Upcoming Events for the Week of November 9th
John Randall Nelson, Candace Walters, Arthur Simms
When: November 01-November 30, 2009
Where: Clark Gallery
145 Lincoln Road
PO Box 339
Lincoln, MA 01773
How: Official Website
Cost: Free
What/Why: “Clark Gallery is honored to announce the exhibition of recent work by John Randall Nelson, sculpture by Arthur Simms, and new paintings and mixed media works by Candace Walters from November 3 through 28, 2009. This will be the inaugural exhibition of Nelson and Simms’ works in the Boston region, and Walters’ first solo exhibition at the gallery in nearly a decade. All are welcome to join the artists for an opening reception on Saturday, November 7th from 4-6pm.
John Randall Nelson has worked within the traditions of American Folk Art since the early 1990’s. Pursuing painting and drawing with mixed media collage materials, Nelson combines and melds identifiable imagery with text and opaque abstract surfaces and textures. In Nelson’s hands, iconic American forms (white diner coffee cups, candy kisses, and fruit-laden trees) are transformed into contemporary and conceptual windows into Nelson’s ironic and often humorous compositions.
Nelson’s work has been featured in exhibitions throughout the country and abroad. His work is included in the collections of the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, the Tamarind Institute, and numerous corporate collections. He earned his MFA from the Herberger College of Fine Arts, Arizona State University in 1995 and resides in Tempe, Arizona.
Arthur Simms creates compelling sculptures influenced by his personal experiences, provoking viewers to contemplate memory, cross-cultural exchange, and spiritual and physical transitions. Simms was born in Jamaica and now lives in Brooklyn, where he collects the skateboards, bottles, toys, and other cast-off materials used in his work. Seemingly precariously stacked objects are obsessively wrapped in knotted wire or twine, applying an element of abstraction and sense of sophistication to what may otherwise be mistaken as a heap of junk. Critics have noted that Simms integrates elements of modernism, Australian Aboriginal art, and the domestic crafts of the Caribbean.”
Glyphs / Constructions and Works on Paper
When: November 04-November 28, 2009
Where: Bromfield Gallery
450 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
How: Official Website
Cost: Free
What/Why: ” Based on doodles in her son’s high school notebooks, these paintings and wood constructions by gallery artist Adria Arch recreate a secret, indecipherable language that she found crammed between lecture notes. An installation of wall constructions—rich with color, in playful juxtapositions—fills one gallery, while 10-foot-tall paper scrolls festoon the second space.”
New Gallery Alert!-Galatea Fine Art Gallery
When: November 04-November 28, 2009
Where: Galatea Fine Art
Galatea Fine Arts,
460 B Harrison Ave.
Boston, MA. 02118
How: Official Website
Cost: Free
What/Why:”Boston’s newest contemporary cooperative art gallery in the SOWA district at 460 B Harrison Ave. , promoting and exhibiting a variety of artists based in and around the Boston area.
Join us for our grand opening celebration Friday, November 6th, 6 to 8pm 2009!
The inaugural members’ exhbition will be on view in the gallery from November 4th through the 28th.”
Mosaic Voices
When: November 05-December 13, 2009
Opening Reception: November 08, 2009 4:00-6:00pm
Where: Somerville Museum
1 Westwood Road, Somerville, MA 02143
How: Official Website
Cost: Free
What/Why: “10 artists. 10 voices.”
No Man’s Land - Bonnell Robinson | Dana Mueller
When: November 05-December 05, 2009
Where: The AIB Gallery at University Hall
1815 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
How: Official Website
Cost: Free
CLOUDCUCKOOLAND
When: November 06-December 18, 2009
Where: MFJ
65 Thayer Street-Garden Level at 450
Harrison Avenue Boston, MA 02118
How: Official Website
Cost: Free
What/Why: “MFJ is pleased to present the work of Los Angeles based artist Mark Schoening. Since leaving Boston just over a year ago for the west coast, Schoening returns with a new series of work that embodies his experience while working in Southern California.
Cloudcuckooland refers to an unrealistic state where everything seems to be perfect. The concept is at the center of the works construction. A palette of neons and metallics distracts, attracts, and separates multiple layers of an information explosion. Instability and chaos have become the norm. Creating a world in which one must remain partially unaware of reality in order to exist.”
Natural Light
When: November 06-November 28, 2009
Where: Walker Contemporary
450 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
How: Official Website
Cost: Free
What/Why: “My work illustrates a fantastic landscape. It represents nature’s subtle way of dealing with the peculiar aspects in its relationship with mankind. A giant glow-in-the-dark heart, or a pile of precious gems tells us that we are loved, just as blood squirting from an oak tree trunk says, all is not well. I am inspired by my conversation with the landscape, I imagine long monologues when pine forests make me laugh and mountains test my patience.
My paintings are created with a photochemical process known as cyanotype. The cyanotype is a civil war era process that when exposed to sunlight and developed gives a vibrant blue image. I paint with this light sensitive medium directly on paper or canvas. With everyday items such as baking soda, bleach and peroxide I am able to achieve a range of colors and textures thru controlled chemical reactions. I repeat this process adding many layers until the image is fully realized, often finishing with watercolor painting or a collage element.
It’s not as nerdy as it sounds. “
