Creative Reuse: The Art of Rachel Whiteread and Tara Donovan

Creative Reuse: The Art of Rachel Whiteread and Tara Donovan

Tara Donovan and Rachel Whiteread are among the world's finest sculptors. It is uplifting to note that these two women (working in a traditionally male-dominated field) both have solo shows in Boston's world class museums. Whiteread, the first woman to win the Turner Prize, is exhibiting Place (Village) at the Museum of Fine Arts. It is a collection of over 200 dollhouses that she has purchased over the years on eBay and secondhand shops. Some are handmade; others are manufactured. The interior walls and floors were......

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By Joanne McNeil in on November 14, 2008 2:00 PM 1 Vote 3 Votes 5

(Re)discover Georges Rouault on the cheap

(Re)discover Georges Rouault on the cheap

If you're out of work, you may be in just the mood for something dark and beautiful and free. Look no further. Boston College's McMullen Museum of Art is hosting "Mystic Masque: Semblance and Reality in Georges Rouault, 1871-1958." Rouault was a French modernist, expressionist painter who studied under Gustave Moreau alongside Henri Matisse. The Globe noted that Rouault's work is often criticized and dismissed for its overtly religious sensibility. But they described this exhibit as a "thorough and impressive salvage operation" that......

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