Who knows where the art making impulse comes from? I certainly don’t. Considering all the people who, like me, are laboring daily to bring something new into existence even when it is thankless and difficult, this is a question best placed in the “no explanation” file. For a culture that is doggedly focused on what […]
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Both a Wail and a Whelp of Joy
. In the ancient archetype of the spiritual quest, the focus is almost exclusively on the itinerary of a solitary journeyer. Eastern wisdom traditions have long advocated for a path of solitude, isolation, self sacrifice, meditation. Models from the Western literary canon take a different route but they also feature an essentially solo journeyer: Dante […]
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Waltham Open Studios
Studio of Deborah Barlow . . The landscapes of our towns and cities are still settling, disrupted as they were by the bob and weave of the last three years. Like me, I am guessing that some of your favorite neighborhood businesses were able to make it though while others did not. Slowly the shuttered […]
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Group Crit, Southern Vermont Arts Center
On November 9 I will be leading a group critique at Southern Vermont Arts Center. Information about participating in that event can be found here. While many approach art and art making through a particular lens—political, generational, media, subject matter—it is also possible to have a more personal, open and inclusive approach to the enchantments […]
Phoebe Adams
Darkening Moment, by Phoebe Adams. Acrylic gouache on paper mounted on wood panel, 30 x 40″ WALKING NOMAD, a show of new work by Phoebe Adams, at David Richard Gallery in Chelsea, 508 West 26th Street, New York NY. The essay below was written about these new paintings, and is included in the show catalog. […]
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I’ll Make it My Way, Thanks
I think it’s particularly worrying at the moment because you can only create in an atmosphere of freedom, where you’re not checking everything you say critically before you move on. What you have to be able to do is to build without knowing where you’re going because you’ve never been there before. That’s what creativity […]
Artists, Auctions and Activism
A word has emerged that describes these times: permacrisis. Whatever started in March of 2020 doesn’t appear to have an end date. Global anxiety has expended beyond highly infectious microbes to senseless war, gun violence, climate fear, inflation, and, not to be underestimated, the transformation of the US Supreme Court into a distorted, perverse junta. […]
Pell Lucy: OF A CHORD
a single particle, by Robyn Ellenbogen OF A CHORD is the title of Pell Lucy’s latest online exhibition. The show, on Artsy.net, runs from June 17 through December 15, 2022. View it here. This exhibit introduces several new members of Pell Lucy: Alison Cuomo @alison_cuomo Website . Robyn Ellenbogen @robynellenbogen Website . Kat Fanelli @kat_fanelli […]
Pell Lucy in the Boston Globe
Above: Paula Overbay, “Wing,” acrylic on panel (Photo: Paul Takauchi) “Other works lean into color, such as the mottled cobalt backdrop in Paula Overbay’s acrylic painting “Wing” — the high-frequency blue ravishes the eye as white and red dots swirl and gather like a murmuration of starlings across its surface.” Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe . […]
Installation views of In Praise of Form
A few installation views from Pell Lucy’s first in person exhibit, IN PRAISE OF FORM, at the Piano Craft Gallery in Boston MA, April 1-24, 2022. Taney Roniger Denise Manseau, Laura Ann Perry, Priya Vadhyar, Deborah Barlow, Diane McGregor, Rhonda Smith Taney Roniger, Kellin Nelson, Karen Fitzgerald, Rhonda Smith, Joanne Lefrak Debra Weisberg, Lynette Haggard, […]