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Visual Arts Review: Lester Johnson — Existentialism’s Matisse

October 7, 2014
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Despite producing atmospheres reminiscent of smoke, rust, and acid, a streak of joy runs through Lester Johnson’s paintings.

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Visual Arts Review: The Paintings of John Heliker — Ripe for Rediscovery

August 8, 2014
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John Heliker, by some alchemy that frankly baffles me, is able to give an evening quality to the light in scenes that are clearly taking place during the day.

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Visual Arts Review: Jamie Wyeth at Boston’s MFA — Liberally Peppered with Shlock

July 31, 2014
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Awe-striking passages of deft realism are easy to find throughout the show. Wholly satisfying paintings, resolved from edge to edge and full of convincing purpose, are not.

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Visual Arts Review: In New Haven — Five West Coast Artists and William Bailey

June 27, 2014
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Had Bay Area Figuration taken its place in the canon, we might not find ourselves in the tiresome situation we’re in at the moment.

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Visual Arts Review: Jim Hodges — Applying Sentiment to Post-Minimalism

June 5, 2014
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This exhibition pits Jim Hodges’ undoubtable sincerity against the stylistic requirements of post-minimalism in battles that often come to a draw.

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Visual Arts Commentary: Five Highlights from the TransCultural Exchange’s 2013 Conference

October 24, 2013
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Residences are such a prominent feature of contemporary creative life that there’s an important gathering, the TransCultural Exchange’s Conference on International Opportunities in the Arts.

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Visual Arts Review: Courbet’s Mighty Power — His Art and Its Influence On Other Artists

September 22, 2013
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A wide swath of Belgian and American artists became interested in Courbet’s attention to the humble subject and his distinctive handling of paint. Mapping Realism examines how and whom.

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Visual Arts Review: At the Currier Museum of Art and the MFA — Bask in the Deadly Splendor of the Samurai

April 27, 2013
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The time is short, but the opportunity rich via these two exhibitions, to bask in the military culture of old Japan, with all of its deadly splendor.

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Visual Arts: Portraitist Anders Zorn — From Stardom to Seclusion

April 5, 2013
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The journey of Anders Zorn, from Swedish hamlet to the top echelon of society portraitists and back again, has a couple of messages for us. The first leg of the journey tells us that careerism is not a new phenomenon in the art world. The second tells us what it may be worth in the end.

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Visual Arts: A Splendid “Teaching the Body” — Exploring the Venerable Art of Anatomy

March 29, 2013
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Anyone interested in figurative art ought to rush over to Boston University’s Stone Gallery before “Teaching the Body” ends this Sunday.

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