Recent Art Viewings

Stopped by Boston Young Contemporaries the other day to check it out. Most of it was fine enough but a few artists’ pieces caught my eye:

Laura Skinner – portraits with seemingly natural, dramatic light and a tension and strangeness that I really like.

Jesse Kahn – from Indiana! Love his constructions; his work is delightfully queer. Check out the amazing embroidery work.

Sean M. Johnson – who I met when he invited me to be a part of the Bear Art Show (the show was not exclusive to bears, of course). Really into his investigations of queer masculinity.

Christine Rogers – who I also met at the Bear Art Show at Sean’s place. I like the idea behind her “New Family” series, though I wish I had access to an artist statement.

Kelli Thompson – Paintings. I really enjoy looking at “Kita as Bowie.”

Last night was both First Fridays and the last day of the PRC Summer Photo Camp. The night started when Steph and my fiance, Leyna, met me at the PRC. The kids had a final gallery show there with their favorite pieces from the 3 weeks showing. Some really clever and beautiful and fun work. I’m sure some more pictures will show up on the PRC Flickr site soon. Then we headed to the South End… too many galleries closed and not enough interesting work. We tried to catch the exhibition of AIB Photography that was supposed to be open but for some reason the building was locked. At least I can see the show online. Verdict: the best food and the best art was at the PRC.