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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James Aponovich Part Two People
Is Conceptual Realism an Oxymoron
By: - Dec 13th, 2011Working nine to five, six and a half days a week, the realist painter James Aponovich sees himself as an art worker. Over a year which ends in May he has set a goal of completing one new painting a week. All 52 works will be shown at the Clark Gallery in June. While he has been out of the New York art world for several years in 2014 he is scheduled for a one man show at the prestigious Hirschl & Adler Gallery. This is the second and final installment of a dialogue with the New Hampshire based artist.
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Painting Marathon by James Aponovich: One People
A Painting a Week for a Year Then a Show at Clark Gallery
By: - Dec 11th, 2011James Aponovich is regarded as among the foremost American realist painters. He is in the midst of a conceptual project to finish a painting a week for a year. It was the subject of a broadcast on Chronicle this past week. In May the entire series of 52 paintings will be shown at Clark Gallery in Lincoln, Mass. This was an occasion to catch up with a superb artist and old friend.
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Chorus Line Opens Colonial Summer Theatre
Great Mix for Berkshire Theatre Group’s Second Season
By: - Dec 10th, 2011For the second season this summer there will be head to head musicals in Pittsfield. Berkshire Theatre Group has announced that A Chorus Line will be presented at the Colonial Theatre. While a few blocks away Barrington Stage will feature Fiddler on the Roof. Both theatre companies have yet to announce their complete summer season of plays and performances.
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De Kooning at MoMA Through January 9 Fine Arts
Soul on Ice
By: - Dec 07th, 2011The vast survey of some 200 works by Willem de Kooning at the Museum of Modern Art through January 9 potently recalls the era of my formative years when painting was the paradigm and art still mattered. For all of us who studied art in the 1950s and 1960s de Kooning was a God. Recently I worshiped in a temple of his works. But in order to create such horrific, visionary paintings more than likely the artist made a pact that damns him to an after life in purgatory if not hell.
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Occupy Northern Berkshires Movement Growing Opinion
Eclipse Mill Meeting in North Adams December 10
By: - Dec 05th, 2011The unemployment rate in North Adams is over ten percent (with the U.S. avg. at 8.6%). Recent job growth is increasingly negative, with core stores such as Staples [albeit not locally-run] recently closing its North Adams store with its 20+ employees in December. Occupy Northern Berkshires meeting at the North Adams' Eclipse Gallery, 243 Union Street, at 7PM on Saturday, 10 December.
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The Barra MacNeils at Clark Art Institute Music
A Celtic Holiday Concert
By: - Dec 05th, 2011The Barra MacNeil band from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia has performed and recorded for the past 25 years. They returned to the Clark Art Institute after a lapse of seven years. The sold out audience delighted in a traditional Christmas celebration. Now and then we joined in with the merry singing.
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Tex Mex in Lenox Food
Too Far North of the Border
By: - Dec 04th, 2011This vast restaurant on the main drag between Pittsfield and Lenox changes hands and food themes every couple of years. Tex Mex attracts drive by tourists during high season but is on life support during the winter months. In order to survive restaurants must attract a local audience to sustain year round. Significantly, during our disappointing visit the cavernous space was virtually empty.
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Another Story About Angelina Jolie Opinion
The Most Beautiful Woman on Earth
By: - Nov 28th, 2011A thousand words inspired by The Most Beautiful Woman on Earth as stated last night by Bob Simon interviewing her for 60 Minutes. Easy on the eyes she didn't have a whole lot to say. Maybe being that beautiful says it all.
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The Caucasian Chalk Circle at Berliner Ensemble Theatre
Bertold Brecht - Der kaukasische Kreidekreis
By: - Nov 27th, 2011It's a storied threatre, the Berliner Ensemble! Bertold Brecht premiered his 'Three Penny Opera' there in 1929. He opened with 'The Caucasian Chalk Circle' in 1954, when he took over the theatre at Schiffbauerdamm in Berlin. Today's production, presented with a 2011 vision by director Manfred Karge and ensemble, delivered food for thought as it did in 1954.
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Black Friday Opinion
Holiday Mauling of America
By: - Nov 25th, 2011Today, Black Friday, millions of Americans got malled. I stayed home and reflected on Christmas past. Oops, excuse me, Holidays past. Seems like nowadays nobody believes in Santa.
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David A. Ross Four Fine Arts
Edifice Complex of Mega Museums
By: - Nov 25th, 2011In this fourth and final installment David Ross discusses the phenomenon of museum expansions and the creation of global satellites by the Guggenheim. He applauds Adam Weinberg for moving the Whitney to the Meatmarket. Surprisingly, he says that as the Whitney's director he would have lacked the guts for such a bold decision.
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Young and the Restless Fine Arts
Delia Brown, Will Cotton, Tim Gardner. Hilary Harkness, Damian Loeb
By: - Nov 23rd, 2011In 2001 Peter Plagens wrote about a new group of New York realists in a rather nasty manner. Not content to discuss their work he also had things to say about their then media inspiring life style. About which I begged to differ. This is a re posting of the article which appeared in Maverick Arts.
