Artist Attending: Winter Open Market
Details about the 2019 Winter Market at the Artisan’s Asylum.
Details about the 2019 Winter Market at the Artisan’s Asylum.
Details about Child’s Play – an art show at the Society of Arts and Crafts in Boston, Winter 2019.
Fifteen Astrobots: ain’t nothin’ but a robot party!
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Back in August I gave a talk at 13 Forest Gallery about my childhood, starting and growing a bicycle chopper gang, and the evolution of the Astrobot as a species designed to live through the ages. It was a real pleasure to have such an engaging and provocative dialogue with the folks who came to the talk. Gallery hosts Marc Gurton and Jim Kiely are always going out of their way to help everyone feel welcome and at ease.
Back in May the friendly neighborhood chopper gang infamously known as SCUL received a transmission from Soniya Tejwani, the Museum Educator at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA, inviting us to participate in event called B.Y.O.B. or Bring Your Own Bike night, on May 15th from 6-9 p.m. While typically we ride on Saturnights, we were excited to travel to a system we had never chopped, and to be involved with something as grand as this event was an offer we couldn’t pass up.
As some of you may have heard, I’m transforming the upper-half of my studio space at the Artisan’s Asylum in to a microgallery: to be called the Ready Room. Please join me in celebrating my new level of commitment towards sculpture and art in a celebration, and see my newest never-before seen works. Warning: this is a fifty foot space, so things will be crowded to say the least. I will do my best to accommodate!
I haven’t owned a car since before Skunkadelia, sometime around late 1999. While almost all of my transportation is me-powered, my art is really heavy, so I’ve had to rent a car for larger shows.
This was the first show Skunk co-curated, or acted as curator in any way shape or form.
Somerville Open Studios is an event not to be missed. 401 artists in twelve hours? That gives you 1 minute, 47 seconds to see each artist. Good luck! No one hu-man can possibly see it all without the aid of time travel devices. If you don’t have one handy, check out the Somerville Museum: they’ve got the artist’s choice exhibit, which acts as a targeting computer for your brand of talent. Romer is there, posting watch.
Art inspired by fictional characters, curated by Susan Berstler
an exhibition of Museum-quality heavy-duty TIG welded toys and sculpture made from recycled steel by Skunk
Your sober art reporter thought he escaped to Storyland upon entering the modestly scaled environs of Somerville’s Brickbottom Gallery to view “Toys and Games.” In through the front door, past the seating arrangement in the lobby, a sharp right and… there they all were.
Thumbnails from the Pop and Lock show at Ride Studio Cafe.
Images from the Nave Gallery ‘s ‘Our Town’ exchibit
The opening for the Plenty show was last night. The show will be up until January 28, 2011. There are 50 strong artists, with the theme of affordable art for the holidays. Come by the space and check it out if you can, there’s a lot to see.
Stop by the Artist’s Choice Exhibit at the Somerville Museum for a chnce to preview the work of many SOS artists in a single location. With participating artists invited to submita one piece of their choosing, the show is ana enjoyable and convenient way to help plan your SOS itenerary.
Here’s the link to the news story. I said “sexy oily bits” on NPR.
I… You… We… ROBOT!
Space 242
242 E. Berkeley Street
Boston, MA
The Space 242 gallery in the South End was crowded with freeloaders last Friday, but there was no problem spotting the artist known as Skunk.
Since the dawn of time, kids have longed for one thing: badass robots to come to life and be their friends. Until science figures that one out, we’ll settle for imagining adventures with the metallic sculptures by Somerville artist Skunk, many of which are made from discarded bicycle parts. Our inner child spoke with the artist about how totally awesome his work is.
Many Bostonians know Skunk by sight. He is a man hard to forget. You may see him on his way to work perched on a tall bicycle constructed from two frames ingeniously welded together. And at night if you hear disembodied soul music floating through your window, Skunk’s bicycle mounted stereo is likely passing through your neighborhood on its way home.