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A CONVERSATION WITH LARRY SULTAN
article by BEN SLOAT
Larry Sultan has pushed the boundaries of photographic practice since the publication of Evidence in 1977, a collaboration with Boston based photographer Mike Mandel, of found institutional photographs. Their collaboration over the years has produced numerous bodies of work such as redefined advertising billboards, municipal public art projects, and further negotiations of photographic archives.
In 1992, Sultan published his highly influential book on ...
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AN INTERVIEW WITH ADI NES
article by JESS T. DUGAN
Jess T. Dugan: How did you begin making photographs?
Adi Nes: When I finished my army service I began thinking about what I wanted to study. Since I had artistic tendencies, I thought about studying industrial design, graphics or film making. Though I had painted at the time, I was more focused on acquiring a practical profession since I come from a family that ...
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DARREN FOOTE @ RHYS GALLERY
review by MATTHEW GAMBER
Imagine: a table set, a set of chairs, all beautifully crafted - a desirable set of furniture. However, the only interruption, transgressing ones desire for the object, were the large intersecting planks, symbolizing invisible light from a bare bulb, emitting from an also finely crafted lampshade above. This object had a familiar and immediately foreign presence.
A table, a basic piece of home ...
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CRASHARTS PRESENTS: LORRAINE CHAPMAN THE COMPANY AND KINODANCE
review by CHELSEY PHILPOT
On Friday April 11, 2008, as part of a CRASHarts presentation at the Institute of Contemporary Art, a piece by Kinodance, a Boston-based troupe with a mission to "make transparent the boundaries between dance, cinema, and visual arts," was the heart of the show. "Fuse," Kinodance's second world premiere piece of the evening, was as oddly captivating as a horror film. At times during the ...
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SMFA GRADUATE THESIS EXHIBITION @ TUFTS UNIVERSITY
review by BEN SLOAT
Helping to close out the academic school year is a diverse MFA thesis show at Tufts University. With work ranging from painting and mixed media to film and video installation, certain works exhibit an unusual mix of risk and skill, producing a layered and compelling experience.
An example can be found in the downstairs Koppelman Gallery at the Aidekman Arts Center where Kathleen ...
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ARTUR ZMIJEWSKI @ GALLERY TPW, TORONTO
out-of-town review by JENNIFER MCMACKON
The current exhibition at Toronto's Gallery TPW was curated by the gallery's Programming Director, Kim Simon. It features two video works by Polish artist, Artur Zmijewski.
The first of these, Singing Lesson 2, (2003) plays on a medium sized flat screen monitor very nearly at the entrance to the gallery. On the monitor a choir of young people appear to be singing in church. ...
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"THE WHITE CUBE"
column by THOMAS MARQUET
#31: Tax Time!
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A LETTER
column by MATTHEW NASH
Outside, as I write this, the trees are budding and the tulips are in bloom. The dandelions have invaded the strawberry patch, and the strawberries have invaded the blackberry bush. Spring is here, and yet I'm inside writing a letter for this latest issue of Big RED & Shiny.
The arrival of spring means a lot of things around town. The colleges and universities ...
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A REPORT FROM THE PHANTOM ZONE
column by STEVE AISHMAN
Ever try to explain a joke to someone?
Confucius say he who makes love in grass, gets piece on earth.
Confucius say war does not determine who's right, war determines who's left.
Confucius say it take many nails to build crib but one screw to fill it.
Explanation: These jokes are based on double-meanings of words. Variations included puns, etc.
Problems with ...
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BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: BOSTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS
on-the-town by BIG RED
Friday April 18th 2008 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at opening of Artadia Boston 2007. The exhibition features the works of ten Boston-based artists selected last year by distinguished curators from around the United States through Artadia's rigorous jury process: Hannah Barrett, Gerry Bergstein, Xiaowei Chen, Jane Marsching, Helen Mirra, The National Bitter Melon Council, John Osorio-Buck, Vaughn Sills, Mary Ellen Strom, ...
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BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: ASPECT MAGAZINE @ THE CASA DE LA CULTURA /CENTER FOR LATINO ARTS
on-the-town by BIG RED
Friday, April 18th 2008 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at the Casa de la Cultura / Center for Latino Arts for the launch of ASPECT: THE CHRONICLE OF NEW MEDIA ART - VOLUME 11: ARTE DE LAS AMERICAS Curator Adrian Rios Monsalve Aspect publisher Mike Mittelman, with James Hull. (Mittleman refuses to let anyone take a Aspect managing Editor Liz Nofziger and ...
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BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: TRUSPACE, SAVANNAH, GA
on-the-town by BIG RED
April 24th, 2008 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at Truspace for It's not Because I'm Beautiful, photographs by Kelly Heck.
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BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: THE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, BOSTON
on-the-town by BIG RED
Thursday, April 24th, 2008 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at the ICA Boston for two performances: The Institute For Infinitely Things "The working is the work" and TRIIIBE "Thursday Night at The Museum." Institute For Infinitely Small Things Member, 2008 AICA award winner and 2008 ICA Foster Prize finalist Kanarinka makes extra money as a gallery attendant Institute For Infinitely Small Things ...
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