I lucked out with Elaine Reichek. She was in town for the unveiling of her facade project for the Gardner Museum. It’s taken from the correspondence between Mrs. G. and Henry James. David and his crew had just finished installing the piece when I met up with Elaine for a talk in the Living Room…. (read more)
PAINT THINGS: Beyond the Stretcher at deCordova (Full disclosure: I was in this show.) Andrea Fraser: Andrea Fraser: Men on the Line, KPFK, 1972 at ICA/Boston (Full disclosure: I bought Andrea a bicycle while she was an artist-in-residence when I worked at Skowhegan. Also, one of my heroes, Gregg Bordowitz, did the Q and A… (read more)
There hasn’t been a Susanna Coffey show in Boston in a long time. It’s been long overdue. She continues to be one of my favorite artists since she changed my life in a studio visit in graduate school. Her last solo show at Alpha Gallery was in 2004. Her work has really changed in… (read more)
It’s been raining for the past three days here in Sào Paulo. I have just finished installing my exhibition at Mendes Wood, a wonderful gallery here in the Jardins area. The show is called companions and it’s my first solo show with the gallery. The work is in a beautiful irregular polygon gallery with one… (read more)
My essay on the amazing William Cordova exhibition that was at the Mills Gallery at the Boston Center for the Arts, courtesy of artcore journal, founded and edited by Erin Dziedzic in collaboration with Gregory Eltringham. William Cordova at the Mills Gallery at the Boston Center for the Arts by Steve Locke. artcore journal is an edited online… (read more)
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)
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)