Fine Arts
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Ric Haynes No Beer But Burgers
As the Crow Flies
By: - Sep 21st, 2013We met during a Suffolk University tour of Spain. Of mutual interest Ric Haynes has had an ongoing relationship with Native American art and culture. This has primarily entailed regular visits to the Crow Nation. This article reposted from 2005 in Maverick Arts Magazine entailed a studio visit and lunch in Quincy, Mass.
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Jaune Quick-to-See Smith at Suffolk University
New Works at New Engand School of Art & Design Gallery
By: - Sep 20th, 2013During a studio visit in New Mexico Jaune Quick To See Smith agreed to create new works for a special exhibition at the Gallery of New England School of Arts and Design. She presented a lecture to a large audience of students and faculty and also spoke intimately in the gallery. The artist Ric Haynes, who works extensively with the Crow Nation participated in the informal discussion. This is reposted from a 2006 article in Maverick Arts Magazine.
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German Artist Blinky Palermo
London's Serpentine Gallery
By: - Sep 20th, 2013Blinky Palermo a name adapted by a German artist from the genre of American boxing was a student of Joseph Beuys. But, in a brief career, he went in a different direction. In the relatively small Serpentine Gallery in London we had the rare opportunity to see his work in depth. This report was posted to Maverick Arts Magazine on May 29, 2003.
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James Rosenquist: A Retrospective
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
By: - Sep 20th, 2013As a young artist in New York James Rosenquist supported himself by painting billboards. That informed his approach as a Pop artist. For a time in the 1960s I worked for him as a studio assistant. This review of the Guggenheim retrospective is reposted from a 2004 article in Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Kazimir Malevich: Suprematism
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
By: - Sep 20th, 2013By 1913, as the leader of the Russian movement of Suprematism, Kazimir Malevich pushed abstract art to the limit. During the initial liberation of the Russian Revolution he held a position of authority over the fine arts. That Utopia ended with the rise of Joseph Stalin after which the fine arts retreated to the conservative, agit-prop movement of Social Realism. This review is reposted from 2004 article in Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Roth Time: a Dieter Roth Retrospective
MoMA and P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center
By: - Sep 20th, 2013The retrospective of Dieter Roth begged the question of the difference between treasure and trash. One waded through an enormous amount of stuff created by an amazingly original and prolific artist. This article was posted in Maverick Arts Magazine on April 6, 2004.
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John Currin at the Whitney Museum
A Bra Busting Exhibition
By: - Sep 20th, 2013The illustrative realist painter has explored the old master techniques of Caravaggio as well as smarmy soft and hard core porn. At the eyebrow raising age of 41 he was given a retrospective by the Whitney Museum of American Art. This review is resposted from a 2003 article in Maverick Arts Magazie.
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Eva Hesse Retrospective
Curated by Elisabeth Sussman and Renate Petzinger
By: - Sep 19th, 2013During a 2002 tour of the Rhine we visited Wiesbaden to view the special exhibition of work by the American artist Eva Hesse. This review is reposted from Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Rethinking Landmark 9 Evenings
9 Evenings Reconsidered: Art, Theatre and Engineering, 1966
By: - Sep 19th, 2013The series 9 Evenings which were presented in a vast Armory in New York in 1966 impacted the emergence of performance art conflated with art/science/ technology. This is a reposting of an exhibition at the List MIT Visual Arts Center for Maverick Arts Magazine from 2006.
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Williams College Exhibition of Hitler the Artist
Prelude to a Nightmare: Art Politics, and Hitler’s Early Years in Vienna 1906- 1913
By: - Sep 19th, 2013In 2002 Deborah Rothschild curated "Prelude to a Nightmare: Art Politics, and Hitler’s Early Years in Vienna 1906- 1913" for the Williams College Museum of Art. We repost a dialogue with her from Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Documenta XI
International Exhibition in Kassel Germany
By: - Sep 18th, 2013Documenta, in Kassel Germany is the largest and one of the formative biennials. Actually it is held every five years. This is a report on Documenta 11 which is reposted from a September 11, 2002 article in Maverick Arts Magazine. It was organized by the African curator Okwui Enwezer.
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Okwui Enwezer on Documenta XI
Part One
By: - Sep 18th, 2013Jane Farver invited the director of Documenta XI, Okwui Enwezer, to speak at MIT. Following the extensive lecture we met for a conversation. This is part one of a dialogue reposted from Maverick Arts, December 18, 2000.
