ROBERT FREEMAN AND MAX STERN: MARDI GRAS INDIANS ADELSON GALLERIES BOSTON 520 HARRISON AVENUE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS MARCH 2 THROUGH APRIL 29 by Molly Hamill When I spoke to him, Bob Freeman was sitting on a bench in the sun outside a gallery in Los Angeles. Freeman, who taught drawing and painting at Harvard in the 1980s and ‘90s, and whose work has been collected by the likes of the Museum of Fine Arts, the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum and the National Center of Afro-American Artists, breaks new ground in “Mardi Gras Indians,” a joint show with photographer Max Stern on view at Adelson Galleries Boston from March 2 through April 29. Stern’s crisp, potent photographs explode with color, movement and exuberance — the images inspired Freeman, who has collected some of Stern’s more abstract work over the years. “When I saw some of Max’s photographs, I … [Read more...] about MARDI GRAS INDIANS: A CAPTIVATING COLLABORATION
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KENTRIDGE’S UNIVERSAL ARCHIVE: CHALLENGING PERCEPTION
UNIVERSITY SPOTLIGHT WILLIAM KENTRIDGE: UNIVERSAL ARCHIVE FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM 1073 NORTH BENSON ROAD FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT by Kristin Nord For nearly 50 years, the brilliant South African artist William Kentridge has made printmaking a major part of his studio practice, producing more than 300 works that range from etching, drypoint and engraving to silkscreen, lithograph and linocut. It is 75 of the latter employed by the artist, used as illustrations for Norton Lectures that he delivered at Harvard in 2012, that form the traveling exhibition, “William Kentridge: Universal Archive,” arriving on March 1 at the Fairfield Museum of Art. The lectures, compiled and published as a book entitled, “Six Drawing Lessons,” begins with a meditation on Plato’s Cave and fans out in brilliant bursts to capture the artist’s thoughts on studio practice and the … [Read more...] about KENTRIDGE’S UNIVERSAL ARCHIVE: CHALLENGING PERCEPTION
SAMANTHA FIELDS: KEEPING US IN STITCHES
12 FOR OUR 12TH SAMANTHA FIELDS, WORK ON VIEW IN: STITCH: SYNTAX/ ACTION/REACTION NEW ART CENTER, 61 WASHINGTON PARK, NEWTON,MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH MARCH 24 HARD: SUBVERSIVE REPRESENTATION UNIVERSITY HALLGALLERY UNIVERSITY HALL, UMASS BOSTON, UNIVERSITY DRIVE NORTH, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH MARCH 9 LINEPLAY: TAUT/SLACK CHILDREN’S MUSEUM BOSTON, 308 CONGRESS STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH MARCH 31 by Elizabeth Michelman In her quest to understand the politics of fabric and fiber in the lives of women, sculptor Samantha Fields has already mastered (and teaches, along with color theory) traditions of weaving, stitchery, knitting, crocheting, beading and embroidery. Last summer, supported in industrial glazing and ceramic technique at the Kohler Art Center residency, she reproduced scores of table legs, chair backs, and oddly shaped finials in glossy bathroom … [Read more...] about SAMANTHA FIELDS: KEEPING US IN STITCHES
DESTINY PALMER: ARTIST, EDUCATOR, RISING STAR
12 FOR OUR 12TH DESTINY PALMER WORK ON VIEW IN: STITCH: SYNTAX / ACTION / REACTION NEW ART CENTER 61 WASHINGTON PARK NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH MARCH 24 #SAYHERNAME: WATCH US WERK VANDERMOOT GALLERY UNIVERSITY HALL 1815 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS MARCH 20 THROUGH APRIL 21 FOR MORE INFORMATION: DESTINYPALMER.COM by Donna Dodson Destiny Palmer is a rare artist-teacher. She is someone who loves working with young artists on the cusp of discovering their identities. Boston is lucky to have seen so much of her. Palmer graduated from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2010. After graduation, she taught at Boston Arts Academy for several years while developing her studio practice. In 2015, unhappy with her artwork, Palmer decided to enroll in graduate school at Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia to gain a deeper … [Read more...] about DESTINY PALMER: ARTIST, EDUCATOR, RISING STAR
STITCH AT NEW ART: CREATING CONVERSATION
FEATURED EXHIBITION STITCH: SYNTAX/ACTION/REACTION NEW ART CENTER 61 WASHINGTON PARK NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH MARCH 24 by Brian Goslow It’s only appropriate that the New Art Center — an institution that matches exhibitions with classroom instruction — is hosting “STITCH: Syntax/Action/Reaction,” an exhibition that will be a work-in-progress and offer a series of related public programs and events during its five-week run. The show, co-curated by Jessica Burko and Samantha Fields as part of New Art Center’s (NAC) ongoing Curatorial Opportunity Program, features artists that “create work that exemplifies the powerful language of technique and materials used to convey emotion, story, memory and meaning to guide our imaginations in new directions.” And yes, to borrow from Dr. Seuss, “Oh the places you’ll go …” with each of the works featured in “STITCH.” The … [Read more...] about STITCH AT NEW ART: CREATING CONVERSATION
CORNERED: ROSEMARY LEBEAU
CORNERED: ROSEMARY LEBEAU by Brian Goslow Central Massachusetts-based Rosemary LeBeau works in several magical mediums — wall assemblages, objets d’art, vue d’optique, hand-made books, rust works — each of which brings her viewers to several sensory states, including the reawakening of memories and senses of favorite objects from years ago (for instance, the animals in her composition that hark back to Christmas displays of our youth) and pieced together objects to which she gives recognizable features that cause our natural imagination to attribute them human-like characteristics that would look great in a front yard or home den. Then there are her larger pieces — reminiscent of 19th century offices and grocery stores, normally seen recreated as part of a museum’s depiction of life in centuries past — which leave viewers in awe. Artscope managing editor Brian Goslow … [Read more...] about CORNERED: ROSEMARY LEBEAU