By Holland Cotter
Damien Hirst's Golden Calf sold for $18.6 million last year.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Visiting Artist Juan Jose Barboza Gubo
The Art Institute of Boston
February 10, 2009
Above
Memory series 4, Detail, 2008
Juan Jose Barboza Gubo received his BFA in Sculpture at the Pontifical Catholic University, Lima, Peru in 2000, and his MFA in Painting and Sculpture at the Massachusetts College of Art + Design in 2007/8. Gubo is the recipient of several international awards and his work has been exhibited in solo and group shows in the US, South America and Europe.
Left
Pieta series 2, 2005
Friday, February 6, 2009
Shepard Fairey: Supply and Demand/ ICA Boston
The West Gallery / February 6 to August 16, 2009
The first museum survey of one of the most influential street artists of our time now at the ICA Boston.
(from press release)Fairey's multi-layered renderings of counter-cultural revolutionaries and rap, punk and rock stars, as well as updated and re-imagined propaganda-style posters, carry his signature graphic style, marked by his frequent use of black, white, and red. Recently, his portrait of Barack Obama, a ubiquitous sight on the campaign trail, drew a new level of attention to the artist's work and was recently acquired by the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, for its collection.
The controversy: Shepard finds himself in a copyright battle with the Associated Press over the Obama image.
Left: Photograph by Mannie Garcia, AP
Articles:
Artist Sues AP/ NYT (2.9.2009)
AP claims Obama image/ NYT (2.5.2009)
FAST COMPANY RISD Pride.... (2.4.2009)
Walker Evans' Postcards as Muse @ the MET
A selection of postcards that were collected by photographer Walker Evans are on view at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
February 3 to May 25, 2009
The Howard Gilman Gallery
Main Street Postcards as Muse
By Roberta Smith/ New York Times article
Evans' 1935 photograph Street Scene, Morgan City, LA almost perfectly matches the vantage point of a postcard that he owned.
Walker Evans
Street Scene, Morgan City, LA, 1935
Unknown artist
Front Street, Looking North, Morgan City, LA, 1929
February 3 to May 25, 2009
The Howard Gilman Gallery
Main Street Postcards as Muse
By Roberta Smith/ New York Times article
Evans' 1935 photograph Street Scene, Morgan City, LA almost perfectly matches the vantage point of a postcard that he owned.
Walker Evans
Street Scene, Morgan City, LA, 1935
Unknown artist
Front Street, Looking North, Morgan City, LA, 1929
Thursday, February 5, 2009
2009 prc student exhibition
PHOTOGRAPHIC RESOURCE CENTER at Boston University
February 6 to March 15, 2009
Reception Thursday, February 5, 5:30-7:30pm
(press release)
From its large universities to its smaller colleges, New England is rich with gifted students and scholars. Among these programs, photography has always flourished, making this an area celebrated within photo history. This annual exhibition honors academic diversity and thus features work selected by the schools themselves. Students and visitors alike enjoy seeing the work displayed in a gallery setting, as well as the opportunity to witness each program’s unique approach to photography and related media.
AIB students featured at the 2009 PRC Student exhibit are Jeff Allen, Kevin Barton, Kelly Burgess, Lily Carlson and Joseph Mygan.
February 6 to March 15, 2009
Reception Thursday, February 5, 5:30-7:30pm
(press release)
From its large universities to its smaller colleges, New England is rich with gifted students and scholars. Among these programs, photography has always flourished, making this an area celebrated within photo history. This annual exhibition honors academic diversity and thus features work selected by the schools themselves. Students and visitors alike enjoy seeing the work displayed in a gallery setting, as well as the opportunity to witness each program’s unique approach to photography and related media.
AIB students featured at the 2009 PRC Student exhibit are Jeff Allen, Kevin Barton, Kelly Burgess, Lily Carlson and Joseph Mygan.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Melanie Smith: Spiral City & Other Vicarious Pleasures
MIT LIST VISUAL ARTS CENTER
February 6 to April 5, 2009
Reception Thursday, February 5, 6-8pm
Melanie Smith, Spiral City, 2002 (in collaboration with Rafael Ortega)
(press release)
Melanie Smith: Spiral City & Other Vicarious Pleasures, an exhibition organized by curator Cuauhtémoc Medina, includes paintings, photography, and video works, that artist Melanie Smith has made by herself and in collaboration with other artists. These works constitute an aesthetic and social investigation of Mexico City, where she has lived and worked since 1989.
Examining the city from all angles–from the air and the ground; from the crowded grid of city blocks to the commerce on the street–Smith has created a visual vocabulary that draws from the visual impact of the megalopolis while simultaneously relaying an interest in the history of art and the ways in which “abstract” art relates to the urban environment. Using colors, textures, materials, and found objects from the urban environment, Smith examines the complex and chaotic visual elements of the 21st-century city.
February 6 to April 5, 2009
Reception Thursday, February 5, 6-8pm
Melanie Smith, Spiral City, 2002 (in collaboration with Rafael Ortega)
(press release)
Melanie Smith: Spiral City & Other Vicarious Pleasures, an exhibition organized by curator Cuauhtémoc Medina, includes paintings, photography, and video works, that artist Melanie Smith has made by herself and in collaboration with other artists. These works constitute an aesthetic and social investigation of Mexico City, where she has lived and worked since 1989.
Examining the city from all angles–from the air and the ground; from the crowded grid of city blocks to the commerce on the street–Smith has created a visual vocabulary that draws from the visual impact of the megalopolis while simultaneously relaying an interest in the history of art and the ways in which “abstract” art relates to the urban environment. Using colors, textures, materials, and found objects from the urban environment, Smith examines the complex and chaotic visual elements of the 21st-century city.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Boston galleries looking for new artists
ERC Art Space on 286 Newbury Street
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