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Discussing Documenta XI
Part Two with Okwui Enwezer
By: - Sep 18th, 2013Part Two of a dialogue with Documenta XI organizer Okwui Enwezer. This is reposted from December 20, 2000 in Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Dialogue with Documenta's Okwui Enwezer
Part Three with Robert Fleck Letter
By: - Sep 18th, 2013This is a conclusion of coverage of Documenta XI from a December 21, 2000 report in Maverick Arts Magazine. This also includes a letter from the Austrian curator Ribert Fleck.
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Painting in Boston: 1950-2000
Survey by DeCordova Museum in 2002
By: - Sep 18th, 2013Painting in Boston: 1950-2000 was presented at DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park . This review is reposted from Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Landmark MFA Survey of Boston Women
A Studio of Her Own: Women Artists in Boston, 1870-1940
By: - Sep 18th, 2013In 2001 the Museum of Fine Arts paid tribute to women in "A Studio of Her Own: Women Artists in Boston, 1870-1940." This review is reposted from Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Boston Artist Robert Ferrandini
A Studio Visit From Right to Left
By: - Sep 18th, 2013In 2005 we visited the artist Robert Ferrandini in his studio. Recovering from a stroke he was learning to paint with the other hand. This report in Maverick Arts discussed progress for an exhibition at Gallery Naga.
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Sarina Khan Reddy Multi Media Artist
The Jewel in Her Crown
By: - Sep 17th, 2013Recently Sarina Kahn Reddy joined the staff of the Davis Museum and Cultural Center of Wellesley College. Following her graduation from the master's program of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts I curated her 2005 installation in the Gallery of the New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University. This reposting from Maverick Arts recalls that exhibition.
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Camilo Alvarez Gallerist: Beer and Burgers
The Director of Samson Projects
By: - Sep 17th, 2013Not long after Camilo Alvarez founded Samson Projects in Boston's South End in 2005 we met for a beer and burger. It launched a series of meetings and articles with a range of artists, curators and gallerists. For their historical interest they are being reposted from Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Arthur Dion: Beer and Burgers
Boston Gallerist Recalls Decades on Newbury Street
By: - Sep 17th, 2013Meg White runs the day to day operation of the formidable Gallery Naga on Newbury Street. Founded as a cooperative gallery in 975 that changed when Arthur Dion took over in 1982. He pursued a mandate to represent Boston artists. A close working relationship and ready access to their studios was essential to his approach to representation. In 2005 we met to discuss his take on the Boston art world.
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Blanche Lazzell and the Color Woodcut
Provincetown's White Line Prints at the MFA
By: - Sep 17th, 2013Provincetown is renowned for the tradition of a single woodblock so called White Line prints. We repost a review of the Museum of Fine Arts exhibition From Paris to Provincetown: Blanche Lazzell and the Color Woodcut that appeared in Maverick Arts Magazine.
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James Manning Boston Arts Activist
Known for Discovering Emerging Artists
By: - Sep 17th, 2013Currently James Manning is widely employed as a top exhibition planner and installer working with Emerson College, Suffolk University, and the Rose Art Museum among other regular clients. We often collaborated in exhibitions for New England School of Art and Design. His annual new talent shows regularly discovered future art stars. This is a 2003 article reposted from Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Curator Linda Norden: Beer and Burgers
Blue Lagoon: The Venice Project with Ed Ruscha
By: - Sep 17th, 2013When we spoke with former Fogg Art Museum curator, Linda Norden, she was in the process of developing a project for the American Pavilion of the Venice Biennale with the California based artist Ed Ruscha. This dialogue is reposted from a 2005 article in Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Artist Martin Mugar: Beer and Burgers
Delectable Polka Dot Surfaces
By: - Sep 17th, 2013Martin Mugar contributes think pieces on the visual arts for Berkshire Fine Arts. Our relationship started years ago with a raucous dinner at the Algonquin Club followed by nightcaps at the Pour House. We have had intense dialogues ever since. This is a 2005 a Beer and Burgers session reposted from Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Renowned Artist Jaune Quick to See Smith
New Mexico Studio Visit
By: - Sep 17th, 2013It started as an e mail dialogue. During a drive through the South West we arrived at the studio of the renowned Native American artist and activist, Jaune Quick To See Smith. That led to an exhibition of all new works on paper that I curated for the gallery of the New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University. On that occasion Janune gave a special lecture to a general assembly of Suffolk students.This report is reposted from a 2005 article in Maverick Arts Magazine.
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