BAG Gallery, Project Space + Weems Atrium, SMFA
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.
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
Laconia Lofts Gallery, 433 Harrison Avenue, Boston
Gallery hours: Friday–Sunday, 12–4 pm
Julia Csekö's scluptures in"Aftermath" transform social symbols and objects, such as miliray fatigues, into doll-size proportions, encouraging viewers to confront tough issues without the "life-size" intimidation factor; Molly Segal's paintings in "If You Jump, I'll Jump" explore the psychological ambiguities of interactions between young women, delving into ideas about friendship, intimacy, desire, fear and recklessness.
April 5–27, 2013
Reception: April 5, 5:30 pm
Fourth Wall Project, 132 Brookline Ave, Boston
Gallery hours: Wednesday–Friday, 1–6 pm; Sunday, 1–5 pm
Laura Fischman's paintings honor the everyday and the overlooked; the works in "Neither here no there" reference a sense of yearning for something that is both unknowable and unnamed; in Hope/Fear Jasmine Higbee layers film footage to create a video installation that challenges existing conversations about environmentalism; inspired by mythology, fairy tales and Renaissance painting, Laura Beth Reese's photographs are depictions of a world that exists somewhere between reality and non-reality.
April 3–12, 2013
Reception + Artist Talks: April 6, 5–8 pm
Tufts University Art Gallery @ Aidekman Arts Center, 40 Talbot Ave Medford
Gallery hours: Tuesday–Sunday, 11am–5 pm; Thursdays until 8 pm
Ario Elami's series of mostly small-scale conceptual works, combining text and drawing, explores the event of one's death and the prospect of an afterlife; Ruohan Hu creates modern version of Hyakki Yagyo (Night Parade of One Hundred Demons), an illustrated handbook about ghosts and monsters from Japanese and Chinese folklore; Jihee Lee's paintings bare witness to the act of meditation and as objects, are a physical record of time and personal memory; in his photographic seascapes, Chien-ning Liao creates spaces that are ambiguous allowing viewers to question what they are looking at; Singha Sihakhom explores the Buddhist term for constant flux and impermanence, annica, through the lens of his personal experiences migrating from Laos and becoming an ordained Buddhist monk; Qing Song's oil paintings reflect on the challenges faced by the first generation of modern, urban, professional women in China, as well as her own identity as a young female painter.
April 11–28, 2013
Reception + Artist Talks: April 11, 5–8 pm
