The Journal’s first issue is now online.
The inaugural issue of Big Red & Shiny‘s journal is now online. This edition of the monthly publication is comprised of essays by Aaron Willette and Rob Trumbour, Lola Arellano-Weddleton, Brian Sirman, and Ben Street; reviews by Stephen Kobasa and Mike Pepi; and an interview with Luther Price by Tara Nelson.
Essays:
An Appropriation of Means: The Advent of Installation as a Critical Tool of Architecture
Aaron Willette and Rob Trumbour consider the overlap between contemporary architecture and early installation art, hoping that architects can learn from the relationship between the two.
Performance & Participation at the Polish History Museum
In a case study for museum interpretation, Lola Arellano-Weddletonexplores the theatrical moments that historical museums in Poland deploy to better connect with their visitors.
Reviled Architecture: The Buildings We Love to Hate
With a focus on Brutalism, Brian Sirman offers a brief history of buildings that people have found distasteful.
Bad Language
Everyone likes to complain about the writing that surrounds art; Ben Street asks us to imagine contemporary art without it.
Reviews:
Painting with Ashes
Stephen Kobasa reports on the destruction found in Ahmed Alsoudani’s paintings.
Analia Saban at Tanya Bonakdar
Mike Pepi considers how Analia Saban’s works blur painting and its material supports while adding new subtleties to the theory of the subjectile.
And Tara Nelson interviews Malden, Massachusetts-based Whitney Biennial artist Luther Price with a showcase of his vividly sculptural slide works.
Big Red & Shiny will host a free conference on community and the arts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on 27 October 2012.
Big Red & Shiny, Inc. is a Boston-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that was founded in 2004. Its new journal publishes essays from internationally based writers on the reception, theory, and history of contemporary art. After a two-year hiatus, the publication last month relaunched with its blogazine Our Daily Red.
Find the blogazine and new journal online at BigRedandShiny.com and join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.
