U.S. alone. Among the problems listed were accelerator pedals that got stuck, making it very difficult to stop…
By MATTHEW NASH Currently on view at The New England Gallery of Latin America Art, X ME LAB is a collection of assemblages, installations and video projects by artist Vela Phelan. Recently, Phelan took me on a tour of the…
By JAMES NADEAU Virtuoso Illusion: Cross-Dressing and the New Media Avant-Garde is the latest curatorial project by Michael Rush, and his first since leaving the Rose Art Museum. Big RED editor James Nadeau spoke with Rush about the show, the…