MassArt : at_massart

MassArt : at_massart

Exhibitions Program

College and university galleries tend to be where the exciting work is shown in Boston. MassArt's David and Sandra Bakalar Gallery and Stephen D. Paine Gallery, which occupy over nine thousand square feet, host several major exhibitions each year as well as the graduate thesis exhibitions and the annual Senior Show.

The Exhibitions Program is a respected force in Boston's art scene. An important objective of this program is to exhibit works of art not usually seen in New England. The program mounts four to six professional exhibitions each year. Well-known figures in contemporary art as well as young artists have premiered work. These exhibitions are covered regularly in the New England, national, and international press.

Another objective of the program is to present a balance of different media, including painting, design, photography, sculpture, and performance art.

In the fall of 2003, the college presented Polly Apfelbaum's What Does Love Have to do With It. Apfelbaum’s site-specific installation was created for MassArt during her two-week residency. In addition to her signature fabric components, Apfelbaum also utilized the 20x24 Polaroid camera at MassArt to fashion unique “linear drawings” for her exhibition. A Guggenheim fellow and Joan Mitchell grant recipient, Apfelbaum creates site-specific and improvisational installations, hybrids of drawing, painting and sculpture, that make poetic references to landscape, biology and color field painting. In the winter of 2004, it was Earthly Delights that highlighted contemporary multi-media artists whose work explores and conjures up detailed, obsessive, and unsettling realms; the work in this exhibition may take a cue from Hieronymus Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights. Opening in September 2004, was Feed: Artists + Digital Influence showcasing ten innovative multi-disciplinary artists who use groundbreaking digital technology as an intermediary step in creating their works. Exhibitions in 2002 – 2003 included Anne Wilson: Unfoldings, Mystic, and Print, Power & Persuasion: Graphic Design in Germany.

The Bakalar and Paine galleries are located in the South building at Massachusetts College of Art, 621 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115

Exhibitions and related academic programs at the College are free and open to the public.

The College is accessible by the Green Line E train at the Longwood/Hospitals stop and the #39 bus.

Call: 617.879.7333 for updated information.