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Live from Mrs. G’s House: Episode 1-Maggie Cavallo

I’ve always wanted to have a talk show.

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum has a Living Room and because they are and have been so wonderful to me and many other artists, they have allowed me to come to Mrs. G’s house, and sit in the Living Room and have talks with artists and whomever else. This is my first one and I could not have chosen a better guest.

Maggie (not Margaret) is an artist, educator, curator, and the mind behind, within and through out Alter Projects.  Because of her varied ways of participating in the art world I thought it would be great to talk to her about publics, practices, Boston, and engagement.

I loved talking to her.  She’s brilliant.  I hope you enjoy the show.

 

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ONE QUESTION – Candice Smith Corby

  Steve Locke:  When we were in grad school together you turned me on to the writings of Mira Schor.  In those writings,  I discovered a way of working that allowed me to investigate figuration at a time when that was actively discouraged. Also, because our interests in gender, depiction, and subjectivity have dovetailed over… (read more)

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A letter to Colin, my former gallerist….

  Hello Colin, I was looking at Houzz.com and I came across a few pictures of your work with The Xanadu Group. The site is impressive and I really enjoyed seeing the videos of you and your team installing the large scale projects.  I also appreciated seeing all of the inspirations.  It is clear that what you… (read more)

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Pleasure is the answer….

I have been working on this painting for about a year now.  It did not start out looking like this. I had a photograph as a reference for this painting.  I don’t normally work from photos; it’s too difficult for me. I start to feel some kind of weird responsibility, as if the painting won’t… (read more)

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ONE QUESTION – Nat Meade

Steve Locke: I have been following your work since we met at Skowhegan 2009 (and I’m lucky enough to have one of your works on paper). I have always felt an affinity for your work not just because of the subject, but because of the qualities of the paintings themselves. You have a way of… (read more)

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that last time we touched the water….

I have been making watercolors for almost a year now. I started by accident really.  It was around my birthday and my friends Susanna and her sister Jane invited me to come to their place in Connecticut for a few days to hang out.  My friend Linda came too.  Jane even made me an incredible… (read more)

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Walking for color (and some Beeches for real this time)

I am thinking about my palette for paintings and I have been doing a lot of walking lately. Now, I am not the sort of person who has ever been remotely interested in painting the landscape.  Seriously, it was something I did when I was in school but I was never very good at it…. (read more)

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Who is better than Stephen Tourlentes?

Well, the short answer is nobody, and if you don’t believe me you really need to go see his show OF LENGTH AND MEASURES at Carroll and Sons. These pictures marry the poetics of the sublime with the hard reality of the administration of death. He makes clear the beauty of these landscapes comes at… (read more)

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BAGLY Prom photos Gallery Kayafas

Social documentarian Zoe Perry-Wood has a gorgeous show at Kayafas – pictures of BAGLY kids going to their prom.  These sweet and participatory portraits and images of kids getting together to celebrate made my heart sing. It was also really great to see photos of LGBT kids just being kids and Perry-Wood photographs them acting like… (read more)

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Beckmann makes other painters look like scrubs

A detail from the glorious “Self-portrait in a Tuxedo” (1927) on view at the Harvard Museums weird ass “greatest hits” installation at the Sackler. Everyone is usually kvelling over his use of black but the joy is the chromatic shadows in the face. You can see this painting and then go look at the Poussin’s… (read more)

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