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Left: Suzanne Revy, Hotel Window (detail), 32” x 36”; Right: Michael Sterling, Period Piece (detail), 24” x 18”.

Elevated at Copley Society of Art: Quietly Powerful

// Artscope Online, Exhibits, Visual Arts

by J. Fatima Martins

There are moments in contemporary art where one is confronted with the big question: Why do I need to contemplate an exhibition when it looks conventional? Hasn’t this been done before? “Elevated” at Copley Society of Art (CoSo) is one of those scream-less conundrum exhibitions. It is a quiet medium-sized national photography show featuring 30 works by both CoSo members and non-members juried by Robert Klein of Robert Klein Gallery that’s on view through October 3. As expected, in a contemporary exhibition, the works on view are in black and white and color formats and range in subject from landscape to figurative, and the display set-up is commercial in that the work is framed and easy to sell. The photographers showcased are Doug Adams, Frank Bartucca, David Lee Black, Sally Bousquet, Dan Cook, John Dalterio, Jim Ferguson, Tim Hale, Robert Hein, Andrea Kemler, Keri McAndrews, … [Read more...] about Elevated at Copley Society of Art: Quietly Powerful

Clockwise from left: Elizabeth Pogor, Morning View; Laura Fischman, (Un)Still Life; Bredt Handy, Trace.

NEW ENGLAND COLLECTIVE IX AT GALATEA FINE ART

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by Jacob Cutler

For its ninth annual juried show, “New England Collective IX,” Galatea Fine Art, located in the heart of Boston’s SOWA District, enlisted the expertise of Marni Elyse Katz to jury the show. The show features over 50 artists including Bredt Handy, Elizabeth Pogor and Laura Fischman. Katz is a freelance design journalist, a consultant and an art curator that sources art for private collectors; she is the main blogger for stylecarrot.com and is a contributor to The Boston Globe, Design New England and Boston Home. In this exhibition, Katz does a stellar job of selecting pieces that are not only strong in their own right, but are complementary to the other works hanging on the walls of the gallery. In this exhibition, one can observe that Katz was drawn to works that are slight abstractions on everyday objects and scenes. Each piece deals with subject matter tied to daily life, but … [Read more...] about NEW ENGLAND COLLECTIVE IX AT GALATEA FINE ART

EXPOSURE 2018: PHOTOGRAPHIC RESOURCE CENTER’S FIRST SHOW AT THE VANDERNOOT GALLERY AT LESLEY UNIVERSITY

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by Jacob Cutler

With the recent move of the Photographic Resource Center from its original home at Boston University to Lesley University.  The PRC was eager to present its first show in its temporary space in the VanDernoot Gallery in Porter Square, . “Exposure 2018” is a juried group exhibition featuring the works of photographers from Massachusetts, New York, Maryland and beyond. Each artist has their own distinct style while complimenting the others. The show was juried by the acclaimed photographer, curator, editor and educator, Christopher Rauschenberg. While Rauschenberg has not revealed his requirements for the art that he chose, one can see distinct connections between the majority of the 11 photographers’ work that were chosen. Each artists work heavily featured humans or a human element. Upon looking at the work, one can see how each artist is making work that deals with their own identity … [Read more...] about EXPOSURE 2018: PHOTOGRAPHIC RESOURCE CENTER’S FIRST SHOW AT THE VANDERNOOT GALLERY AT LESLEY UNIVERSITY

1Percent Gallery

GALLERY SPOTLIGHT: BOSTON’S 1PERCENT GALLERY AND THEIR VISION TO “REDEFINE UNDEFINED SPACES”

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by Jacob Cutler

Piano Craft Gallery located in the South End of Boston is a gallery space that rents out to various dealers, curators, and artist collectives. Its most recent show was a “featured artists” exhibition by 1Percent Gallery that closed on July 30. It featured artists of all mediums from painting and sculpture to textiles and prints with a focus on connecting artists from different worlds and creating a space in which these worlds collide and complement each other. As intriguing as the art was, the more interesting aspect of the show was the gallery putting it on. 1Percent Gallery is an online gallery that represents artists from all disciplines. They represent visual artists, musicians, fashion designers and skateboarders. As it doesn’t have its own permanent space, 1Percent Gallery travels from gallery to gallery and completely transforms the room. Its mission can be summed up into three … [Read more...] about GALLERY SPOTLIGHT: BOSTON’S 1PERCENT GALLERY AND THEIR VISION TO “REDEFINE UNDEFINED SPACES”

Deborah Baldizar, Ruthenian Woman, earthenware clay and paint.

CORNERED: DEBORAH BALDIZAR

// Artscope Online, Current Exhibits, Exhibits, Visual Arts

by Brian Goslow

Sculptor Deborah Baldizar is one of eight artists featured in “8 Visions,” an exhibition taking place from August 1 through 31 at Attleboro Arts Center in Attleboro, Massachusetts; the show is previewed by Brian Goslow in Artscope’s July/August 2018 issue. Baldizar, an assistant professor of art at Lasell College, was unavailable when interviews for the story were conducted. Goslow caught up with her in late July as the show’s opening date neared to learn more about her work and an exciting group exhibition that she’ll be participating in at year’s end. TELL ME ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU’LL BE EXHIBITING IN ATTLEBORO; IS THERE A THEME THAT RUNS THROUGH ALL THE PIECES? My work in “8 Visions” is a group of eight ceramic portraits inspired by a trip to Ellis Island. While there, I stood under a sea of larger than life size photos of immigrants taken between 1905-1920, when they were … [Read more...] about CORNERED: DEBORAH BALDIZAR

RIGHT: Tatiana Flis, First-time Home Buyers, resin, wood and mixed media, 4" x 5" x 15".

TEN KINGSTON ASSOCIATES: ENTANGLED AT KINGSTON GALLERY

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by Jacob Cutler

“TEN Kingston Associates: Entangled,” the latest show at Kingston Gallery, is a group exhibition that explores the connections between objects and ideas and how the process of making art begins to intertwine and become entangled by the concepts of shape, light, realism and abstractism. It features different interpretations of this prompt through a variety of mediums. Viewers are encouraged to ponder how both they and the artist react to the same ideas and feelings contained or transmitted by a work of art. For this writer, two artists stole the show. Anthony Falcetta’s abstract acrylic paintings of various color patterns and shapes explore how colors interact and how they can both fade into each but also have ridged divisions. His “Strange Overtones” features a wide array of red and blue hues in which some tones are leaking into others, while some of the shapes have hard rigid … [Read more...] about TEN KINGSTON ASSOCIATES: ENTANGLED AT KINGSTON GALLERY