On the occasion of Elizabeth Atterbury’s solo exhibition at DOCUMENT, Atterbury speaks with Gordon Hall about the connections between object-making and death, arrangements and memorials.
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Interdisciplinary artist Asata Radcliffe looks to futurisms, science fiction, land ethics, and dharma in her work and writing. Hilary Irons visits Asata in her studio to delve into her detective-like approach.
Hilary Irons finds a major theme of empathy and connection in the work of seven graduates from Maine College of Art’s MFA program, highlighting how artists are responding to the precarity and isolation of the world and setting out to change it.
Julie Poitras Santos reflects on monument, labor, and silence in Daniela Rivera’s recent exhibition at the Fitchburg Art Museum.
Artists Alison Hildreth and Juliet Karelsen discuss the twin concepts of darkness and nature on the occasion of their consecutive exhibitions at Speedwell projects this winter.
The first in a series of interviews in collaboration with Orbis Editions, Rose Linke speaks with Double Vision artists Andrea Steves, Francois Hughes, and Yulia Pinkusevich on their work and research that connects the military histories of the Marin Headlands and Fort Gorges.
A rose is a rose is a precious symbol of optimism in these often dark times. by Julien Langevin.
Bloodlines counters heteropatriarchic narratives of fluid and the body with work meditating on the reproductive body, emotional labor, and power. by Andy Johnson
TEMPOart aims to understand the concept of the American dream through a summer lineup of temporary public art installations.
The 2015 Portland Museum of Art Biennial proves to be a tangle of work from talented artists. Helen Greenbriar examines Alison Ferris’ curatorial choices in this already-controversial show.
Freddy LaFage’s new body of work at Perimeter Gallery in Belfast, Maine, explores the struggle of time and the process of letting ideas emerge. by Kathy Weinberg
A found review by Narciso Philostratus looks at Kenny Cole’s show at BUOY, outlining a history of mimetic complexity in works we often don’t (or can’t) read in their totalities. by Jeffrey Ackerman
The creative community doesn’t just exist in bigger cities — and in a small village, the work might even have a bigger impact. by Marques Bostic