Brian Goslow, Managing Editor bgoslow@artscopemagazine.com For the third straight year, we’ve prepared our November/December issue as we were getting set to return to Art Basel Miami Beach, where we’re once again honored to have been invited as an official exhibitor; if you attend this year’s event, look for us in the Magazine Sector and Collective Booth. As a preview to Art Basel 2017, which takes place from December 7-10 at the newly renovated Miami Beach Convention Center and nearby at the Collins and SoundScape parks, Nancy Nesvet provides a crystal ball guide to which artists to keep an eye on and assesses how their work has reacted to and been affected by world events of the past year. Nesvet and Artscope publisher Kaveh Mojtabai will be in Miami Beach providing live reports on our various social media outlets; for easy viewing in one location, download the Artscope app … [Read more...] about Welcome: From Brian Goslow
November/December 2017
Steve Lyons Crushes It: Abstract Impasto Pops Up on Newbury Street
FEATURED EXHIBITION STEVE LYONS: FALL INTO ART CRUSH BOUTIQUE 264 NEWBURY STREET BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS NOVEMBER 9 THROUGH DECEMBER 30 STEVE LYONS GALLERY 463 MAIN STREET CHATHAM, MASSACHUSETTS By Brian Goslow It’s been a good year for Chatham sculptural painter Steve Lyons; he received six American Art Awards, including second place in the abstract expressionism category for his acrylic on canvas entitled “Women and the Universe,” and his gallery and studio in Chatham, Mass., has enjoyed a successful season. This November, his work will be on display at Crush Boutique on Boston’s Newbury Street. The unlikely venue — which offers women’s contemporary fashions — is not as unlikely as you’d think, according to Lyons. “The whole retail environment as a pop-up art venue has become very popular,” he explained. “It takes art into a new venue. Museums … [Read more...] about Steve Lyons Crushes It: Abstract Impasto Pops Up on Newbury Street
Katz’s Push-Pull: The Reality of Impermanence
FEATURED GALLERY FLEXTIME: DAVID KATZ 3S ARTSPACE 319 VAUGHAN STREET PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MUSEUM OF ART OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE By Linda Chestney As we mature in life, we bump up against the certainty of change, growth, life’s fragility and inevitable finality. With time, we loosen our grip on idealism, perfection, control ... because we have no choice. It’s a good thing, but something most of us would prefer to sidestep, but life does not work out that way. Sculptor and ceramicist David Katz, whose current installation graces the gallery at 3S Artspace in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, understands this concept all too well, and it seeps into the essence of his works. The exhibition, “Flextime: David Katz,” is an installation curated by Kristina Durocher, director of the Museum of Art of the University of New … [Read more...] about Katz’s Push-Pull: The Reality of Impermanence
CCP’s Still Lifes: Examining The Fine Print
COVER STORY STILL LIFE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING 299 WEST AVENUE NORWALK, CONNECTICUT By J. Fatima Martins If Pandora, considered the first human woman in Greek mythology, had been an artist, I’m certain she would’ve been a printmaker. Inside her box or jar, depending on the interpre- tation, she’d have her magical, devilish printer’s tools. From her print press, she’d birth life, always changing, never still. Remaining in her box would be the “hope” for a perfect print. The image of Pandora as print- maker arrived as I was looking at the work of Katja Oxman from her “The Secret Rooms” series. Oxman is one of seven master printmakers featured in “Still Life” an exhibition of exquisite prints at the Center for Contemporary Printmaking (CCP). The other formi- dable artists are Jack Beal, Janet Fish, Sondra Freckelton, Jane E. Goldman, Daniel Lang … [Read more...] about CCP’s Still Lifes: Examining The Fine Print
People Watching at FAM: Portraits Past And Present
REVIEW PEOPLE WATCHING: THEN AND NOW FITCHBURG ART MUSEUM 185 ELM STREET FITCHBURG, MASSACHUSETTS Flavia Cigliano From the first primitive marks people made to depict their external world or internal reflections, portraiture has been a major form of expression in art making. The genre has existed across centuries, cultures and art movements. The Fitchburg Art Museum’s (FAM) cur- rent exhibition, “People Watching: Then and Now,” is an outstanding survey of historical and current portraiture that reveals the continued interest in and evolution of portrait painting. The show is the third and final part of a series of genre painting exhibitions conceived and developed to take a fresh look at works from FAM’s permanent collection in relation to current works of contemporary New England artists. The first two of these shows, “Still Life Lives” (still … [Read more...] about People Watching at FAM: Portraits Past And Present
Modern-Day Mythology: Yuan’s Dynamic Mural at Tufts
REVIEW YUAN YUNSHENG: CHINESE MYTH, FOLKLORE AND HISTORY TUFTS UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY AIDEKMAN ARTS CENTER 40 TALBOT AVENUE MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS By Franklin W. Liu Even at 80, contemporary Chinese muralist Yuan Yunsheng is actively producing art while also serving as a mentor and teacher. Yunsheng, born in 1937 in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China, is widely praised for his vibrant, large-scale, narrative-murals resplen- dent with ethnic cultural symbol- ism that are hand painted on-site in America as well as within China, where he currently resides. Yuan’s ruminating, diversified, internationally known artworks are now showcased in two separate 2017 exhibitions. One, a group show, “Anren Biennale-Crossroads,” on view in Anren, Chengdu; another, a prismatic solo exhibition, “Yuan Yunsheng: Chinese Myth, Folklore and History,” is being presented at the … [Read more...] about Modern-Day Mythology: Yuan’s Dynamic Mural at Tufts