Visual Arts
Put simply, this is a drawing show without drawings.
Steve Jobs approached Sapper about heading up design for Apple. Politely, he declined the offer because he was too busy at the time.
Boston’s visual art ethos has been painfully safe and systemically non-experimental. Thankfully, that is beginning to change.
Now on the cusp of nine decades, Frank Stella is dedicated to visual experimentation, a kind of controlled and aesthetic atom-smashing,
Wendy Artin finds beauty everywhere – in a clutch of beets, old paintbrushes, ruined statues, the human body.
Even without museum commentary, Native Fashion Now is an important show – visually, socially, and politically.
I was not fully satisfied by the constraints of the exhibit, but I enjoyed seeing the work of those who made up the Black Mountain College community.
Beautifully produced by Seagull Books, The Pilgrim’s Bowl is an invaluable introduction to both painter and poet.
Other than a highway sign not much remains, but the artistic legacy of Black Mountain College is truly indelible.
This is a strong exhibit that succeeds in conveying a sense of what it was like to live during the 1920s in this exciting capital.
Visual Art Commentary: Silence Is Complicity — Why Museums Must Use Their Voice to Defend Democracy