By Suzanne Révy As an elementary school child in the 60’s, each fall, my dad would gather the family together, bring out the Kodak projector with one or two carousels filled with slides of summer beach days and family trips for an annual slideshow. The beautiful materiality of those long ago slides...
By Suzanne Révy What happens to individuals when sweeping, dramatic and historic events overcome their lives? And how do communities preserve their culture and memories when they are caught up in the fluctuations of revolutionary and sometimes violent change? Iran is no stranger to erratic political...
Amazing Grace, How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost, but now am found T’was blind but now I see From the spiritual “Amazing Grace” By Elin Spring Long gone is the idea that photographs are authentic records. Rather, it has become much more accurate...
By Suzanne Révy If you did not go to the first First Friday of the new decade in Boston’s SOWA neighborhood two weeks ago, then you might have missed three small exhibits that are worth a visit. The first is “Tehran Remixed: Party Series” by Amirali Ghasemi at Ars Libri on view through January...
By Elin Spring My first meeting with Nancy Kathryn Burns, Worcester Art Museum Stoddard Associate Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs, was a happy accident. She was leading some visitors through an exhibit I had driven from Boston to see and I quietly latched onto the group. Before long, I couldn’t...
You say you want a revolution Well, you know We all want to change the world You tell me that it’s evolution Well, you know We all want to change the world ~Lennon and McCartney Orange and green wallpaper encircles a room dotted with molded space-age chairs. Coffee tables become pedestals for dancers...
By Elin Spring & Suzanne Révy To ring in the New Year, we bring you a host of photography shows and events worth braving these dark winter days to visit! Just as immigration seemed to be a prevailing theme last fall, the winter months have provoked a plethora of exhibits considering a sense of home...
Why in the world are we here Surely not to live in pain and fear Why on earth are you there When you’re ev’rywhere Come and get your share Well we all shine on Like the moon and the stars and the sun ~Instant Karma (We All Shine On) by John Lennon By Elin […]
By Elin Spring Momentous advances have always been driven by the engine of technology, whether in the sciences or in the arts. Look at the way the digital revolution has made photography both instantaneous and malleable, changing not only the way we make images but how we think about truth. When Edwin...
By Elin Spring and Suzanne Révy December is filled with celebrations – a collective, valiant blitz against the inhospitable darkness and frigid weather. What better way to keep your inner flame alight than to mount your own “search and rescue” mission in the museums and galleries of New England?...
