Art News This week

First, an apology. I have been a reluctant blogger and a bit of a fickle one as well. Writing is my first love and I've been unfaithful. Using my creative energies in building a new aspect of a business can do that to you, I'm afraid, but today, I'm making a new committment to post regularly (as I define it) and to do a more visually appealing job of it. Inspired by other artful bloggers I feel that I must do a better job of this, so here goes.

In this week's news, check out this week's Arthaus event, February 27, 5 - 7 PM featuring one of our artist, Cindy Parsons. Am posting the postcard to main page, come and see what we're building with local artists.

Now for a more national view. Today in Boston, Shapard Fairey opens his new show, titled "Supply and Demand". Fairey is an LA street artist (read: graffiti) and his work is now popular because of his iconic image of President Obama. His work is part of a guerilla effort to make art for the everyday person, an amibition I completely support.

Still not sure how I feel about a celebrity for a president. After all, no rap songs were written for Reagan, no songs penned in honor of JFK and certainly no images of presidents have been more widely demanded than those of Obama. Is this cult celebrity or true statemanship?

From the NYTimes Sunday:


UPDATE: ICA Boston 20 Year Retrospective
The SUPPLY AND DEMAND Exhibition opened today in Boston. The exhibit and Shepard’s outdoor work has been well received with tons of press and media as well as lines of fans. Below are some links to some local media sources about our trip!
http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2009/02/06/street_smart/?p1=Well_MostPop_Emailed3
http://www.projo.com/art/content/wk-shepard_fairey05_02-05-09_EID6O3G_v12.271853a.html
FIRST MUSEUM SURVEY OF INFLUENTIAL STREET ARTIST SHEPARD FAIREY OPENS AT THE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART/BOSTON
SHEPARD FAIREY: SUPPLY & DEMANDFEB. 6 - AUG. 16, 2009
Boston, MA – On the 20th anniversary of the Obey Giant campaign, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston opens the first museum survey of Shepard Fairey, the influential street artist who created the now iconic Obama poster. Stickers and posters of the artist’s work have appeared on street signs and buildings around the world as part of a guerrilla art campaign of global scale. Featuring over 80 works, Shepard Fairey: Supply & Demand traces the artist’s career over 20 years, from the Obey Giant stencil to screen prints of political revolutionaries and rock stars to recent mixed-media works and a new mural commissioned for the ICA show. In complement to the exhibition, Fairey will be creating public art works at sites around Boston. On view at the ICA from Feb. 6 to Aug. 16, 2009, Shepard Fairey: Supply & Demand is accompanied by an expanded, limited-edition version of Supply & Demand, the retrospective publication of the artist’s work. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THE ICA WEBSITE.