Charles Giuliano
Bio:
Publisher & Editor. Charles was the director of exhibitions for the New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University where he taught art history and the humanities. He taugh tModern Art and the Avant-garde for Metropolitan College of Boston University. After many years as a contributor, columnist and editor for a range of print publications from Art New England, Art News, the Boston Phoenix, the Boston Herald Traveler and Patriot Ledger, to mention a few, he went on line with Maverick Arts which evolved into a website.
Recent Articles:
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Steeple Town Minus One Word
Knocking the Spire Off St. Francis
By: - May 19th, 2016Finger pointing. The blame game. Vacant since 2008 St. Francis of Assisi fell into disrepair. Once condemned as a hazard razed to the concern and shame of a city once so proud of faith that it was known as Steeple Town. Now minus one.
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Eastern State Penitentiary Front Page
Built in 1820s Near Philadelphia
By: - May 18th, 2016Before Pennsylvania’s fortress-like Eastern State Penitentiary was built on the then-outskirts of Philadelphia in the early 1820s, jails had traditionally been dirty, overcrowded rooms where prisoners were subjected to brutal treatment by the guards.
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Future Shock Word
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
By: - May 18th, 2016Vivid memories as a child during the war years of the 1940s. Yet what happened yesterday or even an hour ago at best a blur. So much of life, time and memory under my belt. Both sharply etched and well defined as well as utter chaos. Looking back and trying to make sense of a life lived with an eye to tomorrow.
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Dissent Word
Unearthing Ruins
By: - May 17th, 2016From the bonfire of dead art rises the hope of new ideas. One must destroy, refuse to obey, not follow in the footsteps in order to find a true self. In art that's all the matters for which it is specious to expect praise or understanding. Tear down temples and museums in order to rebuild them. The only relevance is art of our time and what comes next.
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Lend Me a Tenor in Charleston Front Page
Ken Ludwig Tony Winning Play by The Footlight Players
By: - May 17th, 2016The Tony winning comedy Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig is being given a lively revival by The Footlight Players in Charleston. The first act takes a lot of exposition with long monologues. Having established the characters and plot lines the second act proved to be a fun packed roller coaster trip.
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More Honky Art Front Page
Giuliano's Collages and Watercolors from the 1970s
By: - May 16th, 2016Honky Art was an attempt to created a movement of art in the late 1960s and 1970s. Little of the work has survived and what remains has been posted here. Decades later Honky Art has an uncanny and timely relevance.
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Grazie in North Adams Front Page
Italian Cuisine Steps from MASS MoCA
By: - May 15th, 2016There have been several incarnations of restaurants at 26 Marshall Street opposite the North Adams campus of MASS MoCA. On a Saturday night four foodies visited the recently launched Grazie Italian Ristorante. There were mistakes but overall we plan to return to an affordable Northern Berkshire dining option.
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Visiting Little Rock Arkansas Front Page
A Journey Through History
By: - May 14th, 2016The Clinton Center has shown its ability to attract important development in the area near the center. The Heifer International purchased land adjacent to the Clinton Center for its $13.9 million headquarters. Heifer International is the 2004 recipient of Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian million-dollar prize. The mission of Heifer International is to work with communities worldwide to end hunger and poverty and care for the earth.
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Charles Giuliano's Honky Art Front Page
A 1968 Sketch Book
By: - May 14th, 2016During the late 1960s there was such a proliferation of experimental art forms that they were gathered under umbrella terms like Pluralism and Post Modernism. It was a time of radical social and political change. In 1968, while working as a journalist in the underground press I devoted a sketch book to developing the concept of Honky Art. Some related works were used as illustrations for the alternative weekly Avatar. The idea was to conflate the consumerism and humor of Pop art with a more sarcastic social and political edge.
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Transportation Word
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Encyclopedia vs. Wikipedia Word
Knowledge as Trash Talk
By: - May 13th, 2016During the Age of Enlightenment the French philosophes, Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert, attempted to commission, edit and compile a number of essays gathered into the first Encyclopedia. Our set of the Encylopedia Britannica was a daunting marvel of my youth. It was there to consult as I plodded through school assignments. Now it's all on line. Once a treasure my precious encylopedia is reduced to trash. It's broad shelf space is replaced by a computer and cell phone.
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Common Irish Values Word
Them's the Breaks
By: - May 12th, 2016In show biz they say Break a Leg. But for our Annisquam poet it was an arm. We welcome her back after a winter of discontent.
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The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window Front Page
Lorraine Hansberry's Last Play at Chicago's Goodman
By: - May 12th, 2016The play, first produced in 1964 with a three-month Broadway run, is a time-warp visit to 1960s Greenwich Village. Lorraine Hansberry was concerned with the political issues and activism of the day, issues that still resonate: Political corruption, racism, homophobia, poverty and privilege.
