Fine Arts
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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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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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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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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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Discussing Documenta XI
Part Two with Okwui Enwezer
By: - Sep 18th, 2013Part Two of a dialogue with Documenta XI organizer Okwui Enwezer. This is reposted from December 20, 2000 in Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Dialogue with Documenta's Okwui Enwezer
Part Three with Robert Fleck Letter
By: - Sep 18th, 2013This is a conclusion of coverage of Documenta XI from a December 21, 2000 report in Maverick Arts Magazine. This also includes a letter from the Austrian curator Ribert Fleck.
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Painting in Boston: 1950-2000
Survey by DeCordova Museum in 2002
By: - Sep 18th, 2013Painting in Boston: 1950-2000 was presented at DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park . This review is reposted from Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Landmark MFA Survey of Boston Women
A Studio of Her Own: Women Artists in Boston, 1870-1940
By: - Sep 18th, 2013In 2001 the Museum of Fine Arts paid tribute to women in "A Studio of Her Own: Women Artists in Boston, 1870-1940." This review is reposted from Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Boston Artist Robert Ferrandini
A Studio Visit From Right to Left
By: - Sep 18th, 2013In 2005 we visited the artist Robert Ferrandini in his studio. Recovering from a stroke he was learning to paint with the other hand. This report in Maverick Arts discussed progress for an exhibition at Gallery Naga.
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Artist Martin Mugar: Beer and Burgers
Delectable Polka Dot Surfaces
By: - Sep 17th, 2013Martin Mugar contributes think pieces on the visual arts for Berkshire Fine Arts. Our relationship started years ago with a raucous dinner at the Algonquin Club followed by nightcaps at the Pour House. We have had intense dialogues ever since. This is a 2005 a Beer and Burgers session reposted from Maverick Arts Magazine.
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