Art and Artist Log

Kerry James Marshall works hard to change the face of the western cannon by painting black figures from everyday life “The idea of those paintings,” Marshall told me, “is that blackness is non-negotiable in those pictures. It’s also unequivocal — they are black — that’s the thing that I mean for people to identify immediately. They are black to demonstrate that blackness can have complexity. Depth. Richness.” "The blacks[referring to colors of paint in article] in Marshall’s paintings have an absolute value, if you see what I mean, and what he means: blacks into which not a drop of white is added — a working method that’s also, clearly, an essential conceptual feature."

Gallery has contemporary painting of viewers in the gallery

NewYork artist Beccy Ridsdel makes ceramic objects undergoing "surgery" to reaveal what's beneath the skin

Salvador Dali illustrates Alice in Wonderland

Dali seemed to have made these prints as a way to make money, but was also known as a superstitious man.

Fort Point Artists in Boston install sculptures / installation in the Fort Point Channel to bring attention to the refugee crisis.

Paintings by Andrew Novis. "maidens in Zentangle Dresses"

Jeans Pocket Notebook Covers. Berkshire Fabrications. Jan Charbonneau. 2016.

Linda Baker-Crimini. Prints. Drawing. 2016. Berkshires, MA

Inchworm. Françoise Grossen. 1971. Rope.

Liz Dechenes. 2015. Pigment print on acrylic in frames

Atrabiliarios. Doris Salcedo. 1996. Title refers to Latin word for Melancholy. Shoes are in a wall cavity sewn shut but cow bladder, looks like skin. Refers to dissapeared women in Columbia during conflict in the 1980s

Pin Rug. Mona Hatoun. 1998-99. Inviting looking rug represents sense of safety the home gives, but might not really be there.

Fountain (Buddha). Sherrie Levine. 1996

Felted Convenience Store by Lucy Sparrow

Street ARtist Hoxxoh's "hyperdimensional" public works.