By JESSICA HUTFLESS Print this article My first reaction to “War Games”, an exhibit of photographs by Stephen Jacobs taken of WWII reenactors, was one of disorientation. I knew nothing of what the show was about when I first walked…
By ANNEKA LENSSEN Print this article Currently up at the ICA is Likeness: Portraits of Artists by Other Artists, a show organized by Matthew Higgs as part of the Independent Curators International stable of cutting edge and affordable shows. The…
By BIG RED Print this article Boston may be small, but it certainly has a lot going on. These past few weeks have seen a wide variety of openings and events, and we at Big RED have done our best…
By BIG RED Print this article It was a sunny Friday afternoon when the phone rang at the Big RED offices in Jamaica Plain. On the other end of the line was Tim Bailey from Oni Gallery, calling with a…
By MATTHEW NASH Print this article This Valentines Day, Big RED & Shiny has it’s first birthday. That’s right, our little pink website is now a year old, and we can now allow ourselves the indulgence of looking back on…
By BIG RED NEWS EDITOR Print this article Three years ago, Jason Asselin and Marybeth Mungovan, both 2001 graduates, responded to an open call by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) for a site-specific work to enhance the in-progress Boston…
By CHARLES GIULIANO Print this article Beer and Burgers With: Camilo Alvarez, director of Samson Projects Currently showing: iDominicanzo- The New Dominican Wave in Art This piece launches a new series “Beer and Burgers With…” For several years I have…
By CHARLES GIULIANO Print this article Pretty Sweet: The Sentimental Image in Contemporary Art DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park Including: Leika Akiyama, Ilona Anderson, Robert Arnold, Doug Bell, Kathleen Bitetti, Dana C. Chandler, Jr. (Akin Duro), Cynthia Constentino, Christine Couture,…
By BEN SLOAT Print this article The Museum of Fine Arts currently has a photography show tucked away in the Japanese print gallery called Photographs by Hiroshi Sugimoto: The Sylvan Barnet and William Burto Collection. Though it is surprising to…
By CHRISTIAN HOLLAND Print this article Copying something creates a fake. Creating that fake object can be quite simple, you need only find an original and copy it, bearing in mind that he closer the semblance to the original, the…
