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January/February 2018

ALL IN THE FAMILY: TODDS CREATE ARTIFICIAL ATMOSPHERES

// Current Issue, Issue Articles, January/February 2018

REVIEW ROBERT TODD AND DEB TODD WHEELER: ARTIFICIAL ATMOSPHERES NESTO GALLERY MILTON ACADEMY 170 CENTRE STREET MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH APRIL 20 by Beth Neville Art technological innovation doesn’t have to use cutting-edge equipment. As Robert Todd and Deb Todd Wheeler demonstrate in “Artificial Atmospheres” at Milton Academy’s Nesto Gallery, six TV monitors, two projectors, old cameras and a lot of imagination can produce a complex set of visual images. The artists let their imaginations run free, capturing digital images filmed outdoors and later manipulated in their basement studio. Working improvisationally, their digital installation conjures up a rich mélange of celestial and mundane images, ranging from a suggested solar eclipse to plastic bags. “Artificial Atmospheres” consists of six small monitors with rotating images on one wall, an 8’ x 8’ … [Read more...] about ALL IN THE FAMILY: TODDS CREATE ARTIFICIAL ATMOSPHERES

INVIGORATING THE SENSES: ON AND ON AT WHEATON

// Audio/Visual, Exhibits, Issue Articles, January/February 2018, Visual Arts

UNIVERSITY SPOTLIGHT ON & ON: ARTS WITHOUT END & COLOR-ISM BEARD & WEIL GALLERIES WHEATON COLLEGE 26 EAST MAIN STREET NORTON, MASSACHUSETTS JANUARY 24 THROUGH FEBRUARY 23 by Suzanne Volmer The professional hats worn by Elizabeth Keithline include artist, public art consultant, critic, writer and teacher. This past autumn, she was appointed as interim director and curator of the Beard and Weil Galleries at Wheaton College, and she opens 2018 with “On & On: Arts Without End” and “Color-ism.” The galleries at Wheaton present consistently outstanding programming, and Keithline delivers in that mold. Speaking with her in advance about “On & On,” she expressed enthusiasm for the show as a power punch to invigorate the senses during winter. Keithline described the exhibition as being “about time as it moves, [and] the ‘electric on’ [or] ‘turned on’ [light bulb effect] — … [Read more...] about INVIGORATING THE SENSES: ON AND ON AT WHEATON

LIVING DELIBERATELY IN MAINE: CELEBRATING THE IDEA OF THOREAU

// Current Exhibits, Current Issue, Issue Articles, January/February 2018, Visual Arts

FEATURED MUSEUM MAINE MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS USM GLICKMAN FAMILY LIBRARY 314 FOREST AVENUE PORTLAND, MAINE THROUGH JANUARY 27 by Taryn Plumb At first, it appears to be a touching image of mourning: A man lies on his belly in a pastoral cemetery, leaning in so close to a gravestone that his head nearly grazes it. But take a closer look and you see that, well — he’s taking a closer look. Not at the headstone engraved with the surname “HUNT” but, rather, at a small patch of white flowers that have sprung up out of the ground at its base. He is a botanist at work; the grave is purely incidental. Captured by photographer S.B. Walker, the black-and-white image is part of a series taken in and around Walden Pond in Concord, Mass. It is among a variety of works in an exhibit honoring the 200th anniversary of the birth of the celebrated transcendentalist Henry … [Read more...] about LIVING DELIBERATELY IN MAINE: CELEBRATING THE IDEA OF THOREAU

ALL IN THE FAMILY: CONNECTICUT’S TERRIZZI-BRICHERS

// Artist Profile, Current Issue, Issue Articles, January/February 2018, Visual Arts

ARTISTS PROFILE THE TERRIZZI-BRICHER FAMILY by Kristin Nord Not too long ago, the South Kent household of Terrizzi-Bricher served up a sumptuous mix of color, texture, warmth and light, at a time of year when the Connecticut woodlands are a sea of greys, sepias and ochres. Matisse would have happily sunk into the deep pink upholstered chair in their cozy yellow living room, or embraced the presence of light in Scott Bricher’s studio. Scott Bricher sees himself as a primarily figurative oil painter, steeped in an awareness of art history and influenced by studies first at Parsons School of Design but later with Nelson Shanks at the Art Students League. The monumental scale of these narrative works-in-progress made me think immediately of Thomas Hart Benton or Diego Rivera, and I left eager to see where the work will take him. Memories, images and ideas drawn from his … [Read more...] about ALL IN THE FAMILY: CONNECTICUT’S TERRIZZI-BRICHERS

WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS?: ANNA KUNZ AT PC GALLERIES

// Current Issue, Exhibits, Issue Articles, January/February 2018, Visual Arts

REVIEW ANNA KUNZ: VENUS REILLY GALLERY SMITH CENTER FOR THE ARTS PROVIDENCE COLLEGE 63 EATON STREET PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND THROUGH FEBRUARY 24 by Suzanne Volmer Known for its theater, Chicago has a cadre of contemporary visual artists garnering national and international attention due to their performative edge. New England audiences can explore a ripple of that hybrid world with “Anna Kunz: Venus,” an art exhibition from the Windy City on view through February 24 at the Reilly Gallery at Providence College. In this multimedia show, Kunz’ style of painting expresses a Rolodex of top notes, mixing visual references to Kandinsky, Delaunay, Diebenkorn and Frankenthaler. It simultaneously combines the dance-sourced influences of Diaghilev, Duncan and Cunningham. Not surprisingly, Kunz has recently created stage decor for Chicago performances of the Merce Cunningham … [Read more...] about WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS?: ANNA KUNZ AT PC GALLERIES

JAN/FEB 2018 CAPSULE PREVIEWS

// Current Issue, Issue Articles, January/February 2018, Visual Arts

by Brian Goslow “Off the Wall,” on view from January 18 through February 23 at The Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, 522 Congress St., Portland, Maine, pays trib-ute to German-born American sculptor Eva Hesse’s ground-breaking work and its influ-ence on contemporary artists through the recent paint-ings and sculpture of Rosy Keyser and Ryan Wallace from Brooklyn. “A represen-tative sampling of work will be presented by each artist to provoke thought about the shifting dynamics between painting and sculpture, or vice versa, as well as their colli-sion,” notes the announcement for the show curated by Jaime DeSimone, who manages the Permanent Collection at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Jacksonville. We’re not sure whether to feel nostalgic or worried about the timeliness of the “Hot Art in a Cold War: Intersections of Art and Science in the Soviet … [Read more...] about JAN/FEB 2018 CAPSULE PREVIEWS