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Topsy Turvy Word
What Goes Up Must Come Down
By: - May 12th, 2016Watching the nest egg boom and crash is a sure ticket to terminal agita. Best to walk the beach and fuggeddhaboutit.
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Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Front Page
Road Company at Florida's Broward Center for the Performing Arts
By: - May 12th, 2016If the audience at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts’ Au-Rene Theater was any indication, people pull for King not just because of her music. They want to see her succeed in this bio-musical. She comes across as an ambitious, yet humble, talented, yet insecure underdog.
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Reasonable Word
Sisyphus at the Super Market
By: - May 12th, 2016Starting a transaction tne cashier, waiter, telemarketer asks "How are you?" It is not an invitation to discuss day to day challenges and miseries. We utter good or fine with no sincerity. It is meant to be reassuring. I'm ok and you're ok. Not I'm in debt up the wazoo or recovering from surgery. Often my response is "reasonable." It conveys coping as best I can under the circumstances. Now and then it initiates an actual human interaction.
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The Realistic Jonses by Will Eno Front Page
Ft. Lauderdale’s Thinking Cap Theatre
By: - May 10th, 2016Part of the appeal of Will Eno’s play is the variety of emotions it elicits and how sympathetically he’s written “The Realistic Joneses". Eno also doesn’t offer any easy answers. But in the end, you’ll leave the theater feeling you’re not alone in harboring questions about your existence and fears about the fragility of life and the uncertainty surrounding it. Thinking Cap Theatre is “committed to presenting high-quality, thought-provoking theatre to South Florida theatre audiences.”
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Yo Muthah Word
You Be Cool Man
By: - May 08th, 2016Yo man happy muthah's day. Layin' back in the hood.
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Guare's The House of Blue Leaves Front Page
Chicago's Raven Theatre
By: - May 07th, 2016The House of Blue Leaves has sweet, poignant and tragic moments, but it’s mostly two-and-a-quarter hours of retro nonsense, reminding us or showing us what the world was like 50 years ago.
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Curioser and Curioser Word
Chumping America
By: - May 07th, 2016Scorched earth campaign The Donald has divided and conquered leaving his party and presumptive nation in tatters. What stands between him an making American great again is Hillary, who nobody seems to like, and another stint of a Clinton White House. Just when it couldn't get worse it is by a long shot.
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Dayporch at Threshold Repertory Theatre Front Page
The Actors' Theatre of South Carolina
By: - May 06th, 2016The Actors' Theatre of South Carolina presented The Dayporch at Threshold Repertory Theatre in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. This delightful Southern-style dark comedy could only have been written by a Southern belle who lived among Southerners.
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Hamilton Tops Tony Nominations Front Page
Boffo Season on Broadway
By: - May 03rd, 2016As anticipated Hamilton threatens to run the table in 2016 Tony Awards. Lin-Manuel Miranda and Leslie Odom both of Hamilon are running head to head for top honor as leading man in a musical. In the Best Play Revival category it's a coin toss between two Arthur Miller plays both directed by Ivo Van Hove who is nominated once for both plays. But a production of Eugene O'Neill's epic Long Day's Journey Into Night is in the running. There will be lot of politicking for the honors between now and June.
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The Hammer Trinity a Marathon Production in Miami Front Page
Epic by Nathan Allen and Chris Mathews
By: - May 03rd, 2016August: Osage County was long at three and a half hours. But Nathan Allen in partnership with Chris Matthews test the endurance of audiences with The Hammer Trinity in a single day with two meal breaks. It takes endurance to hang in for nine and a half hours but proves to be worth the time and patience for a production that is evocative and richly inventive. Those who hang in to the finish are proud to sport stickers that proclaim "I Got Hammered."
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Bridges of Madison County in Palm Beach Front Page
Touring Equity Production
By: - May 01st, 2016In a musical adaptation, especially of a story as popular as “Bridges,” one desires to judge immediately whether the music and lyrics enhance the romantic tale. In this case it mostly does, deepening mood and enhancing characters’ feelings and emotions. This musical premiered at Williamstown Theatre Festival before a Broadway run. This touring production was reviewed at Raymond F. Kravis Center For the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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Gagosian Asks Who Reads Poetry? Front Page
Vulgarian One-percenters Trump the Art World
By: - Apr 30th, 2016In the contemporary art world bigger is better. Presiding over the complex ever more decadent global art world is mega dealer Larry Gagosian. As king of the heap he makes no apology for catering to the whims and vulgarian taste of one-percenters. The benefit to the general public is that they can enjoy his museum-level gallery exhibitions free of charge. Critics may debate the quality of the work on display but their opinions have long since been marginalized by those who write the checks. De gustibus non est disputandum.
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