Steve Jobs approached Sapper about heading up design for Apple. Politely, he declined the offer because he was too busy at the time.
Mark Favermann
Visual Arts Commentary: Finally, Public Art is Booming in Boston
Boston’s visual art ethos has been painfully safe and systemically non-experimental. Thankfully, that is beginning to change.
Fuse Visual Arts: Sound in the Now—”Curious Sound Objects” at Boston Cyberarts Gallery
Curious Sound Objects showcases works that sit at the intersection of art and science as well as aesthetics and technology.
Visual Arts: Strandbeests — Theo Jansen’s Divine Machinery
Theo Jansen’s kinetic sculptures delightfully blur the conventional lines that divide art, science, and storytelling.
Fuse Visual Arts Review: Design Biennial Boston 2015 — The Future? Or a Short-Term Exercise?
Current Mayor Marty Walsh has justifiably called for better design for Boston’s new structures.
Fuse Visual Arts Review: Dazzling “Architectural Allusions” at the deCordova
This astutely curated exhibit explores the presence of architecture in contemporary sculpture.
Fuse Visual Arts Commentary: Boston City Hall — A ‘Triumph’ of Brutalism
Urban pollution and acid rain have not dealt kindly with Boston City Hall’s mostly concrete facade.
Visual Arts: Giant White Bunnies at the Lawn on D — Down the Pop Culture Rabbit Hole
In recent years several serious artists, Amanda Parer among them, have created giant inflatable pieces with the aim of making cultural/political statements.
Visual Arts Feature: Visiting the Only Frank Lloyd Wright Building in MA
The Theodore Baird House is a special place; the only Frank Lloyd Wright structure in Massachusetts.
Visual Arts: M.I.T.’s Memorial to Officer Sean Collier — Mundane Rather than Marvelous
M.I.T.’s Sean Collier Memorial does not make a full-bodied artistic statement — it does not elicit a strongly felt aesthetic or visceral reaction.