BAG Gallery, Project Space + Weems Atrium, SMFA
Alfond Auditorium MFA, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Free tickets may be obtained from MFA ticket desks and kiosks.
The visual experience of Thomas Eggerer's paintings is arresting -- the viewer cannot reconcile the exact location of figure and ground, architecture or brushstroke. All the pentimenti are visible, the construction of the architecture is not detailed; rather, the structure of the image exists as a space of possibility. Each painting follows a different approach to color as an organizing principle. Within this world, Eggerer depicts figures in uneasy groups or collectives. Narrative is first suggested and then interrupted. Originally from Germany, Eggerer studied painting at the Art Academy in Munich. After moving to New York in the 1990s, he joined Group Material, an artist's collective. He has had numerous group and solo shows, both in the US and internationally; he is represented by Petzel Gallery in New York, Maureen Paley in London, and Richard Telles in Los Angeles.
The William Morris Hunt Memorial Library
Horticultural Hall, 2nd Floor
300 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
617-369-3385
Hours: Monday–Friday, 1–5 pm, except major holiday
The MFA's William Morris Hunt Memorial Library has collaborated with SMFA for 14 exhibitions of student work. On view February 11–April 19, 2013, the current exhibition features artists' book produced with print-on-demand technology.
Curated by SMFA faculty members Hillary Binda and Chantal Zakari, it features work by: Avery Bazemore, Rachel Bernardini, Haley A. Bishop, Paul Butler, Heisue Chung, Crystal Fenner, Geoffrey Hewer-Candee, Kristen Hoops, Ximena Izquierdo, Kate Kincaid, Sarah Kroll, Phyllis Labanowski, Elçin Marasli, Kelly McDermott, Elizabeth Noftle, Jessica Thistlewaite, Rebecca Volynsky and Ben Wu.
Fourth Wall Project, 132 Brookline Ave, Boston
Gallery hours: Wednesday–Friday, 1–6 pm; Sunday, 1–5 pm
"Secret Acts," features four artists who turn private acts into public narrative, examining reality/fiction, ritual/restitution and past/present. Daniel Embree appropriates gestures from Mormon rituals and examines gay issues within Mormonism, including marginalization, exclusion and paradox; Monica Lynn Manoski creates fragile armor made of sugar to recall and address her struggle with an eating disorder; Courtney McClellan transgresses the limits of imagination, text and three-dimensional space through the lens of Virginia Woolf; Ashley L. Wood explores "wrongness" through the repetition and deterioration of memory within the boundaries of the photograph.
Artist talks + closing reception: March 29, 6–9 pm
Mission Hill building Gallery, SMFA, 160 St. Alphonsus Street, Boston
Gallery hours: 10 am–6 pm
In "Retinal Systems" David Flicker Brown focuses on several different systematic techniques for capturing and compressing large amounts of photographic data. These amalgamations explore the Darwinian nature of both organic and manufactured forms.
March 28–April 12, 2013
Reception: March 29, 5:30 pm
