Fine Arts
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Robert Rauschenberg Combines
Metropolitan Musseum of Art
By: - Sep 23rd, 2013The Combines of Robert Rauschenberg, as presented in this traveling exhibition., were among the most powerful and influential works of his generation. This articles is reported from Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Realist Collection for the Museum of 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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2004 DeCordova Annual Exhibition
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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Artist/ Musician Paul Shapiro
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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The Gates in Central Park
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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Studio Visit with Duane Slick
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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Aldrich Museum Curator Richard Klein
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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Former Met Curator Lowery Sims
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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Yinka Shonibare at Kunsthalle Wien
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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Made in Mexico at the ICA
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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Boston Artist Thad Beal: Beer and Burgers
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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Yaqui Artist Mario Martinez
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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2013 Conference by TransCultural Exchange
Engaging Minds Worldwide in Boston, October 10 – 13
By: - Sep 21st, 2013This will be the fourth biannual conference presented by TransCultural Exchange. Always dynamic programming will offer again a slew of options to participate, connect with people from around the globe, get energized and enthusiastic about career and the State of the 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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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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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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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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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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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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