I could feel a great divide at the opening of “The Sahmat Collective: Art and Activism in India since 1989.”
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Cross Pollination
by Harini Jaganathan •
When examining art from centuries ago, it seems logical to categorize works of art by geographic location: different regions simply developed unique styles. However, the Smart Museum’s latest exhibit, “Awash in Color,” turns this notion on its head. Program for…
Final Metal
by Julia Silverman •
Physics professor Sidney Nagel held up two forks: one metal, one plastic. “Who would like me to stick this one in there?” Nagel asked, gesturing with the metal fork to a nearby electrical socket. “No one? What about this one?”…
Fantastically Bored
by Michael Eugenio •
Chris Vorhees and SIMPARCH’s fantastically mundane “Uppers and Downers”has transformed the Smart Museum lobby into a grand domestic scene of clean contrast.
Seeing Red
by Sophia Anastazievsky •
Koretsky’s innovative, confrontational style is grounded in experimental techniques and emotionally charged imagery. Its bold assertion of a universal vision for mankind—a world free from racism and capitalist oppression—marks a departure from the patriotic classicism characterized by the Socialist Realist art of Koretsky’s contemporaries.
Sacred Echoes
by Sharon Lurye •
A headless god of stone sits with his legs crossed, a red and blue halo encircling the empty space above his neck. A stripe of faded green is still visible on his robes. His left hand is bent backwards, the…
Beyond Postcards: Music of Spanish modernism unfolds at Mandel Hall
by Harry Backlund •
For a few decades at the beginning of the twentieth century, between the collapse of its fading colonial empire and the eruption of a civil war that led to three and a half decades of dictatorship, Spain saw a brief…
Domestic Disturbance: Grim themes pervade prints at the Smart Museum’s “The Darker Side of Light”
by Clare Fentress •
On one wall, a woman cradles her dead child in her arms. On another, bloody birds are tacked to a barn door. Turn around and you will find—if your eyes are sharp enough to see across the dimly lit gallery—soulless…
