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Visual Arts

Poised, 25 ft tall, saplings, wire ties, 2013

Artscoped!: Revisiting Donna Dodson and Andy Moerlein

// Exhibit Openings, Exhibits, News, Visual Arts

By Cole Tracy The Myth Makers, a two-person artistic collaboration between Donna Dodson and Andy Moerlein produce sculptures based around the ‘mystical relationship between human beings and the animal kingdom’. These sculptors were first covered in the Andy Moerlein and Donna Dodson: In a Collaborative Spirit headlined article by Elizabeth Michelman in the September/October 2011 issue. Following this inaugural coverage, they were reviewed for being part of Convergence: The Boston Sculptors Gallery 20th Anniversary Exhibition in the January/February 2013 issue. A large (twenty-five feet) seated bird made of sticks titled ‘Poised’ was shown as well as Dodson’s personal creation: ‘The Tiger Mothers’. These human-esque feminine animals are symbolic for the tribe of motherhood. The Tiger Mothers has recently been loaned to the Sothern New Hampshire University, where they stand proudly … [Read more...] about Artscoped!: Revisiting Donna Dodson and Andy Moerlein

Quiet 2- Glistening Moonlight ( pale yellow) , various mediums on wood panel, 24 x 24 x 2.25 in

Artscoped!: Revisiting Sand T Kalloch

// Exhibit Openings, Exhibits, News, Visual Arts

By Cole Tracy Malaysian born artist Sand T Kalloch has been within the pages of Artscope several times, once in an early issue covering her work at artSPACE@16, of which she is the owner. Then in the January/ February 2013 edition she was interviewed in a section of cornered, focusing on her showing at Aqua Art Miami, an ArtBasel satellite fair. Since then she has had even more exciting developments in her work. Currently she is working on a large-scale project in Singapore, which will be installed on two curved walls each one hundred feet long. The project is set for completion in summer 2016. She was shown within the Palm Spring Art Fair as well as Art Toronto by Jennifer Kostuik Gallery. In addition she was selected to be part of a two-person show at The Trustman Art Gallery of Simmons College. Finally, she has a new two-person exhibit at the McGaldrey Art Gallery in … [Read more...] about Artscoped!: Revisiting Sand T Kalloch

Ariel Freiberg, “Errancy,” oil on linen, 48" x 64".

The Country Between Us at The New Art Center

// Exhibit Openings, Exhibits, Visual Arts

By Cole Tracy Newton, MA- "The Country Between Us,” on view at the New Art Center in Newton through December 20, takes its title from Carolyn Forche's book of poetry that focuses on her personal experiences as a journalist dealing with violence in El Salvador. The show, curated by Ariel Freiberg, whose work is joined in the exhibition by Resa Blatman, Susan Still Scott and Zsuzsanna Varga Szegedi, takes on a political position. While this work does not come out and make a definitive statement, it addresses perceptions of the body as well as the changing landscape, two crucial facets to our modern identity. The show is cohesive due to its questioning of painting, with each artist pushing the medium to fit their needs. Freiberg confuses the genre initially by painting images she has already collaged, which originated in high quality magazine advertisements. The decontextualization … [Read more...] about The Country Between Us at The New Art Center

"At Zenith XIV " , 1979 - 2013 on view at Gagosian Gallery William Eggleston exhibition, At Zenith. © Eggleston Artistic Trust. Courtesy of Gagosian Gallery.

William Eggleston: At Zenith

// Exhibits, Visual Arts

At Gagosian New York Gallery By Nancy Nesvet New York City, NY - “William Eggleston: At Zenith,” currently showing at Gagosian New York Gallery, includes 15 large-scale pigment prints, each measuring 44” X 60”, from Eggleston’s “Wedgewood Blue” cloud series. The prints result from a 1978 photographic exercise when Eggleston lay on the ground during daylight in Tennessee and aimed his early instant camera at celestial zenith, directly overhead. The resulting views of fluffy clouds in a cerulean blue sky present postcard images, in keeping with Eggleston’s history of as a flaneur, incorporating fragments of his world into his photographic oeuvre. These photographs, from 1979 negatives, printed digitally from scans of the original negatives allow a color saturation that exceeds that of the dye transfer process Eggleston used in past work, and continues a tradition of cloud painting … [Read more...] about William Eggleston: At Zenith

Photo courtesy Venus Over Manhattan, New York

Calder Shadows at Venus Over Manhattan Gallery

// Exhibits, Visual Arts

By Nancy Nesvet Manhattan, NY - Organized in collaboration with the Calder Foundation, “Calder Shadows,” a beautiful and masterful showing of the mobiles and stabiles of Alexander Calder (1898-1976), is on view through December 21 at the Venus Over Manhattan Gallery in New York City. The exhibition arranges stabiles and mobiles on the periphery of a large circle in the center of the floor, and provides low lighting so the central hanging mobile and the surrounding mobiles and stabiles on the floor created shadows on the background white walls and floor of the gallery. The resulting two-dimensional moving and still shadow images present angular forms indicating strange animals, and imaginary creatures, while the very peaceful jazz music adds to an otherworldly panorama. The 10 mobiles and stabiles in this exhibition, of painted sheet metal, brass, wire rods and wire range from … [Read more...] about Calder Shadows at Venus Over Manhattan Gallery

Oana Lauric Harvard Lampoon at the Harvard Club still on exhibit at the Red Room in the Copley Society.

Cambridge on Canvas at Copley Society

// Exhibit Openings, Exhibits, Music, Visual Arts

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