November / December 2010
Volume 31, Issue 6
FEATURES
Wing of Desire
By Christine Temin
Fifty-three galleries and $504 million—MFA’s Art of the Americas wing opens as New England’s largest and most ambitious museum expansion.
Photographers Drawn to Historic Processes
By Carl Little
Contemporary photographers revisit the past to create provocative new images.
Frame to Fame
By Ethan Gilsdorf
Three New England filmmakers seek fame and recognition along the independent film festival circuit. Art New England’s first serialized narrative.
Profile: John Bisbee
By Lois Tarlow
Upright, bipedal, semi-legit—that’s Maine sculptor John Bisbee, as he describes himself in this exclusive interview.
Why Museum Gift Shops Are So Enticing
By Christine Temin
New England museums compete to offer the best and brightest retail work.
Five from Stowe
By Marc Awodey
From northern Vermont’s burgeoning art community, five artists emerge as today’s most intriguing talent.
COLUMNS
Letters
Of Note
Compiled by Joanna Michalowski
Book Review:
Chuck Close: Life
Reviewed by Leah Triplett
Field of Vision
A Decade of Maine
by Carl Little
Museums:
Ranalli’s Whims of Nature
by Deborah Forman
Photography:
Two Faces to Every Photograph
by Christopher Volpe
Graphics:
M.C. Escher
by Steve Starger
Galleries:
Neal Rantoul at Panopticon
by David Raymond
In the Studio:
Robert Taplin
by Stephen Vincent Kobasa
Paintings:
Century of Firsts
by Debbie Hagan
REVIEWS
SPOTLIGHT
Exchange at Essex Art Center and Villa Victoria Center for the Arts by Susan Mulski
CONNECTICUT
Joseph Saccio and Gerald Saladyga at Kehler Liddell Gallery by Stephen Vincent Kobasa
MAINE
Gail Spaien and Ahmed Alsoudani at Aucocisco Gallery
by Carl Little
Alex Katz at the Farnsworth Art Museum
by Ken Greenleaf
MASSACHUSETTS
Tim de Christopher at Oxbow Gallery
by Carand Burnet
Harold Reddicliffe at Boston University Gallery
by Shawn Hill
Cullen Washington at HallSpace Gallery
by Shawn Hill
Carin Ingalsbe at Lanoue Fine Art
by Susan Boulanger
Ruth Mordecai at Soprafina Gallery
by Alicia Faxon
Mary Bucci McCoy at Kingston Gallery
by David Raymond
Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons at Smith College Museum of Art
by Sarah Buttenwieser
Petah Coyne at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art
by Alicia Faxon
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Carol Aronson-Shore at the University of New Hampshire
by Dustan Knight
Catherine Tuttle at McGowan Gallery
by Elena Sarni
RHODE ISLAND
Mike Hansel at Bannister Gallery
by Martina Windels
VERMONT
Christo and Jeanne-Claude at Robert Hull Fleming Museum
by Amy Rahn
Jon Gregg at Amy E. Tarrant Gallery
by Amy Rahn
Robert Gerhardt at Dibden Center at Johnson State College
by Amy Rahn
Wayne Nobushi Fugi’i at the Southern Vermont Arts Center
by Pam Bernard