Natural phenomenon – dermoid cysts, fungus, invasive flora/fauna – and my love of candied, old-master, opulence have a constant presence in my work. Through painting with attention to detail, I’ve become accustomed to the fact that nature itself, or anything living really, never totally allows you to have a perfectly idealized experience. Everything is always … Continue reading
Swell Al Straggas, Andrew Collins, Brett Henrikson, Carl Lostritto, Carol Scavotto, Chris Mongeau, Clark Mclean Graham, Claudia Cron, Eben Haines, Emily Jay, Erik Davis-Heim, Francesca Caruso, Hannah Kirkpatrick, Heather Leigh Mcpherson, Ian Deleon, Jennifer Sussman, Jon Verney, Johnny Ray, Kate Drewniak, Katherine Wildman, Katrina Ellis, Kit Lagreze, Leah Piepgras, Lena Schmid, Leslie Schomp, Matthew King, … Continue reading
It Might Get Better Hayley Morgenstern and Creighton Baxter Howard Art Project 1486 Dorchester Ave Dorchester, MA Continue reading
THIS is Performance Art Performance art is now. Performance art is live. Performance art reveals itself in the present. The artist engages in the act of creation as s/he performs. Performance art’s manifestation and outcome cannot be known in advance. Re-enactment of historical work is theater, not performance art. Performance art is real. Performance art … Continue reading
Neoplasms & Pleonasms Carlos Jiménez Cahua Samsøn 450 Harrison Avenue Boston, MA 02118 January 3 – February 28, 2014 Continue reading
“No one has ever written, painted, sculpted, modeled, built, or invented except literally to get out of hell.” ~ Artaud The performance I’m Fine is deeply concerned with moving the audience into a state of feeling, through anger on the part of the performer. In this way I view my practice as cathartically dialogical. When I say catharsis I mean: To … Continue reading
Wild and Woolly Sean Downey, Olivier Laude, David Lefkowitz, Robin Myers, and Deborah Oropallo New Art Center 61 Washington Park Newtonville, MA 02460 January 10-February 21, 2014 Continue reading
Skin Deep Wilson Lawrence Carol Schlosberg Alumni Gallery Montserrat College of Art 23 Essex Street Beverly, MA 01915 January 11 – February 8, 2014 Continue reading
I perceive the multiple series of prints that have emerged from my studio practice recently to be loosely connected, as if small indirect passages of the same dense poem. Although these works repeat in style and form, I do not intend to create allegiances among them, and yet, my entire body of work seems to … Continue reading
Zev Farber’s recent work takes the form of multimedia installations which present deconstructed, character-driven narratives that address the complexities of various types of systems. Farber produces work primarily utilizing digital technologies – photo, video, interactive media, and sound – in order to complicate notions of authorship and authenticity. Often, his work will emphasize the duality … Continue reading
temporary land bridge 