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Okwui Enzezer Part Three Fine Arts
A Letter from Austria's Robert Fleck
By: - Nov 22nd, 2011This is the conclusion of a three part report on documenta X which opens in June, 2002, in Kassel, Germany. Leading up to Kassel are Five Platforms, starting with, “Democracy Unrealized,†in Vienna, Austria, in March, 2001. This segment deals with controversy surrounding the decision to open the first Platform in Vienna which is the subject of an art boycott.
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Okwui Enwezer on Documenta Part Two Fine Arts
A Dialogue from 2000
By: - Nov 22nd, 2011We met and discussed the upcoming Documenta after its organizer Owkui Enwezer gave a presentation at MIT.
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Okwui Enwezer on Documenta Fine Arts
Five Platforms
By: - Nov 22nd, 2011We spoke with t he organizer of Documenta XI in 2000.
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David A. Ross Part Three Fine Arts
Hits and Misses of a Former Museum Director
By: - Nov 22nd, 2011David A. Ross started a career in museums at 20 while still an undergraduate. He became curator of video art for the Everson Museum of Syracuse. His career as a museum director ended abruptly, at 53, in 2001 when he was fired just short of four years at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Currently he lives in Beacn, New York and commutes as chair of the MFA in Art Practice program at New York's School of Visual Arts.
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Santyagraha by Philip Glass Music
Gandhi Inspired Opera Sung in Sanskrit
By: - Nov 21st, 2011The genius of Philip Glass, viewed as our greatest living composer, is to create transformative, trance inducing meditations on the greatest figures in our history and culture. Mahatma Gandhi, and his twenty year non violent struggle against racism in South Africa informs the opera Satyagraha. This past weekend we experienced an absorbing but frustrating experience of the opera Live in HD at the Clark Art Institute.
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David A. Ross Two Fine Arts
Critical Remarks on the MFA and Rose
By: - Nov 19th, 2011David Ross is less than impressed by the installation of the Museum of Fine Arts's new Linde Family Wing of Contemporary Art. He also expressed impatience with the lack of fundraising acumen by Carl Belz during his directorship of the Rose Art Museum. But Ted Stebbins of the MFA was a gentleman whom everyone loved.
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Former ICA and Whitney Director David A. Ross Fine Arts
Part One of a Feisty Dialogue
By: - Nov 18th, 2011In 2001 David A. Ross, after a four year "honeymoon" was fired as the director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Prior to that he served as director of Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Since departing as a museum director Ross has been a chameleon after decades in the art world with more than nine lives. Today he performs as lead singer with the band Red. His day gig is running a graduate program for the School of Visual Arts in New York.
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Tanglewood 2012 Music
Summer Schedule Released by BSO
By: - Nov 17th, 2011Tanglewood, one of the world’s most beloved music festivals and the famed summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra located in the beautiful Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts, celebrates its 75th anniversary season, June 22-September 2, with a spectacular lineup of musical guests and programs that spotlight Tanglewood’s rich tradition of presenting summertime concerts at their best since 1937.
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Remembering WBCN The Rock of Boston Music
25th Anniversary Album February, 1993
By: - Nov 15th, 2011In the process of scanning a vast archive of vintage jazz and rock images we came upon a album shot during the 25th anniversary party of the now off air WBCN. It jogged rusty rock memories. On hand were a heady mix of music celebrities from a golden age.
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Storefront Artist Project Closes After a Decade Opinion
Alarming Shifts for Pittsfield Unique Arts Economy
By: - Nov 14th, 2011The announcement of the closing of Storefront Artist Project after a decade in Pittsfield is just the tip of the iceberg. It is widely feared that a new mayor, Daniel Bianchi, will reverse the positive impact of the transition from abandoned manufacturing to an arts and tourism based economy. Theaters, galleries, artists, the Berkshire Museum and the restaurants that spin off of them are waiting for the other shoe to drop.
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Rembrandt and Degas: Two Young Artists Fine Arts
Clark Art Institute to February 5
By: - Nov 13th, 2011The Clark Art Institute in Williamstown is fighting off a double Dutch dilemma (pun intended) with a miniscule but riveting special exhibition Rembrandt and Degas: Two Young Artists. It is now off season in the Berkshires and the museum is 90% closed for renovation and construction through summer 2014. But it gamely remains open with free admission, terrific small exhibitions, and the enormously popular Met Live in HD broadcasts.
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La Fogata in Pittsfield Food
Miguel Gomez Serves the Taste of Colombia
By: - Nov 12th, 2011For those seeking authentic Colombian cuisine La Fogata in Pittsfield has become an essential destination. It is readily accessible on a main route into the downtown. It has been a favorite restaurant of Pancho's for several years. We compared notes of multiple visits to give an in depth report on the full range of an extensive menu. The chef and owner Miguel Gomez brings family food of the other to the starving Berkshires.
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Satyagraha by Glass Live in HD Music
Clark Art Institute Nov. 19
By: - Nov 11th, 2011Philip Glass’s twentieth-century masterpiece Satyagraha comes to the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute on Saturday, November 19 at 1:00 pm, live in HD from the Metropolitan Opera. Don’t miss this “profound and beautiful work of theater†(Washington Post). Glass is widely regarded as among the foremost living composers.
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