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Tepper Takayama Fine Arts 20 Park Plaza, Ste 600, Boston, MA
02116
02116
Aman Sulukule is the most recent
completed work by Wong Hoy Cheong in a
multimedia career which has focused on
forcing the viewer to contemplate and
question the greater issues of life as well
as patterns of cultural, botanical, religious
and human migration.
Still unfinished is a powerful essay on the
foibles of mankind titled "Maids in
Malaysia".
completed work by Wong Hoy Cheong in a
multimedia career which has focused on
forcing the viewer to contemplate and
question the greater issues of life as well
as patterns of cultural, botanical, religious
and human migration.
Still unfinished is a powerful essay on the
foibles of mankind titled "Maids in
Malaysia".
| Gallery Notes September-October 2008 |
News of the Visual Arts
Boston area edition
It was the good fortune of Tepper Takayama Fine Arts in Boston to represent
this artist long before he became internationally known.
Currently Wong is working on a project for the Taipei Biennial of 2008-2009, as
well as developing two new projects in Austria and Singapore. He opens a solo
show of his works from 2002-2005, in Singapore, this month (September).
Wong holds a mirror and lets people look into it. The images they see provoke
questions and doubt.
Read more about this artist here
this artist long before he became internationally known.
Currently Wong is working on a project for the Taipei Biennial of 2008-2009, as
well as developing two new projects in Austria and Singapore. He opens a solo
show of his works from 2002-2005, in Singapore, this month (September).
Wong holds a mirror and lets people look into it. The images they see provoke
questions and doubt.
Read more about this artist here
Newbury Fine Arts 29 Newbury Street Boston, MA
Hamilton Aguiar: Luminous Landscapes
Graciela Rodo Boulanger: Book Signing
Aguiar will exhibit September 6-October 1 2008
Boulanger will exhibit October 6 - November 7 2008
The exhibits will include oil and watercolor paintings, drawings, and original
printmking.
Graciela Rodo Boulanger: Book Signing
Aguiar will exhibit September 6-October 1 2008
Boulanger will exhibit October 6 - November 7 2008
The exhibits will include oil and watercolor paintings, drawings, and original
printmking.
Hollinger & Haussmann at Chase Gallery
Steve Hollinger has a history of creating kinetic sculpture that is beautiful
and mysterious. He'll exhibit September 3 - 27, 2008. Artist Reception:
Friday, September 5, 5-7pm
Bernd Haussmann is a painter who says his work is not the visualization of
a single string of thoughts releasing a single meaning but a
multidimensional space in which a variety of thoughts and ideas coexist.
October 1 - 25, 2008. Artist Reception: Friday, October 10, 5-7pm.
Chase Gallery 129 Newbury Street Boston MA 02116
Steve Hollinger has a history of creating kinetic sculpture that is beautiful
and mysterious. He'll exhibit September 3 - 27, 2008. Artist Reception:
Friday, September 5, 5-7pm
Bernd Haussmann is a painter who says his work is not the visualization of
a single string of thoughts releasing a single meaning but a
multidimensional space in which a variety of thoughts and ideas coexist.
October 1 - 25, 2008. Artist Reception: Friday, October 10, 5-7pm.
Chase Gallery 129 Newbury Street Boston MA 02116
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Robert Klein Gallery 38 Newbury Street, Boston, MA
02116
02116
Arno Rafael Minkkinen: In Print
Date: September 12 through November 15
Date: September 12 through November 15
Dave Cole: All American at judi rotenberg gallery
This is the second solo exhibition of new work by sculptor Dave Cole at this
gallery. All American will be open to the public September 4 – October 12,
2008 Opening Reception: September 10, 2008 6-8pm.
All American is the latest chapter in Cole's exploration of American Identity,
this time through the lens of war. Much of Cole's work transforms banal
objects of American life into powerful sculptures that blur the intersection of
civilian and military experience. The pervading question after considering Cole’
s new body of work is: At what point does culture feed war, and at what point
does war feed culture?
The association with games is not lost when considering Cole's new
sculptures. A tricycle tows a little-red-wagon, which has become a portable
machine-gun nest. Repainted in the color scheme of desert warfare, these
artifacts of childhood have become an ominous suggestion of alternate
reality. The familiar decals have been replaced with crude military stencils,
and the tricycle bears a military stock number. This piece, along with the infant
clothing made from bullet proof Kevlar, and the baby bottles resembling hand
grenades, manifests Cole's signature blend of whimsical nostalgia and
unflinching seriousness.
