Vaughn Bell has taken the entire idea of the man-made biosphere — that is, a closed ecological system — and brought it into the realm of the art gallery. Rather than making larger structures that humans must get inside, Bell fashions smaller versions that people can take around with them, little tiny balls of self-contained [...]
Jarvis Rockwell is easily one of the biggest reasons our family fell for the Berkshires — we first encountered him at his Maya show at Mass MoCA about 7 years ago. Jarvis’ work redirected my eye in both photography and everyday life and really got my brain going in making philosophical connections via his most [...]
Froguts is virtual dissection software! Yay! You can do some of it online, but we have the subscription CD, which has more you can do, including a fetal pig — you have to pay to play for the fetal pig action. But online, you can try dissecting a frog, a squid, and an owl pellet [...]
I’ve been meaning to put this up for a while. Greta Pratt is easily one of my favorite photographers around. I first encountered her work at the Mass MoCA, where her portraits of multiple Lincoln imitators were included in the “Ahistoric Occasion” show. They really grabbed my attention and I immediately contacted her for an [...]
Genesis P-Orridge is an industrial music legend, pioneering the form as well the lifestyle — his ventures in body modification, tattoos, and piercing were well documented in the seminal RE/Search book “Modern Primitives,” a counter culture sensation that spawned a mainstream aesthetic form.
He still performs with both his bands, Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV.
Recently, P-Orridge’s [...]
It was about ten years ago that Peter Garfield began taking photos of houses falling out of the sky.
Blurry, at times lacking in basic composition and focus, Garfield’s work appeared to be a collection of impromptu snapshots in the tradition of UFO photography more than any kind of gallery art. Part of Garfield’s method is [...]
Jenny Holzer has made text the focus of her art for the last three decades, with a mischievous inclination towards the use of public spaces as part of it — her work has appeared on signs, stickers, and T-shirts.
One of her most famous works is her compilation of truisms — simple statements that she displays [...]
A lot of artists study the idea of duality, but none so close to their own lives as CarianaCarianne.
CarianaCarianne are artists whose canvases are not the usual ones — nor are they necessarily tangible. These artists are in collaboration as an artist, the idea being that two people share one body and create work examining [...]
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