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Visual Arts

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: STEVE IMRICH; HIS “TERRAIN DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS” ON VIEW AT BROAD INSTITUTE CONNECTOR, SOPRAFINA, CAA & BRICKBOTTOM GALLERIES

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by Jack Lynch

The art of Steve Imrich, who works in Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts depicts not only his thoughts and personality, but the different arts and professions that he obtained skills in, both as an artist and a pilot, throughout his life. He has a Masters degree in Architecture from MIT and holds a Bachelor’s degree from Goddard College concentrating in Studio Arts and History. Goddard College, located in Plainfield, Vermont, is where he studied drawing, painting and sculpture before he started focusing on architecture and design. He also has experience as a commercial pilot and still flies planes as a recreational activity. He first became interested in art when he was a child of 5 or 6 years old when his mother would buy big rolls of shelf-paper and he would draw on them from one end to the other. At an early age, Imrich was very interested in drawing. As a child, he mainly … [Read more...] about ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: STEVE IMRICH; HIS “TERRAIN DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS” ON VIEW AT BROAD INSTITUTE CONNECTOR, SOPRAFINA, CAA & BRICKBOTTOM GALLERIES

IN REMEMBRANCE: ETAL ADNAN: LIGHT’S NEW MEASURE: FEBRUARY 25, 1925-NOVEMBER 14, 2021

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by Nancy Nesvet

When I ventured to the Guggenheim Museum in New York on Thursday, November 11, Veterans Day in the United States, to see “Etel Adnan: Light’s New Measure,” a retrospective of the life work of artist, writer and philosopher Etel Adnan, I had not anticipated her passing four days later, on Sunday, November 14. Etel Adnan’s writings informed us of the atrocities of war. Her paintings celebrated the intense and joyful colors of California. Her 96 years of life were filled with ideas and artistic action. A world traveler, Etal Adnan, born in Lebanon, educated in French schools, was first a philosopher, studying at the Sorbonne, with later postgraduate courses at the University of California, Berkeley and at Harvard, later teaching at Dominican College in San Rafael (now the Dominican University of California). She wrote wrenchingly beautiful books of literature and poetry. In protest of … [Read more...] about IN REMEMBRANCE: ETAL ADNAN: LIGHT’S NEW MEASURE: FEBRUARY 25, 1925-NOVEMBER 14, 2021

LONG WEEKEND OR DAY TRIPPING? VISIT NEW BEDFORD’S KILBURN MILL OPEN STUDIOS THIS WEEKEND

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by Sheila Oliveira

This weekend, October 23 and 24, Kilburn Mill Artists are opening their New Bedford art galleries and working studios to the public and invite visitors to explore and view the creative process each day from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. In addition to seeing a wide variety of art works, including fine art painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography, ceramics, textiles and jewelry, the Kilburn Mill, a city within a city, contains three popular well known art galleries offering a collection of individually curated exhibitions. Situated on Clark’s Cove in the South End of New Bedford, Massachusetts, Kilburn Mill is surrounded by the waterfront for which New Bedford is famous (most notably, through Melville’s “Moby Dick”). The Kilburn is an artists’ destination, home to art galleries and studios, as well as an event center. It has become the region’s most versatile space with a rooftop deck providing … [Read more...] about LONG WEEKEND OR DAY TRIPPING? VISIT NEW BEDFORD’S KILBURN MILL OPEN STUDIOS THIS WEEKEND

FARSAD LABBAUF: REVISITING FRAGMENTS & ENTITIES AT THE HIGH LINE NINE GALLERY

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by Nancy Nesvet

I remember, a few years back, pre-pandemic, a show of Farsad Labbauf, in a downtown gallery, showing colorful, linear patterned portraits. But those colorful portraits have taken a back seat to his newfound production of images from his past and Iran’s history, in an honest exploration of what motivates him. His latest show, “Revisiting Fragments and Entities,” sponsored by Roya Khadjavi Projects at High Line Nine Gallery 9.1, New York, N.Y., from September 23 through October 16 reveals his newfound interest in creating myth and stitching together his history. We find images of a ballerina, oil production facilities and old wooden bridges in “Rotation Ceremony #8,” (2000, paper, thread), all symbols of power. The ballerina is upside down, hanging from trapeze-like threaded lines, perhaps symbolizing the upside down and rotating power structure that exists. I think of culture … [Read more...] about FARSAD LABBAUF: REVISITING FRAGMENTS & ENTITIES AT THE HIGH LINE NINE GALLERY

RICHFIELD’S BUDDHA + CHRIST AT GALLERY KAYAFAS CELEBRATES REMEMBERING THE DEAD THROUGH OUR DIFFERENCES

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by Jack Lynch

Photographer Robert Richfield’s exhibition “Buddha + Christ” exhibition, on display until October 16 at Gallery Kayafas, depicts burials from different parts of the world including Guatemala, New Mexico, Portugal, France, Spain and Vietnam. When one first hears the name of the exhibition, they may think that the exhibition is going to be some kind of a combination between the two religions of Buddhism and Christianity into a unique beauty. However, “Buddha + Christ” is really about showing the individual beauty of various religions and how they all remember the deceased in different ways. The exhibit also chronicles Robert Richfield’s travels to different parts of the world where he studied different cultures. Regarding his fascination in different religious practices, Richfield is mainly interested in the different ways that different religions and cultures remember the dead. He … [Read more...] about RICHFIELD’S BUDDHA + CHRIST AT GALLERY KAYAFAS CELEBRATES REMEMBERING THE DEAD THROUGH OUR DIFFERENCES

MARIANO IN HIS MANY, MANY GUISES AT BC’S MCMULLEN GALLERY

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by James Foritano

What would you do if you were headed up from Cambridge across the Charles River to Boston College’s McMullen Art Gallery just outside the main campus on Commonwealth Ave — #2101 to be exact — looking for a little color to brighten up the gloom of an early fall New England morning? I had promised our two art lovers in the back seat a short, scenic drive plus a destination with bongo drums and banana plants enriched by the bodacious senoritas and testosterone-fueled senors to be met with on every yard of Cuba’s balmy shores. And without the bother of international flight! Ah, but, as usual we had reckoned without the artist, and what academics call, if you will, ‘inspiration!’ We arrived at Boston College’s McMullen Museum of Art to view “Mariano: Variations on a Theme | Variaciones sobre un tema,” a retrospective exhibition of 140 oil paintings, watercolors, and drawings that … [Read more...] about MARIANO IN HIS MANY, MANY GUISES AT BC’S MCMULLEN GALLERY