January / February 2016
Contents
Volume 37, Issue 1
FEATURES
Andres Chaparro: Visual Improvisation
By Laurencia Ciprus
His layered canvases translate Afro-Latin jazz while revealing the darkest
corners of human experience.
Tom Patti
By Charles Bonenti
Fusing art and science
The Shifting Meaning of Pictures
By Sarah Pollman
Interdisciplinary artists bring new concepts to photography
COLUMNS
Letters
FlashPoints
Gallery FlashPoints
Studio Visit
Craig M. Frederick
By Laurencia Ciprus
Studio Visit
Wilfredo Chiesa
By Amanda Herzog
Conferences
TransCultural Exchange
By Meg Pier
Film
Masters of Suspense: Hitchcock/Truffaut and The Competition in review
By Ethan Gilsdorf
Theater
Company One’s An Octoroon
By Jared Bowen
Book Review
JR: Can Art Change the World?
By Dave Copeland
Profile
Behind the Reflective Surface: Kate O’Donovan Cook
By Susan Rand Brown
Museums
Residencies at the Gardner
By Susan Boulanger
REVIEWS & PREVIEWS
SPOTLIGHT
Leap Before You Look at The Institute of Contemporary Art by John Pyper
CONNECTICUT
Hartford Art School 2015 Faculty Exhibition at Joseloff Gallery by Andres A. Verzosa
Elizabeth Phelps Meyer: Metanoia at Real Art Ways by Susan Rand Brown
MAINE
Holly Meade: Woodblock Prints at University of Southern Maine by Carl Little
Tom Glover: Brave Boat Harbor Revisited and Judith Allen-Efstathiou: Mapping the Walk at George Marshall Store Gallery by Carl Little
MASSACHUSETTS
Land Ho! at Fitchburg Art Museum by Olivia J. Kiers
Vincent, Weaver, Gorvett: Gloucester, Three Visions at Cape Ann Museum by Sarah Baker
Visiting Masterpieces: Pairing Picassos at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston by Sarah Baker
Drawing Redefined at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum by Zachary Jason
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Eric Aho at Hood Museum, Dartmouth University by Christopher Volpe
Robyn Whitney Fairclough at Taylor Gallery, Flickinger Art Center, Kimball Union Academy by Christopher Volpe
RHODE ISLAND
Memories of Inhabited Spaces at Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College
by Alexander Castro
A Sign Only Has to Serve as a Sign at Providence College Galleries
by Alexander Castro
VERMONT
Bookbody at New City Galerie by Ric Kasini Kadour
Introducing Color: Blake Larsen at The Bundy Modern by Amy Lilly
IN THIS ISSUE
Calendar
Focus On: Summer Residencies & Workshops
Guide to Schools and Workshops
Art Guide
Art Seen