July/August 2017
In This Issue
Text in Contemporary Art at Jamestown Arts Center
The intersection of language and visual form provides both the tools and the subject of conceptual art. “WORD: Text in Contemporary Art” at the Jamestown Arts Center offers over 55 images, objects and installations contrasting canonical works with recent forays in the art-form. While concentrating o
A WONDER-FULL WORLD: PROP MASTER MICHAEL STASIUK
by Greg Morell The studio of Portsmouth artist Michael Stasiuk is a wonder world of creative imagination where obscure found objects are manipulated, jointed, glued and crafted into magical, animated, […]
FRESH EYES AT HELEN DAY: MFA STUDENTS SHINE
by Marta Pauer-Tursi The fourth biennial exhibition at Helen Day Art Center features the works of five MFA degree students from the Northeast. This year, more than 150 applicants’ works […]
Welcome
Welcome Brian Goslow Nearly 50 years ago, I attended my first art exhibition at the Worcester Art Museum. At the age of 12, I had already become quite fond of […]
WILL TO SURVIVE: DANIEL MAFFIA IN WELLFLEET
by Suzanne Volmer “Art for Survival,” a portrait exhibition of paintings by Daniel Maffia, opens on August 19 at Harmon Gallery in Wellfleet. The artist makes narratives that rely on […]
CONSIDERING PLACE: JUROR’S CHOICE AT KEENE
by Marguerite Serkin A regional exhibit of juried works may suggest a circumspect, homogenous collection. Such is far from the case in the collection on view through the Biennial Regional […]
CREATIVE TRIFECTA: TRANSFORMATION AT THREE STONES
by Flavia Cigliano Walking into the Three Stones Gallery on a late spring afternoon in the village of West Concord was a pleasure. Full of light and airy, with a […]
SEUSS ON THE LOOSE: HOMAGE TO A STORYTELLER
by James Foritano I have to admit that my awakening to literature didn’t arrive through the genius of Theodor Seuss Geisel — known the world over by his pen name […]
HOPKINS COMES FULL CIRCLE: AWESOME ABSTRACTION IN PTOWN
by Laura Shabott “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he […]
WORCESTER ELECTRIFIED: HUANG MOVES THE IMAGINATION
by Brian Goslow Nearly 50 years ago, the Worcester Art Museum hosted “Light and Motion,” a groundbreaking exhibition in which the participating “new kineticists” turned to “light and movement to […]
TO COIN A CHAISE: FUN MEETS FUNCTION IN VT
by Elayne Clift Johnny Swing was fortunate enough to have a mother who was an artist. She inspired and encouraged his interest in welding which led to him sculpting metal […]
NO PLACE LIKE HOME: BLACKWOOD IN PORTSMOUTH
by Linda Chestney So often we are compelled to leave home. The further the better, right? Yet there remains in our cultural DNA a pair that brings us back home. […]
COWAN’S RE/COLLECTION: AN UPDATED GLASS MENAGERIE
by Beth Neville Among contemporary young artists, it is unusual to find someone in full control of her medium, with the emotional maturity and imagination to produce art that is […]
LIVE AND LEARN: DRAWING ON HISTORY IN CT
by J. Fatima Martins In News & Views, the Mystic Museum of Art’s (MMoA) newsletter, Dawn E. Salerno, MMoA’s deputy director for public engagement and operations, asks in her “Art […]
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX: 52 WEEKS AT FULLER CRAFT
by Beth Neville Ellen Schiffman pushes the limits of Fiber Art in her “52 Box Project” solo exhibit at the Fuller Craft Museum. Moving away from cotton, wool, linen, felt […]
IT’S ALL ON PAPER: FEEL THE POWER AT GALLERY 4
by Suzanne Volmer “The Power of Paper,” at Gallery 4 at Historic Tiverton Four Corners through July 30, includes works on paper created by 12 artists. Conceived by Chas. Hickey […]
A GALLERY CRAWL: THE BEST OF THE OUTER CAPE
by Laura Shabott When Artscope’s publisher Kaveh Mojtabai and managing editor Brian Goslow asked me to do a gallery crawl in the arts colony of Provincetown, I was daunted by […]
July/August Classifieds
Your work could be artscope’s next CENTERFOLD. Your work can be Artscope’s next Centerfold. Work by established and emerging artists welcome. For the July/August 2017 issue we will be accepting […]
July/August 2017 Centerfold
Artscope 69, July/August 2017 art: Perfect Harmony artist: Jeff Grassie medium: wood, metal, stone, sand, glass, marbles, walnut shells theme: Wood A master at stretching his boundaries to […]
July/August 2017
Article Excerpts: Welcome | Fresh Eyes at Helen Day: MFA Students Shine | Considering Place: Juror’s Choice at Keene | Worcester Electrified: Huang Moves the Imagination| Hopkins Comes Full Circle: […]
CORNERED: LEORA MALTZ-LECA ON DOCUMENTA
by Suzanne Volmer Documenta is the art world’s version of a G-8 Summit. This year, the iteration of Documenta 14 has coincided with the Basel Art Fair and Venice Biennale […]
REVIEW OF ART BASEL 2017
by Nancy Nesvet There once was a small city at the crossroads of three countries — Switzer- land, Germany and France — that became the epicenter of the global art […]
SCULPTURE INDOORS AND OUT: TAKING SHAPE IN PORTLAND
by Jamie Thompson At the Portland Museum of Art (PMA), this summer is all about sculpture. On July 7, the museum will debut its new David E. Shaw and Family […]
PAST AND FUTURE PERFECT: TWO FOR ONE AT BOSTON SCULPTORS
by Lisa Mikulski Art and psychology have long been looking at one another in an attempt to extend our understanding of human choices, experiences and the perception of events in […]
DONNA DODSON’S MAKING CONNECTIONS
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Bevan Weissman at Artisan’s Asylum in Somerville. I wanted to learn more about maker- spaces in general and specifically to find out about […]
SURPRISES IN STORE: MAINE’S CONTEMPORARY JEWEL
by Eric Taubert From the beating heart of York Village, one of the first permanent settlements in Maine, quiet Lindsay Road wends down a scenic half-mile toward the York River. […]
SUMMER SCULPTURE SHOWCASE
by Tom Soboleski Eye-catching sculpture allures, causing us to pause, linger, and dither as we contemplate what it’s trying to say to us. It can be transformative, with both the […]
Outdoor Sculpture Takes Over Olmstead Firm-Designed Grounds in Newton Mass
By Paul Angiolillo If the site is appealing, I’ll travel almost anywhere to show my outdoor sculptures (okay, a modest stipend doesn’t hurt). But it’s a boon when the place […]
