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tahnanI'm not typically one to wander through art galleries, but might I suggest the exhibit currently at the Howard Yezerski Gallery, 14 Newbury? While I didn't much care for Howard Johnson's work, Elaine Spatz Rabinowitz's was amazing. Really, truly amazing. I apologize to my companions if my assumed air of pretentiousness came across as disdain; in fact, I was making fun of myself, for really thinking those slightly pretentious things about the work. Which really did move me. And made me miss being an art history major.
(The woman in the elevator did not make me miss being an art history major. She was coming out of another gallery, telling her companions about someone's Asian-influenced word, and then said, "I wonder if she's Asian. (Pause.) I love that word in French. 'Ahhz-ya. Ahhzzz-ya. Ahzya-teek.' (Pause.) Of course, everything sounds better in French. (Pause, exiting elevator.) You won't believe the parking space I lucked into." Of course, she said "Asia. Asia. Asiatique," but the effect is utterly lost if you don't say it Gallicly.)
Anyway, there's a link from the above web page to an image of one of the paintings, but it just plain cannot do the work justice, as so much of its richness--and, dare I say, meaning and effect on the viewer--comes from its three-dimensionality and from the media. In all seriousness, take the time to go, if you can.
(The woman in the elevator did not make me miss being an art history major. She was coming out of another gallery, telling her companions about someone's Asian-influenced word, and then said, "I wonder if she's Asian. (Pause.) I love that word in French. 'Ahhz-ya. Ahhzzz-ya. Ahzya-teek.' (Pause.) Of course, everything sounds better in French. (Pause, exiting elevator.) You won't believe the parking space I lucked into." Of course, she said "Asia. Asia. Asiatique," but the effect is utterly lost if you don't say it Gallicly.)
Anyway, there's a link from the above web page to an image of one of the paintings, but it just plain cannot do the work justice, as so much of its richness--and, dare I say, meaning and effect on the viewer--comes from its three-dimensionality and from the media. In all seriousness, take the time to go, if you can.