This is the second solo exhibition of new work by sculptor Dave Cole at this
gallery. All American will be open to the public September 4 – October 12,
2008 Opening Reception: September 10, 2008 6-8pm.
All American is the latest chapter in Cole's exploration of American Identity,
this time through the lens of war. Much of Cole's work transforms banal
objects of American life into powerful sculptures that blur the intersection of
civilian and military experience. The pervading question after considering Cole’
s new body of work is: At what point does culture feed war, and at what point
does war feed culture?
The association with games is not lost when considering Cole's new
sculptures. A tricycle tows a little-red-wagon, which has become a portable
machine-gun nest. Repainted in the color scheme of desert warfare, these
artifacts of childhood have become an ominous suggestion of alternate
reality. The familiar decals have been replaced with crude military stencils,
and the tricycle bears a military stock number. This piece, along with the infant
clothing made from bullet proof Kevlar, and the baby bottles resembling hand
grenades, manifests Cole's signature blend of whimsical nostalgia and
unflinching seriousness.
From Cole's perspective, the
innocence of children playing war
games is superimposed with
the reality of young people
engaged in conflicts with deadly
consequences. By changing the
prism of how we consider the
impact of violence in our
American culture, Cole reveals
the tragic potential of living in a
marshal society, laying bare all
of the terrifying implications.
innocence of children playing war
games is superimposed with
the reality of young people
engaged in conflicts with deadly
consequences. By changing the
prism of how we consider the
impact of violence in our
American culture, Cole reveals
the tragic potential of living in a
marshal society, laying bare all
of the terrifying implications.
In the two years since Trophies and Monuments (judi rotenberg gallery,
September 2006), Cole's career has taken flight. His work has been featured
in two major international exhibitions, at the Haifa Museum in Israel, and at the
National Museum of Art Norway. In addition to this international exposure,
Cole's work has been in a number of traveling exhibitions, including the
critically acclaimed Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting show that originated
at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City.
September 2006), Cole's career has taken flight. His work has been featured
in two major international exhibitions, at the Haifa Museum in Israel, and at the
National Museum of Art Norway. In addition to this international exposure,
Cole's work has been in a number of traveling exhibitions, including the
critically acclaimed Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting show that originated
at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City.
Image on right: Dave Cole, "Baseball Study #6," 2008, mixed media with M67
Fragmentation Grenade, 10.5" x 13" x 8".
Fragmentation Grenade, 10.5" x 13" x 8".
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Judi Rotenberg Gallery 130 Newbury Street Boston MA
02116
02116
“Y SCULPTURES” IN CAMBRIDGE PARKS
It asks difficult questions to promote positive change
It asks difficult questions to promote positive change
“Why?” The question stands literally in parks and public spaces throughout
Cambridge in the form of ten-foot Y-shaped sculptures as part of artist Ralph
Brancaccio’s “Y Project,” a temporary public art project funded in part by the
Cambridge Arts Council’s Grant Program. The artist will conduct public forums
to give the community an opportunity to discuss the project on Tuesday,
September 2 at 5pm at The Community Art Center (119 Windsor St.,
Cambridge) and on Wednesday, November 12 at 5:30pm at the Broad Institute
of MIT and Harvard (7 Cambridge Center, Cambridge).
The “Y Sculptures” were installed this June in these four Cambridge parks –
Sennott, Clement G. Morgan, Corporal Burns and Donnelly Field. Each artwork
is painted in a bright hue with a word in crisp letters running down the letter “Y”
to form a question, such as “Y AIDS?”
Cambridge in the form of ten-foot Y-shaped sculptures as part of artist Ralph
Brancaccio’s “Y Project,” a temporary public art project funded in part by the
Cambridge Arts Council’s Grant Program. The artist will conduct public forums
to give the community an opportunity to discuss the project on Tuesday,
September 2 at 5pm at The Community Art Center (119 Windsor St.,
Cambridge) and on Wednesday, November 12 at 5:30pm at the Broad Institute
of MIT and Harvard (7 Cambridge Center, Cambridge).
