By Sarah Rushford Torrington, Conn. - Five Points Gallery in Torrington, Connecticut is a non-profit contemporary art gallery showing professional regional, national and international visual artists. The gallery presents exhibitions in three renovated exhibition spaces in a historic downtown building and the lively events and receptions draw large crowds from a community of artists, educators, collectors and an engaged public from across the region. Multimedia artist Gene Gort’s installation, "Venetian,” on view through October 17, 2015, combines six channels of video with an array of 30 archival inkjet prints shot by the artist during a visit to Venice during the 2013 Venice Biennale. The prints are slightly out-of-focus photographs of exterior walls of Venetian buildings; a moody palette of pastel gradients simply framed and not behind glass. Large flat-panel video screens … [Read more...] about CORNERED: Multimedia Artist Gene Gort on his current show, Venetian
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In Review: South End Open Studios 2015
By Emily Pysczynski (Artscope is proud of its intern program which has an end goal of helping area college students polish their writing, reporting and research skills to help develop the next generation of art reviwers and critics. We’re happy to feature the newest member of our staff her on the artscope zine) South End Boston, Mass. - It was wonderful to get to meet so many incredibly talented artists at the SOWA Open Studios event this year. There was so much to see and so many interesting people to meet that it was hard to ever leave. Two artists based at 450 Harrison Ave. left quite an impression on me when I stepped into their studios, and I came away from this event loving art more than I ever knew I did. When I think of distortions, I typically call to mind abstract works that stretch beyond reality or possibly transform the ordinary into something comical. However, B. … [Read more...] about In Review: South End Open Studios 2015
Finding Fay Festival
FINDING FAY FESTIVAL SEPTEMBER 10-15 By Brian Goslow Boston & Surrounding Locations- The Finding Fay Festival, which takes place September 10 through 15, celebrates the life and spirit of local artist and philanthropist Fay Chandler with a series of events, memorials and concerts. “Finding Fay at the BCA Fair” takes place on Saturday, September 12 from noon-4 p.m. at the Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., Boston. The fair brings arts, cultural and social service organizations loved by Fay together to celebrate with exhibits, performances, readings, displays and interactive activities for every age. Events include instrument playgrounds, performances by Actors Shakespeare, Underground Railway and Nora Theater, Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Arts Academy, Conservatory Lab Charter School, and Handel and Haydn Society, painting and sculpture making, led by students from … [Read more...] about Finding Fay Festival
Artist profile: John Evans
By Rhiannon Leigh South Natick, Mass. - Boston-based painter John Evans incorporates art into all aspects of his life. His Natick home is adorned with work, old and new, by both himself and his wife, Carolyn. Although his studio only had two current pieces, both works-in-progress, there was an abundant quantity of drafts of many of his works, emphasizing the amount of time and effort he spends on one piece. In 1987, a young Evans was motivated by pleasing everyone else rather than pleasing himself — as well as a fear of failure, which in turn led to his rejection from a potential show in New York. Although this was disappointing at the time, Evans also acknowledges that he felt a sense of freedom. He continued to paint, and because he was now only painting for himself rather than for others, “there was no sense of failure, just an adventure,” Evans said. He also speaks of the … [Read more...] about Artist profile: John Evans
American Impressionism: The Lure of the Artists’ Colony
By John Paul Stapleton Springfield, Mass. - Impressionism was the dominant art style in late 19th century France, but America quickly followed with a movement all it’s own. Springfield Museums has recently acquired a traveling exhibit that displays a wide range of pieces from the art colonies that fueled that American Impressionism movement. The exhibit was organized by the Reading Public Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania to be separated by the American colonies that range in location from Provincetown up into parts of Canada, all the way down to New Mexico. This method of installation gives more of a historical background on the movement and the art colonies themselves. The 75 oil paintings and 30 works on paper are displayed with a wall text highlighting the artist and their particular relevance to their colony and their contemporaries. John Henry Twachtman’s “The Coast … [Read more...] about American Impressionism: The Lure of the Artists’ Colony
Nora Speyer and Sideo Fromboluti at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum
By John Paul Stapleton The Provincetown Art Association and Museum is currently host to an exhibit displaying the works of husband and wife, Nora Speyer and Sideo Fromboluti (1920-2014). Art historian Mary Abell curated this exhibit which is the first to focus solely on the work of the two artists. Included are works on paper and oil paintings created between 1975 and 2008 that show the similar styles the couple worked in and the influence they’ve had on each other’s work. While being Wellfleet artists, the couple had much involvement with the Provincetown arts community by appearing in exhibits and having been founding members of the Long Point Gallery. The standouts of the exhibit are the oil paintings the both created that make heavy use of texture. Fromboluti’s paintings in the exhibition are of more realistic scenes such as landscapes, flowers and common objects. His … [Read more...] about Nora Speyer and Sideo Fromboluti at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum