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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Maya Lin Beyond Vietnam Memorial Architecture
Lecture at Harvard University
By: - Sep 23rd, 2013As a student Maya Lin entered and won the competition to design the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. She has had a major career as an architect and artist since then. This report on a 2005 lecture at Harvard University is reposted from Maverick Arts Magazine.
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DeCordova Annual 2005 Fine Arts
Overview of Art in New England
By: - Sep 23rd, 2013The 2005 DeCordova Annual Exhibition included: Jean Blackburn, Lalla A. Essaydi, Milan Klic, Michael Lewy, Sally Moore, Laurie Sloan, Barbara Takenaga, Nao Tomii, Nadya Volicer, Mark Wethli. Reposted from Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Karen Finley and Cynthia VonBuhler Perform Fine Arts
Honey Not Yams This Time
By: - Sep 23rd, 2013Before packing off to New York Cynthia Von Buhler led the avant-garde in Boston. Allston actually where opening out of her Castle she organized exhibitions and events while not pursuing a successful career as an artist/ illustrator. This 2001 article for Maverick Arts reports on Von Buhler fronting a rock band and opening for performance artist Karen Finley.
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Realist Collection for the Museum of Fine Arts Fine Arts
A Singular Vision: The Melvin Blake and Frank Purnell Legacy
By: - Sep 23rd, 2013In 2003 the Museum of Fine Arts unveiled a major acquisition of European and American figurative/ realism paintings ans sculptures A Singular Vision: The Melvin Blake and Frank Purnell Legacy. This report is reposted from Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Studio Visit with Duane Slick Fine Arts
RISD Faculty Member
By: - Sep 22nd, 2013As a part of ongoing research of Native American artists we visited the studio of Duane Slick. He is a member of the faculty of the renowned Rhode Island School of Art & Design. This report was posted to Maverick Arts Magazine in 2006.
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The Gates in Central Park Fine Arts
Project by Christo and Jeanne-Claude
By: - Sep 22nd, 2013For the unique opportunity to view The Gates project by Christo and Jeanne-Claude we made a round trip bus visit to New York. At the end of the day we were exhausted but exhilarated. This reort is reposted from Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Artist/ Musician Paul Shapiro Fine Arts
Guitarist in Boston Band Hallucinations
By: - Sep 22nd, 2013During a 2005 drive through the South West we connected with former Boston artist and musician Paul Shapiro in Santa Fe. He played guitar in the 1960s Boston rock band the Hallucinations which featured lead singer Peter Wolf. In the studio he was working on a new direction from his best selling abstracted desert landscapes. This piece is reposted from Maverick Arts Magazine.
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2004 DeCordova Annual Exhibition Fine Arts
Evoking Perennial Questions
By: - Sep 22nd, 2013The artists in he 2004 DeCordova Annual included Leslie Bostrom, Sean Foley, Beth Galston, William Hosie, Henry Kaufman, Brian Knep, Mary Lang, Sandy Litchfield, Toru Nakanishi, Gil Scullion, Al Souza, Sandy Winters. This review is reposted from Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Ric Haynes No Beer But Burgers Fine Arts
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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Aldrich Museum Curator Richard Klein Fine Arts
No Reservations Combined Native and Non Native Artists
By: - Sep 21st, 2013In a 2006 exhibition No Reservations the curator Richard Klein combined Native American and non Native artists. We visited the Aldrich Museum and this report is reposted from Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Yaqui Artist Mario Martinez Fine Arts
Native New Yorker
By: - Sep 21st, 2013In 2006 as part of the research for the exhibition Native New Yorkers at New England School of Art & Design/ I visited the studio of Mario Martinez. On a park bench in Union Square we discussed his Yaqui heritage. This article was originally posted on Maverick Arts Magazine .
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Boston Artist Thad Beal: Beer and Burgers Fine Arts
From Law to Fine Arts
By: - Sep 21st, 2013Thaddeus "Thad" Beal is included in the Chawky Frenn book 100 Boston Artists. Actually I have long regarded him as one of the top ten Boston painters. It was a privilege to curate an exhibition of his work at the Gallery of the New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University. In 2006 we met for a Beer and Burger as reported in Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Made in Mexico at the ICA Fine Arts
Twenty Mexican and International Artists
By: - Sep 21st, 2013Made in Mexico presented the work of 20 Mexican and international artists whose work references Mexico through iconographic, architectural, and conceptual means as a way of addressing the increasingly complex relationship between globalism and national identity. This 2004 review was posted to Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Yinka Shonibare at Kunsthalle Wien Fine Arts
Double Dutch
By: - Sep 21st, 2013Yinka Shonibare: Double Dutch was shown at the Kunsthalle Wien in 2004. He was one of the most interesting artists included in the controversial 2000 exhibition of the Charles Saatchi collection Sensation at the Brooklyn Museum. This article is reposted from Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Former Met Curator Lowery Sims Fine Arts
Discusses African American Art and Jaune Quick To See Smith
By: - Sep 21st, 2013Lowery Siums was the first African American curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Later she was the director of the Studio Museum in Harlem. We met for lunch in Chelsea followed by a visit to the exhibition of our mutual friend Jaune Quick To See Smith at Flomenhaft Gallery. This article was posted to Maverick Arts Magazine in 2005.
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John Currin at the Whitney Museum Fine Arts
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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Jaune Quick-to-See Smith at Suffolk University Fine Arts
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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Moonlight Diner in Williamstown Food
Burgers with Rock ‘n’ Roll
By: - Sep 20th, 2013With its vintage Rock 'n' Roll decor The Moonlight Diner in Williamstown offers a winning combination of comfort food at affordable. It was packed with families for Sunday brunch.
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Roth Time: a Dieter Roth Retrospective Fine Arts
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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Kazimir Malevich: Suprematism Fine Arts
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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James Rosenquist: A Retrospective Fine Arts
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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German Artist Blinky Palermo Fine Arts
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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Rethinking Landmark 9 Evenings Fine Arts
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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Conductor Michael Christie Music
Continues as Music Director of Minnesota Opera
By: - Sep 19th, 2013Conductor Michael Christie continues as Music Director of Minnesota Opera, a post he began in fall 2012, leading three productions during the 2013-2014 season. Christie conducts Puccini’s Manon Lescaut from September 21-20, 2013, Richard Strauss’ Arabella from November 9-17, 2013, and Verdi’s Macbeth from January 25-February 1, 2014 at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts (345 Washington Street).
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Eva Hesse Retrospective Fine Arts
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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