By Brian Goslow Framingham, MA - The first thing you notice about “Multiplicity” is that from the moment you enter the gallery, each of the works is calling for your attention — and that each of them could do so for an extended period of time. Perhaps the best place to start is with “Armature,” a living-breathing object composed of three steel hoops, chicken wire, tracing paper and 10 gallons of wheat paste where you can crawl inside at its ends or lie on your back and gaze up underneath that hangs serpent-like in the middle of the gallery from three of its historic graffiti-marked pillars, the work of curators Carrie Childs-Antonini and Denise Driscoll with Sara Fine-Wilson. “It was being birthed as the show was going up,” Driscoll said. “We finished the day before the opening.” The idea for the 19-artist show started at a gallery members’ meeting last spring; the intention was … [Read more...] about Multiplicity at Fountain Street Fine Art
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Wanderlust: Alternative Burlington, Vermont
By Puloma Ghosh Burlington, VT – Burlington, one of the cultural hubs of Vermont, doesn’t fall short in its share of art galleries. However, throughout the town there are many nontraditional spaces for art worth exploring during a visit or a casual weekend outing. Even in the midst of a daily routine, art is around you. One of these spaces is The Men’s Room, located in downtown Burlington on 106 Main Street. The salon has simple décor, with a classic color palette of black, white and red throughout. While dipping in for a routine haircut, one is actually walking into a gallery hidden within its walls. The current exhibit is black and white photography by Paul Hagar. The exhibit, called “On the Street and Across the Lake,” fits seamlessly into the space. Hagar’s photographs offer alternate views of the area, taken from nontraditional angles and distances. The soft-focused, … [Read more...] about Wanderlust: Alternative Burlington, Vermont
What About War at Resnikoff Gallery Roxbury Community College
By James Foritano Roxbury, MA - “Ars longa, vita brevis” keeps bobbing into my consciousness ever since some Latin sage (go Google him) launched that pithy phrase so many vanished empires ago. It certainly described my recent experience at the Joan Resnikoff Gallery at Roxbury Community College. I had been assigned by Artscope to track down the sculpture of Ruth Rosner, soon to appear at Copley Place Center Court in an exhibition titled “(Un) Covering Violence Transformed,” but available for viewing right now at the Resnikoff Gallery in its current “What About War” exhibit. So, intrepid reporter that I am, I hopped on the Orange Line to arrive at Roxbury Crossing and step gingerly across Columbus Avenue to arrive at my goal. Ms. Rosner’s sculptures were indeed on view and did indeed brim with the virtues I expected to experience after a brief, intense online preview. Filling … [Read more...] about What About War at Resnikoff Gallery Roxbury Community College
Final Weekend!: New England Artists Collaborate for “Twelve Nights” at Boston Sculptors Gallery
By Puloma Ghosh Boston, MA – For 12 nights a year, eight New England artists come together to share in an evening of creative dialogue. Currently at the Boston Sculptors Gallery, these artists have collected to show the work that they have critiqued and collaborated on during those evenings in “Twelve Nights.” Going up the little flight of stairs into the gallery, the first thing one is greeted with is a board of sketches and notes by the artists. Those little scratches planted the seeds for the evolution and transformation of ideas into artwork. One of the small pieces of paper tacked onto the wall by the entrance is a plain white sheet eight-and-a-half by 11-inch sheet with straight lines of color streaking diagonally across it. Todd Antonellis did this little sketch some evening past. Entering the gallery, we are met with a large high definition monitor full of vibrant, … [Read more...] about Final Weekend!: New England Artists Collaborate for “Twelve Nights” at Boston Sculptors Gallery
Janky Donuts at Lot F Gallery
By Puloma Ghosh Boston, MA – If you thought “Janky Donuts” was a trendy new donut shop in Boston, you’d be in for a bit of a surprise. Opening night, many such hungry customers tentatively entered the Lot F Gallery only to find that the cute, colorful donuts were made of scrap wood, in THE !ND!V!DUALS’ full-scale donut shop installation. Everything in the shop made from scrap wood and carved with a dedicated and humorous attention to detail. Stop and flip through the songbook in their full-scale jukebox. Check the time on the intricate wooden clock. Go behind the counter and find a wash sink, a handgun for protection (of course) and a bucket full of dirty utensils. The cashier himself is also made entirely of scrap wood, but shaped like an alien out of a tavern in some distant planet imagined by George Lucas. He stands in front of the cash register, smiling and ready to take … [Read more...] about Janky Donuts at Lot F Gallery
ARTIST PROFILE: Carolyn Evans
By Puloma Ghosh Stepping into Carolyn Evans’ house is like stepping into a gallery. Every corner of her Natick home is filled with artwork, hers and her husband's, recent and from years past. It contains her journey as an artist, from sculptor to painter, within its walls. Through a hallway in the back of the house, past a detailed bronze sculpture of a fish skimming the water, the waves rendered with curls of metal reminiscent of wood shavings, is a door leading to her studio. Beyond is a collection of her large paintings, spanning her most recent decades of work. “Painted bronze sculptures lead to me painting,” said Evans, explaining the connection between her hallways of bronze sculpture and her studio full of oil paintings. “My dealer in New York, Allen Stone, said, ‘You know, your sculptures are getting painterly, why don’t you paint?’ So I did.” This transition is … [Read more...] about ARTIST PROFILE: Carolyn Evans