By Cole Tracy Boston, MA - The Copley Society of Art and Harvard Club of Boston’s “Cambridge on Canvas” event celebrating the Head of the Charles, Harvard University and the City of Cambridge on October 17 made Cambridge’s Harvard Club an exciting space to be in. A small jazz band worked in the corner while the extremely well dressed patrons tapped their feet and munched on hors d’oeuvres, examining the art placed on easels around the room. The group show was very thematic. Except for a few exceptions — notably several still life works and one of a ballerina in motion — the paintings all focused on the beauty of Cambridge. There were many paintings of the Charles River, Harvard Square and iconic Harvard buildings surrounded by beautiful foliage and students milling about. The vibrant culture of rowing surrounding Harvard was covered well. Kathleen Breeden used extreme clarity … [Read more...] about Cambridge on Canvas at Copley Society
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Chawky Frenn’s “We The People” at The Hess Gallery
By Cole Tracy Chestnut Hill, MA - Arriving at Pine Minor was a shock, finding such a beautiful place in proximity to Boston, I felt like a man in the desert arriving upon an oasis, after my long bike over. The Quaint campus was very tight-knit; the security guard was surprised and inquisitive at finding an outsider. In the central hall of the library is a small gallery space; the art is not representative of the small peaceful place surrounding it. Within this utopian-esque campus is an art show addressing very real topics: Chawky Frenn's "We The People" is based around social justice, the point he is getting across is honest and bold, the issues addressed seem more pertinent than the art itself. With over a page long artist's statement declaring what the painter's political viewpoint is and his desire to fix the broken system. He addresses the disappearance of Democracy within … [Read more...] about Chawky Frenn’s “We The People” at The Hess Gallery
Cornered: Laura Evans
By Brian Goslow Boston, MA - More artscope writers asked to make sure we covered Laura Evans’ current “Not One Thing” exhibition at the Boston Sculptors Gallery than any other show in our existence. Their enthusiasm is based on having followed a two-decade career that has resulted in an ever-changing series of work that always leaves you with a series of responses while pondering the meaning behind its creation – and a smile when you finally catch on. Artscope managing editor Brian Goslow caught up with her in an email exchange just as she was installing her new show. THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU, YOU WERE TIDYING UP AROUND YOUR “BAG LUNCH” SCULPTURE AT CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PLAZA, WHERE IT’S PART OF THE “CONVERGENCE” EXHIBITION. WHAT HAS BEEN THE REACTION TO THE PIECE AND HOW DO YOU THINK THE PUBLIC HAS REACTED TO THE SHOW AS A WHOLE? I’ve had such positive responses to this work. I was … [Read more...] about Cornered: Laura Evans
Artifact and Underlying Harmony
Elif Soyer: Artifact Paul Andrade: Underlying Harmony At the Kingston Gallery By Cole Tracy Boston, MA- The current exhibitions at the Kingston Gallery are certain to catch some intrigued glances. Both artists have a strange, and fitting harmony between them. Elif Soyer’s body of work, “Artifact,” is an intensely personal exploration of how the artist navigates through the everyday. By using cement, she calls to mind all sorts of commonplace objects, through her use of texture and items exploding out of masses of grey. A fist is the only recurrent image throughout the work, reminding us of the artist’s hand, and our relationship to a material that surrounds us through much of our life. The viewer also questions preconceived notions about art; it’s not everyday that one sees hanging blocks of cement in a gallery space. They stand on their own successfully, and reward … [Read more...] about Artifact and Underlying Harmony
Boston Lyric Opera’s The Magic Flute: In A New Key
By Elizabeth Michelman Boston, MA - Boston Lyric Opera presents The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart World Premiere, New English Language Adaptation (through October 13). The Boston Lyric Opera’s Magic Flute, in a new English language adaptation that world-premiered at the Shubert Theater Friday night, reveals the Tao of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart not through words but ultimately through the music itself. This contemporary reworking of Mozart’s final operatic fantasy, in performance through October 13th at the Shubert Theatre, updates the eighteenth-century libretto and resets the action among the Mayan ruins of the Yucatan. Within a mythic conflict of sun and moon, light and dark, order and chaos, four contemporary college students journey inward to find love and greater wisdom. Despite its brief eclipse at the beginning of the modern period, Mozart’s last and greatest … [Read more...] about Boston Lyric Opera’s The Magic Flute: In A New Key
Cornered: Marjorie Kaye
By Brian Goslow Boston, MA - Along with being the director of Galatea Fine Art, in Boston’s SoWa District, Marjorie Kaye is an artist whose organic 3-D layered wooden sculptures are immediately identifiable as hers. Her latest collection of work, “The Magnetic Divine,” is now on view at the Galatea, sharing the gallery with Hope Ricciardi’s “Oya” and Joe Caruso’s “Postcards” exhibitions. Artscope’s managing editor, Brian Goslow, exchanged questions with Kaye about balancing her art career with running her own gallery, the work in her show and how it’s complemented by Ricciardi and Caruso, what it’s like to watch and listen to potential buyers as they look at your work, and when she expects to take a break. HOW DIFFERENT IS IT PLANNING FOR YOUR OWN SHOW COMPARED TO THAT OF OTHER ARTISTS, ESPECIALLY AT YOUR OWN GALLERY? Setting up the show is really referring … [Read more...] about Cornered: Marjorie Kaye