The “Y Sculptures” were installed this June in these four Cambridge parks –
Sennott, Clement G. Morgan, Corporal Burns and Donnelly Field. Each artwork
is painted in a bright hue with a word in crisp letters running down the letter “Y”
to form a question, such as “Y AIDS?”
“Y” is a temporary, touring sculpture project that began in New York City in 1998
and was exhibited also in Providence, Rhode Island that same year. The
sculptures were initially installed at the Cambridge River Festival on June 14,
2008 interspersed along the festival grounds of a mile long stretch along the
banks of the Charles River. At the Festival the artist distributed sheets inked
with a lone “Y,” and asked festival goers to pose and post their own questions.
Ralph Brancaccio is a self taught conceptual artist. His work is mostly social
commentary or politically motivated, whether working in paint, installation
multimedia or printmaking. He describes his work as “clean lined, refined,
organized and precise.” The artist has been a sponsored artist with the New
York Foundation for the Arts since 1995 for the “Y Project” as well as the project
entitled, "Silent March for HIV Prevention,” which uses shoes belonging to
people with HIV and AIDS, promoting non discriminating AIDS awareness.
and was exhibited also in Providence, Rhode Island that same year. The
sculptures were initially installed at the Cambridge River Festival on June 14,
2008 interspersed along the festival grounds of a mile long stretch along the
banks of the Charles River. At the Festival the artist distributed sheets inked
with a lone “Y,” and asked festival goers to pose and post their own questions.
Ralph Brancaccio is a self taught conceptual artist. His work is mostly social
commentary or politically motivated, whether working in paint, installation
multimedia or printmaking. He describes his work as “clean lined, refined,
organized and precise.” The artist has been a sponsored artist with the New
York Foundation for the Arts since 1995 for the “Y Project” as well as the project
entitled, "Silent March for HIV Prevention,” which uses shoes belonging to
people with HIV and AIDS, promoting non discriminating AIDS awareness.
Wong Hoy Cheong and The Foibles of Mankind
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Lanoue Fine Art 125 Newbury Street, Boston, MA, 02116
Petria Mitchell, 701 Spruces," diptych, 40 x 58"
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Petria Mitchell: Reflecting Color
September 13 - October 7, 2008
This is an exhibition of oil paintings inspired by the New England landscape.
September 13 - October 7, 2008
This is an exhibition of oil paintings inspired by the New England landscape.
Brilliant: The Pastels of Janet Monafo
September 22nd – November 1st
On September 22nd, Vose Contemporary Realism will open an exhibition of
works by Boston-area pastel artist Janet Monafo. In this, her first solo-show in
her hometown, Monafo will expand upon an already impressive exhibition
history that includes shows at such venues as the J. Cacciola Gallery, Hollis
Taggart Gallery, and Sherry French Gallery of New York.
A nationally recognized artist, Monafo is a member of the Pastel Society of
America's Hall of Fame and she is also a grant recipient of The New England
Foundation for the Arts and The Adolf and Esther Gottlieb Foundation. Monafo
captures the jewel-like tones of elaborately arranged still lifes in her
compositions, as well as the fine subtleties of the human form; her upcoming
exhibition at Vose Galleries will feature both genres of her work.
September 22nd – November 1st
On September 22nd, Vose Contemporary Realism will open an exhibition of
works by Boston-area pastel artist Janet Monafo. In this, her first solo-show in
her hometown, Monafo will expand upon an already impressive exhibition
history that includes shows at such venues as the J. Cacciola Gallery, Hollis
Taggart Gallery, and Sherry French Gallery of New York.
A nationally recognized artist, Monafo is a member of the Pastel Society of
America's Hall of Fame and she is also a grant recipient of The New England
Foundation for the Arts and The Adolf and Esther Gottlieb Foundation. Monafo
captures the jewel-like tones of elaborately arranged still lifes in her
compositions, as well as the fine subtleties of the human form; her upcoming
exhibition at Vose Galleries will feature both genres of her work.
Left image: Janet Monafo, Gold, Brass and Yellow, 2000, Pastel on paper, 51 x
64 inches, Signed center.
Right image: Martin Johnson Heade (1819-1904), Sailboats off the Connecticut
Shore (Black Rock), Circa 1870, Oil on wood panel, 9 x 12 1/4 inches
64 inches, Signed center.
