artscope magazine: January/February 2010 Welcome Statement: Brian Goslow, managing editor Letters to the Editor roundtable - Three Professionals. One Question. cornered: a conversation with an art exhibition attendee FEATURED ARTIST GEORGE NICK - Reflections of an impermanent world Not Your Typical Photo Place - PHOTOPLACE GALLERY TARO SHINODA: LUNAR REFLECTIONS ODDLY PRETTY PAINTINGS - HANNAH COLE TANGIBLE EXPERIENCE: BRIAN KEITH STEPHENS Belonging and Longing - Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons: Works on Paper FIXED CHAOS at Montserrat SILENT CIRCLES: THE HEALING - Barbara Gagel FEATURE - Evolution: Five Decades of Printmaking by David Driskell FEATURE - Historic Japanese Kiri-E and Contemporary Tibetan Thangka GOLDEN LEGACY: Original Art From 65 Years Of Golden Books DECEIVINGLY SIMPLE - Charles Duback: Collages EMMA AMOS: HEROES AND FOLK GHOSTS OF THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE: ZUGUNRUHE wanderlust - The (Right) Brainpower Triangle: The Finest Free Art in Somerville and Cambridge community - THE KATE: A Little Gem With A Movie Star Name industry focus - BUY WHAT YOU LOVE education - SPACE TO DISCOVER: MASSART/FAWC LOW RESIDENCY MFA Capsule Previews

FEATURED ARTIST GEORGE NICK - Reflections of an impermanent world Brian Goslow "A Life of Painting and Self Portraits" The Art Center in Hargate St. Paul's School 325 Pleasant Street Concord, New Hampshire January 14 through February 13, 2010 WALKING THROUGH GEORGE NICK'S CONCORD, MASS. STUDIO HAS THE SAME FEEL AS MOVING THROUGH BOSTON'S BACK BACK, ONLY WITHOUT HAVING TO DODGE TRAFFIC AND CROWDS IN ORDER TO STOP AND ADMIRE THE BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECTURE. Here, in Bellows Falls, a small mountain village of 3,200 along the Connecticut River in Vermont’s southeastern corner, plein aire alla prima painter Charlie Hunter paced about with his trademark limp, brow furrowed in enthusiastic concentration, rambling about Mondrian. This translation of place has been a trademark throughout his career, whether painting an old bridge in Rome, the Arc de Triomphe, or a storefront in his hometown. When Nick, 82, returned to the Boston area to teach at the Massachusetts College of Art in 1969, he set a simple goal for himself. “I wanted to paint all the beautiful buildings and stores in the Back Bay,” he said. “They’ve been keeping me busy for many years. Indeed they have, and many of them will be on view in the St. Paul’s show, an exhibit that was the suggestion of two of his former students. Chawkey Frenn and Eric Aho wanted Nick to display all of his self-portraits, of which there are “between 60 or 70,” in one setting. At the time they suggested this, Nick was already considering putting together a career retrospective. He said the two bodies of work complement each other in telling his story. Each self-portrait, which will be presented in chronological order, contains a clue to his mood the day it was created: “Thoughts of Edwin Dickinson,” the first painting he did in his home studio, captures the artist with an ugly black eye; “The Muse and I” shows Nick portraying his reflection in a mirror. “They’re all surprises,” he said. “My wife says only a few look like me. They’re all a little bit theatrical with a little drama going on.” Read the entire article in our magazine pages...