Mark Favermann
Bio:
Architecture, design, film and theatre critic/associate editor Mark Favermann, is an urban designer and public artist who over the past two decades has written extensively on art and design. A former Fellow at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at MIT, he was the first leader of the Boston Visual Artists Union (BVAU), the 1970's Boston activist artists organization, served as the former Director of Visual and Environmental Arts for the City of Boston and has been an adjunct professor at several universities. He was a columnist and/or editor for a large number of prominent publications. His own design work has included creating the award-winning marquee for the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, designing the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, creating the look for the 2000 NCAA Final Four in Indianapolis and the 1999 Ryder Cup as well as the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England. For the past eight seasons, he has been a design consultant to the Boston Red Sox. His 2005 public art commission, The Birds of Audubon Circle, was nominated by the Boston Art Commission as one of the best pieces of public art in America. In the Fall of 2007, his Recognition Gateway sculpture was installed in South Brookline.
Recent Articles:
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The 2007 Toronto International Film Festival Film
Taking in the Olympics of Cinema
By: - Sep 12th, 2007Participating in one of the world's great cultural events while immersing in a sea of cinematic waves, frothy pr foam, and star-studded splash, Mark Favermann's yearly jaunt to the Canadian film mecca puts him literally in the picture.
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Touring New York Museums with Media Artist Gerd Stern Fine Arts
Revisiting the Summer of Love Day Tripping through MoMA, Met, and Whitney
By: - Sep 04th, 2007To get a summer art fix, Mark Favermann took a day trip to New York where he connected with a friend the poet and media artist Gerd Stern for a tour of museums including the Whitney where his works are included in a survey of Psychedelic Art and the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love. They also visited the Richard Serra show at MoMA.
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The Police were Arresting Music
A Fenway Reunion for Roxanne and Co
By: - Aug 03rd, 2007Our man Mark Favermann was just steps from the stage at the rock event of the summer a reunion performance by Police at Fenway Park.
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A Marvelous Party: The Noel Coward Celebration at ART Theatre
A Summer Noel American Repertory Theatre Offers Fizzy Refreshment
By: - Jul 18th, 2007A musical theatre production like a large splash of Pimms with ginger ale on the rocks-a sparkling and delightfully fizzy summer refreshment.
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Graphic Nonmagic
The Schlock of the New
By: - Jun 18th, 2007Fear and Loathing over the 2012 London Olympics logo.Mark Favermann tries to make sense of the costly logo hated by almost everyone.
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Form and Function: Studio Furnituremakers at Gallery Naga Design
An Exhibition of Functional Art Joyously Crafted and Exhibited
By: - Jun 07th, 2007Th author has described Arthur Dion director of Boston's Gallery Naga as "The Godfather of Studio Furniture."
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Charles Giuliano: Beer and Burgers People
Last Call for a Hardly Retiring Artist and Critic
By: - May 03rd, 2007Contributor Mark Favermann turned the tables and took Charles Giuliano to his favorite pub for a face to face over a brew and burger. The discussion focused on a retrospective and retirement as well as relocation to the Berkshires. Their lives in the arts have overlapped since the 1970s.
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London: Days Three and Four Travel
Checking out colleges for junior year abroad and shop till your drop
By: - Jan 16th, 2007Wrapping up a whirlwind tour of London reports on days three and four of a Virgin Airlines travel package. Exploring potential colleges for daughter Evan's junior year abroad. Mostly window shopping till you drop including historic Covent Garden. Jumping the rope at Westminster Abbey.
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London Report: Day Two Travel
Multidigital Man, Sore Feet, British Museum, V&A, Harrods Annual Sale, Porgy and Bess
By: - Jan 11th, 2007Contuing the saga of a London visit by design and architecture critic, Mark Favermann, and his daughter. Updates on sore feet as well as enticing sights and smells including tasty curry before a dash to the theatre for Porgy and Bess.
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London: What We Did on My Daughter's Vacation Travel
David Smith and Carsten Holler at Tate Modern
By: - Jan 08th, 2007The first of two reports on a recent whirwind adventure of father and daughter out and about in London Town.
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Cambridge Public Art Fine Arts
Is It Fair in the Square or Anywhere?
By: - Dec 17th, 2006Because of a lack of imagination and funding almost by default the City of Cambridge is the model for public art in the Commonwealth. But as recent projects demonstrate the best intentions do not always live up to expectations.
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An American Master: Judy Kensley McKie Fine Arts
Studio Furniture on View at Gallery Naga
By: - Dec 14th, 2006The whmisical animal derived studio furniture in wood and bronze by Judy Kensley McKie is widely regarded as some of the most remarkable in the field. Mark Favermann writes about it as both critic and fan.
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Boston's New Institute of Contemporary Art Architecture
Building as Artistic Statement.
By: - Dec 07th, 2006Another view of the new Institute of Contemporary Art written by the designer Mark Favermann. This is the first article for Berkshire Fine Arts by a former columnist for Art New England.
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