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Peabody Essex Museum

Visual Arts: “It’s Alive!” — Undying Terror

A terrifically fun — when not spine-tingling — exhibition of horror and sci-fi memorabilia.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: cinema, David Curico, horror, It’s Alive! Classic Horror and Sci-Fi Art from the Kirk Hammett Collection, Kirk Hammett, Peabody Essex Museum, Sci-fi

Visual Arts Review: “Rodin — Transforming Sculpture” at the Peabody Essex Museum

In the hands of Rodin, the human form was shaped to tell an emotionally and psychologically complex story.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: Auguste Rodin, Mark Favermann, Peabody Essex Museum, Rodin: Transforming Sculpture

Visual Arts: Stunning “Intersections” at Peabody Essex Museum

In a period of radicalism and terrorism, this installation serves as a beacon for remembering the beauty of the best of Islamic creative culture.

By: Mark Favermann Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: Anila Quayyam Agha, Intersections, Mark Favermann, Peabody Essex Museum

Visual Arts Review: “Native Fashion Now”—Tradition and Cutting Edge, Superbly Balanced

Even without museum commentary, Native Fashion Now is an important show – visually, socially, and politically.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: Jamie Okuma, Kathleen C. Stone, Native Fashion Now, Pat Pruitt, Patricia Michaels, Peabody Essex Museum

Visual Arts: Strandbeests — Theo Jansen’s Divine Machinery

Theo Jansen’s kinetic sculptures delightfully blur the conventional lines that divide art, science, and storytelling.

By: Mark Favermann Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: machines, Mark Favermann, Peabody Essex Museum, public art, Strandbeest, Strandbeests, technology, Theo Jansen

Visual Arts Counter-View: Celebrating the Art of Thomas Hart Benton

Looked at on his own terms Thomas Hart Benton is an American Master and deserves to be reconsidered.

By: Charles Giuliano Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: American Art, Charles Giuliano, didacticism, hollywood, Peabody Essex Museum, Poker Night, Thomas Hart Benton

Visual Arts: The Art of Thomas Hart Benton — Patriotic Correctness

Benton’s art looks very much of its time, especially this selection of work that relates to cinema. Don’t let that fool you.

By: Franklin Einspruch Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: American Art, hollywood, patriotic, Peabody Essex Museum, Thomas Hart Benton

Visual Arts Review: “Stickwork” — Architectural Sculpture That Interweaves Myth and Reality

Patrick Dougherty’s Stickwork is a remarkable piece of public art.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: architectural, installation, Mark Favermann, Peabody Essex Museum, public art, sculptural, Stickwork

Visual Arts Review: “Turner & the Sea” at the Peabody Essex Museum — A Grand Performance

Some of J.M.W. Turner’s most personal, experimental, and enigmatic works have been selected for this show. They are also among the most fragile and least often shown.

By: Peter Walsh Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: j.M.W. Turner, John Ruskin, Peabody Essex Museum, Sea paintings, Seascapes, Turner & the Sea

Visual Arts Review: “Raven’s Many Gifts” at PEM — When Cultures Collide

How much can a “native” artist adopt from Western modernism before his arts loses its tribal identity and, along with it, its appeal to an outside market?

By: Peter Walsh Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: Native Art of the Northwest Coast, Peabody Essex Museum, Raven’s Many Gifts

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