Brian Goslow “… and the journey continues …,” mixed media works by Northeast Kingdom artist Kathy Stark representing the progression of her work from the 1980s to the present, will be on display through March 30 at the Spotlight Gallery at the Vermont Arts Council, 136 State St., Montpelier, Vermont. The five series being shown, in chronological order, are Color Poems, White Works, Words, Collage and Checker Board. “I have been working with pattern, mark making and repetition for the past 35 to 40 years,” said Stark. “I work in series, each series lasting three to six years, often with transitional pieces bridging the change.” “30 Years of Women’s History,” featuring fine art in all media by over 30 area women artists in celebration of the 30th anniversary of March being Women’s History Month, is on exhibit from March 1 through 31 at the University of Rhode Island … [Read more...] about Capsule Previews
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Cornered: Mohamad Hafez
Mohamad Hafez Gina Fraone One of the most divisive issues facing our nation today is that of immigration. Fanning the flames of that political hotbed are the raging international conflicts that are resulting in staggering numbers of refugees. Mohamad Hafez, an architect and artist currently residing with his family in New Haven, Conn., was born in Syria. With horror and tremendous sadness, he has watched from afar as his beloved homeland is obliterated by a civil war that has turned more than 11 million Syrians into refugees. When Hafez first moved to the United States on a student visa to study architecture, he discovered that his visa was only valid for one entry. Being Muslim and having a name like Mohamad in a post-9/11 America meant that visiting home was to risk never being let back in. He spent the next eight years in the U.S. without once seeing his homeland. … [Read more...] about Cornered: Mohamad Hafez
Welcome
Welcome Brian Goslow Welcome to our Eleventh Anniversary Issue with special thanks to our readers and advertisers, all of the galleries, museums, artists and publicists we have worked with and, especially, our devoted writers whose hard work has filled our pages. It would be an understatement to say the past few months have been an emotional rollercoaster for those living in the United States, and this has seemed especially true for its artists. Some are addressing their emotions directly through artworks whose message needs no interpretation; others need the solitude now, more than ever, of a canvas or large installation piece to escape the everyday discourse. We’ve attempted to address these feelings in compiling this issue, which continues our tradition of using the annual issue to introduce a group of artists previously not featured in these pages — including … [Read more...] about Welcome
Cornered: John Bisbee
John Bisbee Donna Dodson Beth McLaughlin, Chief Curator of Exhibitions and Collections for the Fuller Craft Museum, described Maine sculptor John Bisbee as “a maker’s maker” who is “audaciously focused on his love affair with nails.” When he was booked for its current exhibition, she had no idea what work he would display. Our mantra for this project has been, ‘In John we trust,’” McLaughlin said. “We knew what he created would be epic. What I didn’t see coming was the political bent to the installation and the monumental issues being addressed through his work – the current political unrest in this country, the Dakota Access Pipeline, and even the ancient struggle between good and evil as set in the Garden of Eden.” In mid-December, as his “Material Obsession” exhibition was being installed in Fuller Museum’s gallery space, Bisbee spoke with Artscope’s Donna Dodson … [Read more...] about Cornered: John Bisbee
Welcome
Welcome Brian Goslow Welcome to our first issue of 2017, one that was put together during a time of great transition for our country and the Artscope family That was the backdrop in which Artscope correspondent J. Fatima Martins, filled with anxiety after a contested election period, prepared for her departure for Art Basel Miami Beach and the satellite fairs — officially separate but growingly impossible to tell apart events — during Art Week Miami on our behalf (along with publisher Kaveh Mojtabai); prior to her leaving, we had a long talk about what she would be looking for during her weeklong stay. “Most people were, and still are, anxious about the potential of economic collapse for those of us who are not wealthy,” Martins said. “I felt a great amount of discomfort with reporting about an event that is designed for the very wealthy to consume more art as object. … [Read more...] about Welcome
November/December2016 Centerfold
Artscope 65, November/December 2016 art: Where it Comes From artist: Talia Lefton medium: felted wool Talia Lefton works with wool, yarn, and fabric to create tangible explorations of identity, transformation, and space. This piece uses the mutable qualities of felt to depict a period of self-examination. Drawing from a mythical representation of shapeshifting, an internal experience is represented through external transformation. “Where it Comes From” incorporates two opposing forces and creates a moment at which these are in balance. This balance is the internal push and pull that motivates the search for purpose, contentment, and a deeper meaning to life. Judges: LUCAS COWAN, Public Art Curator at Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy / KATHLEEN MOORE, Coordinator of Visual Arts at the Walter J. Manninen Center for the Arts at Endicott College … [Read more...] about November/December2016 Centerfold