Category Archives: Shows

Official ReThink Ink Announcement

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And here’s the official announcement for the Rethink Ink exhibition at the Boston Public Library:

The show will run from April 12 through July 31st. Don’t forget the panel discussion on the 24th. As I posted here, I have a large-format installation in the Johnson Lobby. Lots of of information about the artists and the work will be here shortly. There will be an opening the evening of April 11th, but I’m not supposed to invite more than 5 people. So, none of you are invited. However, feel free to browse the stacks at the Library that evening if you wish. Maybe from around 5:30 to 8:00?  There might be some printmakers hanging around willing to discuss their work. You never know!

Samsøn Project Chain Letter Show

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I went to the opening of the Chain Letter Show at Samsøn Project at 450 Harrison in Boston yesterday. I had a piece, as did probably six other people I invited. I’m assuming the concept started with one or two emails, which told people to invite ten artists they admired, which then snowballed from there. With the power of geometric growth, I’m surprised there was only about 1000 pieces in the show, instead of 10,000, but half of my invitations got no response. I’m assuming that those people actually thought the chain email letter actually was a chain letter, and deleted it as spam. Thus, the show becomes an interesting sociological experiment in self-selection. Furthermore, there was very little instruction as to what to send to the show, so it became an additional experiment in artistic self-editing and the balance of community needs (the piece can’t be too big) with self-promotion (the piece can’t be too small).

Anyway, it was fun, and interesting, and I saw a lot of friends and acquaintances there, but the sheer amount of work was overwhelming, especially with the large crowd that assembled to see it all. I did get a few pictures, which I’m posting here.

Salon-style Hanging

Salon-style presentation at the Chain Letter Show

Lot of People

Lots and Lots of People

Basement display

And even more down in the basement

Keyboard Trace

My piece, better picture and explanation coming later.

ART @ 52 Oxford Pics

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There was a great little art fair at the Northwest biology building in Harvard yesterday, a portion of the proceeds of which went to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. I was able to be part of the fair, which was very well put together. Here’s a pic of my space:

I was also able to draw a Random Walk on the floor with tape, bringing my collection of floor walks up to 4. Here’s a snapshot of the piece from the side:

And here’s a composite of individual shots that give more of an overhead view:

Finally, here’s the time-lapse video I created while making the piece:

Quick Letterpress Piece for Somerville Open Studios

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I’m preparing for SOS, and have done a couple of small, inexpensive letterpress pieces for mass consumption. One is coming in from Boxcar Press, because I don’t have enough monospaced type to do it. I present to you: the ASCII Mona Lisa. She will be printed in medium brown on 8″ x 10″ Rives BFK.

MassArt Auction: Saturday, 9 April 2011

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Remember this letterpress print?

ASCII Interpretation of Stella's Lac Laronge IV Printed in Avocado Green and Harvest Gold

It’s available for purchase at the MassArt Spring Auction, along with plenty of other excellent works of art. I was at the Auction Preview on Wednesday, and I found works by several of my friends, as well as a large Chuck Close, two lovely small prints by William Kentridge, a Jenny Holzer, a William Wegman, a Breon Dunigan and a Joe Fig.

Quick Images of BCA Opening

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Sorry it’s been light, I’ve been really busy. With an opening at the Boston Center for the Arts, for one thing. Here’s a pic of the opening-in-progress:

BCA Opening of "Contained"This is the show “Contained” curated by John Pyper, and it’s pretty awesome. I would go see it, it’s centrally located, it’s a nice gallery, and there are plenty of restaurants and bars around for afterward!

My piece is here, in a somewhat crappy image:

Panamax Vessel Piece

Standard Shipping Container and Panamax Vessel Cargo Capacity, to Scale

You can see the curator’s reflection in the plexiglas. The piece is 72″ x 8.5″ x 8″, and represents the volume available for cargo in a Panamax-class container vessel. The model container is there for size.

Here’s a really really crappy image of the container:

Maersk Sealand Shipping Container, railroad N-scale

Maersk Sealand Shipping Container, railroad N-scale

Better images coming soon!

Finally: Full Composite of the Harvard Random Walk

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I finally managed to piece together the random walk I did at the show at Adams House. I took about 80 pics, spaced about a full step apart in both directions. Alas, the flash made the centers of each frame brighter than the edges, but the shape of the walk is preserved. Here it is, sized for your browser, with the blue circle of “Proportional Moon” included.

Harvard Random Walk Composite

Around 60 images composited together to provde a bird's-eye view of the random walk I inscribed for "Indigenous Data". The blue circle is the delineation for "Proportional Moon".