Cecil Touchon fits into a lot of categories, but would you expect anything else from the founder of the International Museum of Collage, Assemblage and Construction. Three works from his “Post Dogmatist Painting” series will be on view through October 4 at Lanoue Fine Art, 450 Harrison Ave. #31, Boston. Artscope managing editor Brian Goslow “Cornered” Touchon by phone at his new studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico. TELL ME ABOUT THE WORK THAT’LL BE ON DISPLAY AT LANOUE FINE ART. These three particular paintings that I’m sending up right now, which the gallery selected out of about 10 that were available, happened to all have an underlayment of paper from antique 1880s Webster Dictionary pages. That’s not particularly important, because it could be any paper, but since my work, at the moment, is based completely on typography using pre-existing type faces, then chopping those up and … [Read more...] about Cornered! Cecil Touchon’s Typography Art
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Bernard Langlais at the Colby College Museum of Art & the Bernard Langlais Art Trail
By James Foritano Waterville, Maine - Fresh, honest, engaging — even ‘crafty’ — have been some of the adjectives lavished on the Bernard Langlais solo exhibit now at the Colby College Museum of Art. And yes, they’re all true, in all senses; yet, I didn’t drive the three hours plus up to Waterville, Maine just to repeat them. So, here are, I hope, some new or half-new insights, or maybe just self-addressed explanations, glimpsed from standing on the shoulders or peering between the legs of those previous insights. Langlais went out of his way to come back to his family farm from near apotheosis in the bubbling ferment of the 1960’s N.Y.C. art scene. Was he afraid of the loneliness of pre-eminence, too sensitive to the heat and venom of competition — just a backwoods boy, in other words, yearning for the barnyard A.S.A.P.? Maybe, but my take is that, like Br’er Fox in the … [Read more...] about Bernard Langlais at the Colby College Museum of Art & the Bernard Langlais Art Trail
Wanderlust: Alternative Burlington, Vermont
By Puloma Ghosh Burlington, VT – Burlington, one of the cultural hubs of Vermont, doesn’t fall short in its share of art galleries. However, throughout the town there are many nontraditional spaces for art worth exploring during a visit or a casual weekend outing. Even in the midst of a daily routine, art is around you. One of these spaces is The Men’s Room, located in downtown Burlington on 106 Main Street. The salon has simple décor, with a classic color palette of black, white and red throughout. While dipping in for a routine haircut, one is actually walking into a gallery hidden within its walls. The current exhibit is black and white photography by Paul Hagar. The exhibit, called “On the Street and Across the Lake,” fits seamlessly into the space. Hagar’s photographs offer alternate views of the area, taken from nontraditional angles and distances. The soft-focused, … [Read more...] about Wanderlust: Alternative Burlington, Vermont
What About War at Resnikoff Gallery Roxbury Community College
By James Foritano Roxbury, MA - “Ars longa, vita brevis” keeps bobbing into my consciousness ever since some Latin sage (go Google him) launched that pithy phrase so many vanished empires ago. It certainly described my recent experience at the Joan Resnikoff Gallery at Roxbury Community College. I had been assigned by Artscope to track down the sculpture of Ruth Rosner, soon to appear at Copley Place Center Court in an exhibition titled “(Un) Covering Violence Transformed,” but available for viewing right now at the Resnikoff Gallery in its current “What About War” exhibit. So, intrepid reporter that I am, I hopped on the Orange Line to arrive at Roxbury Crossing and step gingerly across Columbus Avenue to arrive at my goal. Ms. Rosner’s sculptures were indeed on view and did indeed brim with the virtues I expected to experience after a brief, intense online preview. Filling … [Read more...] about What About War at Resnikoff Gallery Roxbury Community College
Final Weekend!: New England Artists Collaborate for “Twelve Nights” at Boston Sculptors Gallery
By Puloma Ghosh Boston, MA – For 12 nights a year, eight New England artists come together to share in an evening of creative dialogue. Currently at the Boston Sculptors Gallery, these artists have collected to show the work that they have critiqued and collaborated on during those evenings in “Twelve Nights.” Going up the little flight of stairs into the gallery, the first thing one is greeted with is a board of sketches and notes by the artists. Those little scratches planted the seeds for the evolution and transformation of ideas into artwork. One of the small pieces of paper tacked onto the wall by the entrance is a plain white sheet eight-and-a-half by 11-inch sheet with straight lines of color streaking diagonally across it. Todd Antonellis did this little sketch some evening past. Entering the gallery, we are met with a large high definition monitor full of vibrant, … [Read more...] about Final Weekend!: New England Artists Collaborate for “Twelve Nights” at Boston Sculptors Gallery
Janky Donuts at Lot F Gallery
By Puloma Ghosh Boston, MA – If you thought “Janky Donuts” was a trendy new donut shop in Boston, you’d be in for a bit of a surprise. Opening night, many such hungry customers tentatively entered the Lot F Gallery only to find that the cute, colorful donuts were made of scrap wood, in THE !ND!V!DUALS’ full-scale donut shop installation. Everything in the shop made from scrap wood and carved with a dedicated and humorous attention to detail. Stop and flip through the songbook in their full-scale jukebox. Check the time on the intricate wooden clock. Go behind the counter and find a wash sink, a handgun for protection (of course) and a bucket full of dirty utensils. The cashier himself is also made entirely of scrap wood, but shaped like an alien out of a tavern in some distant planet imagined by George Lucas. He stands in front of the cash register, smiling and ready to take … [Read more...] about Janky Donuts at Lot F Gallery