Art as a World Power by Nancy Nesvet Exciting, innovative, confrontational art covered six halls and exhibition spaces at ArtBasel, the world’s biggest art fair, held in Basel, Switzerland from June 11-19, and artscope was there. Over 200 galleries showed work by contemporary, practicing artists in every art form, along with work by earlier artists. The Parcours sector included performance and site-specific installations around the medieval Cathedral Square; the Liste art fair exhibited young artists’ work, and the Volta art fair held emerging artists’ solo exhibitions, providing a comprehensive look at worldwide art currently produced. Art Basel 2016 was a testament to the power of art to engage and create awareness of our world, its issues, our place in it and the image we, as individuals and artists, show to the people of the world. As noted in its end-of-show report, … [Read more...] about Artscope @ Art Basel
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Museum of the Massachusetts Landscape
The Trustees' Public Art Initiative by Meredith Cutler World’s End … The Old Manse … names that ring of landmarks on a fictional map. Look at a map of Massachusetts, and you’ll discover that these are very real destinations. Located in seaside Hingham and historic Concord, respectively, World’s End and The Old Manse are just two of 116 properties managed by the not-for-profit conservation and preservation group, The Trustees of Reservations. In celebration of 125 years of land conservancy and historical site stewardship, The Trustees have launched a two-year public art initiative titled “Art and the Landscape.” The project is curated by Boston-based independent curator Pedro Alonzo in the “museum of the Massachusetts landscape — wild nature herself,” as described by Trustees President and CEO Barbara Erickson at a launch event and public art forum held in early … [Read more...] about Museum of the Massachusetts Landscape
Jul/Aug 2016 Classifieds
Your work could be artscope’s next CENTERFOLD. Your work could be Artscope’s next CENTERFOLD. Work by established and emerging artists welcome. For the September/October 2016 issue we will be accepting submissions for the category of Reliefs. Please send up to three images and your statement with contact information to: centerfold@artscopemagazine.com no later than August 10, 2016. Please send low resolution images for review. High resolution images must be available to be reproduced up to 9” x 12” according to the orientation of the work selected. No resumes please. The centerfold will be selected based on visual and/or conceptual quality, by three jurors, if applicable a panel of one Artscope staff and two arts professionals. Membership Opportunity. You are a professional artist with a cohesive body of work. We are Fountain Street Fine Art. Let’s get together! Details … [Read more...] about Jul/Aug 2016 Classifieds
Redefining the Sublime
Man vs. Nature at Hall Art by Elizabeth Michelman For Victorian critic John Ruskin, the “sublime” described an aesthetic experience of awe and magnificence accompanied by subjective and even violent emotion. Guest curator Joel Sternfeld, a photographer and videographer teaching at Sarah Lawrence College, re-visits this concept in “Landscapes After Ruskin,” selecting from over 6,000 works of post-World War II art in the collections of the Hall family and Hall Art Foundation. Quaintly staged in the buildings of a former Vermont dairy farm, the exhibition asks whether we can ever separate the human mark from nature. Its imagery challenges us to recognize a world outside that increasingly fails us as we fail it. Sternfeld favors digital and photographic imagery, painting, and drawing, with a smattering of sculptures, installations, and videos. Familiar German names — Joseph … [Read more...] about Redefining the Sublime
Welcome Jul/Aug 2016
Welcome Statement, July/August 2016 by Brian Goslow I always compare the final week of production for our upcoming issue to landing an airplane safely, as it becomes a frantic race against our deadline while I track down missing images and stories and wait for copy on shows that opened days before we go to press — all with the goal of having our new issue waiting for you at First Friday activities around the New England region during each odd-numbered month. This issue brought the extra challenge of having our publisher, Kaveh Mojtabai, in Switzerland during most of the production period attending Art Basel with Nancy Nesvet, president of the Art, Labor, Education Institute and a curator of art exhibitions in Maine, Massachusetts and other East Coast cities. We were there representing those whose work we passionately share in each issue — and it’s always a thrill seeing … [Read more...] about Welcome Jul/Aug 2016
Cornered
Debbie Nadolney, Art Market Provincetown by Brian Goslow Earlier this year, Art Market Provincetown (AMP) moved to a new location in the beloved art colony’s East End (it first opened its doors in 2012). Artscope managing editor Brian Goslow visited the gallery on two occasions this spring and exchanged follow-up questions via email with gallery director/curator Debbie Nadolney about the relocation, the start of the 2016 season, her gallery’s intense, high-quality schedule and how she attracts new potential buyers for AMP and its artists. HOW HAS THE SEASON BEEN SO FAR FOR AMP AND PROVINCETOWN? It’s only mid-June, but the 2016 season for AMP Gallery, and Provincetown in general, has begun with a great sense of fluidity. Many people are wandering into town, great weather … a good feeling all around. HOW HAS THE MOVE EARLIER THIS YEAR TO THE EAST END (432 COMMERCIAL … [Read more...] about Cornered