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Decay, exposed

Bill Daniel's images and items lament a fallen society
Bill Daniel doesn't call the landlord when there's a hole in the roof. He just turns the damn house into a boat.

By: NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | August 11, 2010

Shabti, Mythology, Scalpel at Flask Lounge, July 26

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We're not sure if this particular Metal Monday at Flask was a happy accident or the start of a new (sorta-) weekly event, but the little ring-shaped bar makes a fine host for the loud and bleak, and free shows like these gather a particular type of steam.

By: NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | July 28, 2010

Bright lines

A group show of abstract art at the June Fitzpatrick
The task of abstraction is never complete. At the very least, there will always be less stuff to represent.

By: NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | July 20, 2010

Wild animals

Multi-artist menagerie at Whitney Art Works
Showing the work of four bleakly conceptual visual artists in bold, animalistic explorations, Whitney Art Works's "Kingdom" is a weird dominion indeed.

By: NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | July 14, 2010

Ted Leo & the Pharmacists at SPACE Gallery | June 19

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There's something strangely New England about Ted Leo.

By: NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | July 07, 2010

Grin and bear it

Derek Jackson's portraits of large men
If you thought you knew how to spot a bear, think again. Derek Jackson's 10 fabric portraits may have made the definition a little fuzzier.

By: NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | June 25, 2010

Homer's home

The PMA shows the Maine coastal artist at work
A hundred years after his death, Winslow Homer is still making waves.

By: NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | June 16, 2010

Grouper + Animal Hospital + Melaena Cadiz & Vince Nez + Planets Around the Sun

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June 6 at SPACE Gallery

By: NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | June 09, 2010

Thesis defense

MECA’s MFA students strut their stuff
Encompassing a broad range of themes, media, and levels of participation, each set of works in this year’s Maine College of Art exhibition by nine thesis-level Master’s of Fine Arts students achieves its own world and requires a separate toolkit to process and unpack.

By: NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | May 26, 2010

More than black and white

‘Drawing’ at Icon explores the power of line
In “Drawing,” the spare, residential Icon gallery offers the work of 13 Maine artists on intimate display.

By: NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | May 19, 2010

Quivering timbers

A suspended forest in Brunswick
What’s a tree without roots? Usually it’s the kitchen cabinet or a sheaf of inkjet paper, but for Maine artist Jacob Galle, the answer is a lot less complicated.

By: NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | April 28, 2010

The other LA

Danny Jauregui brings the Left Coast to Bowdoin
“Absent the Center” is a collection from two of Danny Jauregui’s most recent series of works investigating social space, both are deeply rooted in a cultural and historical context specific to Los Angeles.

By: NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | April 21, 2010

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