AIB presents 5 FROM AROUND
Posted January 27, 2010
The Art Institute of Boston Celebrates 5 Boston and Cambridge Artists in 2 Galleries. Feb. 4 - March 6, 2010
The Art Institute of Boston Main Gallery and The Art Institute of Boston Gallery at University Hall are pleased to present 5 FROM AROUND featuring the work of five Boston and Cambridge artists who are working in diverse media at different stages in their careers.
Showing in AIB’s Main Gallery at 700 Beacon St., Boston, are Juan Jose Barboza-Gubo and Christopher Watts. Opening reception is Thursday, Feb. 4 from 5 - 7 pm.
Barboza-Gubo, a Jamaica Plain resident originally from Peru, is exhibiting paintings, prints, and sculptures created around the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. He holds a B.A. from Catholic University in Peru and an M.F.A. from MassArt. His work has been shown in museums and galleries throughout the United States, Peru, Japan, Italy, and Greece. In a recent review, critic Cate McQuaid wrote that “Barboza-Gubo ravenously embraces a range of sources and styles…”
Christopher Watts, Trade, 2007
Glass and installation artist Christopher Watts is the Director of Watts Hot Glass studio in Roxbury. He is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design and MassArt. His sculptural work combines the formal history of glass with its archival and recyclable qualities to create work based on contemporary issues such as racial and class divisions, personal history within inanimate materials, and perceptions of and transference of value. We are excited to be presenting two major large-scale installations of glasswork, and a number of smaller sculptures.
At the University Hall Gallery, 1815 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, the three Cambridge artists are Rama Rejman, Elaine Spatz-Rabinowitz, and Tabitha Vevers. Opening reception is Thursday, Feb. 11 from 6 - 8 pm.
Rama Rejman will exhibit a mixed-media installation utilizing materials such as metal, glass, antique photographs and objects found in her late grandparents’ home, which illustrate a narrative based on interpersonal as well as sociopolitical relationships, often evoking a feeling of nostalgia and sentiment. Rejman studied at Northeastern University, The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, and MassArt.
Elaine Spatz-Rabinowitz lives and works in Cambridge and shows regularly at the Howard Yezerski Gallery in Boston and at the O.K. Harris Gallery in New York. Her most recent show is reviewed in the Summer 2008 issue of ARTnews. For her 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship, Spatz-Rabinowitz’s signature work of oil paintings on cast pigmented Hydrocal turned to the subject of political violence and war. Her work is held in many public and private collections, including the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Addison Gallery of American Art, the DeCordova Museum, and the Davis Museum and Cultural Center.
Tabitha Vevers received her B.A. from Yale University and studied at Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture. She is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including grants from The George & Helen Segal Foundation, Massachusetts Artists Foundation, and the University of Rhode Island Visual Arts Sea Grant. Her most recent show was a mid-career retrospective at the DeCordova museum in 2009. She is represented by the Clark Gallery, Lincoln, Mass., and the DNA Gallery of Provincetown, Mass. Vevers will exhibit selections from two bodies of work: “Eden” and “Value Added.”
Main Gallery, The Art Institute of Boston 700 Beacon Street, Boston Monday through Friday: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Saturday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Sunday: 12 noon - 5:00 pm For information, call: 617.585.6600
The AIB Gallery at University Hall 1815 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge Tuesday and Wednesday: 12 noon - 5:00 pm Thursday: 3:00 - 8:00 pm Friday and Saturday: 12:00 - 5:00 pm For information, call: 617.585.6656 WHEN: February 4 - March 6, 2010
*RECEPTION #1 (Boston): * February 4, 5 - 7 pm Main Gallery Juan Jose Barboza-Gubo and Christopher Watts 700 Beacon Street, Boston, MA - 617.585.6600
*RECEPTION #2 (Cambridge): * February 11, 6 - 8 pm University Hall Gallery Rama Rejman, Elaine Spatz-Rabinowitz and Tabitha Vevers 1815 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA - 617.585.6656
The exhibitions and receptions are free and open to the public.