Abstract paintings by Holliston, Massachusetts-based Richard Kattman are currently on view alongside those of Warwick, Rhode Island-based Eveline Luppi in “Perspectives,” which can be seen through March 26 at the Providence Art Club, 11 Thomas St., Providence, Rhode Island.Prior to the exhibition’s opening, Brian Goslow, Artscope Magazine’s managing editor, exchanged questions via email with Kattman about his work in the show and what the past year has been like for him as a painter. TELL ME ABOUT THE FOUR WORKS IN THE SHOW ... The four artworks represented in the Perspectives exhibition are large abstract paintings completed either in studio or plein-air at awarded artist residences at Fruitlands Museum (Harvard, Massachusetts) and Brush Creek Ranch, Wyoming. The series is based on the colors red yellow blue green, as a palette developed to insure a constant source of … [Read more...] about CORNERED: ABSTRACT PAINTER RICHARD KATTMAN
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CORNERED: JANUARY/FEBRUARY ARTSCOPE COVER ARTIST DANIELLE KLEBES
“Stray,” the painting by Danielle Klebes featured on the cover of our January/February 2021 issue, can now be seen at Springfield Museums as part of its “This Is Us: Regional Portraiture Now: Phase Two” exhibition. While she lives, and works in North Adams, Massachusetts, since earning her Master of Fine Arts degree in Visual Arts from Lesley University College of Art and Design in 2017 and after serving as MASS MoCA Artist in Residence, Klebes has spent a great deal of her time out-of-town participating in artist residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and Monson Arts in Vermont, various national programs in Ohio, Nebraska, Georgia and Michigan and international residencies in Quebec and Norway. She’s had a series of solo exhibitions in Massachusetts, Vermont, Pennsylvania and Quebec and participated in group exhibitions in New York and Colorado. Klebes, who mainly works in … [Read more...] about CORNERED: JANUARY/FEBRUARY ARTSCOPE COVER ARTIST DANIELLE KLEBES
CORNERED: MEREDITH FLUKE & B. LYNCH TALK ABOUT NEW GILDED AGE: A THEATRICAL INSTALLATION AT THE CANTOR ART GALLERY AT THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS
After visiting the “New Gilded Age: A Theatrical Installation by B. Lynch” exhibition that’s on view through February 5 at the Iris and B. Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts (and which is reviewed in our January/February 2021 issue), Artscope managing editor Brian Goslow exchanged email questions with gallery director Meredith Fluke and multi-media artist and puppeteer Bridget “B.” Lynch about how the exhibition came together, how they adapted to the challenges of a semester where the Holy Cross campus opened, and then soon shut down, turning the show into a by appointment only exhibition, and how in the process, explored numerous new ways to present an exhibition that normally would serve as a backdrop to the college’s art programs. MEREDITH FLUKE, DIRECTOR, CANTOR GALLERY AT THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS EXHIBITIONS AT THE CANTOR ALWAYS … [Read more...] about CORNERED: MEREDITH FLUKE & B. LYNCH TALK ABOUT NEW GILDED AGE: A THEATRICAL INSTALLATION AT THE CANTOR ART GALLERY AT THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS
CORNERED: MEREDITH FLUKE AND B. LYNCH
After visiting the “New Gilded Age: A Theatrical Installation by B. Lynch” exhibition at the College of the Holy Cross, Artscope managing editor Brian Goslow exchanged email questions with Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery Director Meredith Fluke and Bridget “B.” Lynch about how the show came together, how they adapted to the challenges of a semester where the Holy Cross campus opened, and then soon shut down, turning the show into a by appointment only exhibition, and how in the process, explored numerous new ways to present an exhibition that normally would serve as a backdrop to the college’s art programs. (To read more, pick up a copy of our latest issue! Find a pick-up location near you or Subscribe Here.) … [Read more...] about CORNERED: MEREDITH FLUKE AND B. LYNCH
CORNERED: NAYDA AURORA CUEVAS
Born in Puerto Rico, Nayda Aurora Cuevas moved to the United States with her family at the age of 10, a point in her life, she writes on her website, that “evoked a new sense of self-exploration and need to establish connections with people.” Her figurative paintings — “a visual language to better articulate my observations and interpretations of my [email protected] American Experience” — invite viewers to do the same. Cuevas’ work has been shown throughout the East Coast; last fall, her #FluidIdentity exhibition at the Nobles & Greenough School drew attention when two of its paintings were removed by a school official. In this “Cornered” interview, Artscope managing editor Brian Goslow talked with Cuevas about the ways she approaches her artmaking and teaching from the viewpoint of “Puerto Rican,” “Latina,” “Mother” or “Immigrant,” her recent self-published book, returning to post-Hurricane … [Read more...] about CORNERED: NAYDA AURORA CUEVAS
CORNERED: ELLEN GROBMAN AT HAMPDEN GALLERY, UMASS AMHERST
Amherst, MA - For Amherst, Massachusetts-based painter Ellen Grobman, painting sounds like an exhausting and exhilarating process in which she starts with an idea, aims to pull it in a new direction and then sees what’s left when she tries to leave as little of the original thought as possible by the time she’s finish. Her website describes her work as being powered by, “This drive to bring something into being, disrupt it, and then flirt with its destruction — the boundary of something existing and then not.” Depending on the piece, there are touches of 19th century furniture wallpaper patterns, abstract expressionism, fauvism, symbolism and whatever connections each swash of paint ignites in her mind. These explorations continue in her current exhibition, “There, Not There,” on view through March 31 at Hampden Gallery in the Southwest Residential Area at the University of … [Read more...] about CORNERED: ELLEN GROBMAN AT HAMPDEN GALLERY, UMASS AMHERST