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Separated at birth? stapler, soap and tile

Laura Braciale “Shower Scene” This painting, from the RISD MFA student show Swapmeet at the Icebox, was in my head when we saw Takashi yasumura’s Domestic Scandals photo show at Yossi Milo in Chelsea last week. Takashi Yasumura’s photo of a stapler at Yossi Milo Something about the extreme mico-view of the universe in Yasumura’s show Domestic Scandals stuck with me. What’s implied by the oddly-cropped and very painterly photos is a kind of Adrian Monk-like fixation on the orderliness and when not orderly the out of place-ness of life’s tiniest moments. I may come back to this because I’m ... More » »

Swapmeet at the Icebox: Coooool

The idea for Swapmeet, a painting show at the Icebox Project Space, came about when two friends, one an MFA student at Tyler School of Art and the other an MFA student at RISD, thought it would be cool do do an exchange show between the two programs. Well it is a very cool idea. And the RISD component of the swap, now on view until March 23 in the city’s most glam art spot, is a cool show. The works by the 20 RISD students (both first and second year MFA’s) look pretty great. All the works are aware ... More » »