Right image: Martin Johnson Heade (1819-1904), Sailboats off the Connecticut
Shore (Black Rock), Circa 1870, Oil on wood panel, 9 x 12 1/4 inches
Gallery Anthony Curtis Presents Gloria A. Adams
Now - September 20 2008
Now - September 20 2008
This show exhibits the recent oil
paintings of New York artist Gloria
Adams. Psychologically charged,
these visually stunning paintings
reconstruct a childhood spent in
rural America where nature and
solitude are abundant but life
choices are meager. The reality of
life in the remote farming
community where Adams grew up
is that girls are expected to continue
the family tradition to enter the
workforce and raise families, not to
become an artist pursuing a
creative life.
paintings of New York artist Gloria
Adams. Psychologically charged,
these visually stunning paintings
reconstruct a childhood spent in
rural America where nature and
solitude are abundant but life
choices are meager. The reality of
life in the remote farming
community where Adams grew up
is that girls are expected to continue
the family tradition to enter the
workforce and raise families, not to
become an artist pursuing a
creative life.
In Adams' paintings, many copies of the same nude girl are littered across
the vast ominous landscapes, yet these autobiographic Henry Darger-like
figures appear completely alone: playing in a slightly awkward and
somewhat autistic fashion, unaware of each other or their surroundings.
Their faces are expressionless; blanked by a boredom that is strangely
sinister rather than innocent. Only the lavish plants and animals hint at the
possible existence of another world, which invokes a bitter sense of
loneliness and entrapment as well as a flickering desire to escape.
Sometimes, we are all very anxious to leave things behind, only to return
anxiously later to try to make sense of what they really meant to us; for we
cannot possibly know who we are until we know who we were. Adams'
paintings reflect those extraordinary private moments when the artist looks
back and sees who she was, and therefore, who she really is and will
become.
the vast ominous landscapes, yet these autobiographic Henry Darger-like
figures appear completely alone: playing in a slightly awkward and
somewhat autistic fashion, unaware of each other or their surroundings.
Their faces are expressionless; blanked by a boredom that is strangely
sinister rather than innocent. Only the lavish plants and animals hint at the
possible existence of another world, which invokes a bitter sense of
loneliness and entrapment as well as a flickering desire to escape.
Sometimes, we are all very anxious to leave things behind, only to return
anxiously later to try to make sense of what they really meant to us; for we
cannot possibly know who we are until we know who we were. Adams'
paintings reflect those extraordinary private moments when the artist looks
back and sees who she was, and therefore, who she really is and will
become.
Cat's Cradle (42x42" Oil on Canvas)
Gallery Anthony Curtis 325 Franlikn St Suite 1,
Cambridge, MA, 02139
Cambridge, MA, 02139
Vose Galleries of Boston 238 Newbury Street, Boston,
MA 02116
MA 02116
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Vose Galleries: Recent Acquisitions
September 15th – October 25th
Beginning September 15th, Vose Galleries will present a selection of its recent
acquisitions, including works by Martin Johnson Heade, Worthington
Whittredge, John Joseph Enneking, Edward Potthast, and John Whorf, among
others.
September 15th – October 25th
Beginning September 15th, Vose Galleries will present a selection of its recent
acquisitions, including works by Martin Johnson Heade, Worthington
Whittredge, John Joseph Enneking, Edward Potthast, and John Whorf, among
others.
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Then there are those stereotypes, the ones assigned to the "East" vs, the "West",
or to "haves" and "have nots." All these issues are examined with a large dose of
irreverence, which makes the work quite direct, accessible, and often humorous
in contrast to most conceptual and "engage" art work. It becomes a kind of
profoundly irreverent theatre of the absurd as well as a call to attention to note
the similarities between and positive elements of cultures that consider
themselves opposites.
or to "haves" and "have nots." All these issues are examined with a large dose of
irreverence, which makes the work quite direct, accessible, and often humorous
in contrast to most conceptual and "engage" art work. It becomes a kind of
profoundly irreverent theatre of the absurd as well as a call to attention to note
the similarities between and positive elements of cultures that consider
themselves opposites.
To date this Malaysian artist has depicted, recreated, dramatized, and satirized
large life issues. He questions the very nature of power, especially as
manifested in the colonial model.
large life issues. He questions the very nature of power, especially as
manifested in the colonial model.
Romany children at play