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Issue 04: The Public Art Issue

Fall 2019

$18.00

“The Public Art Issue” studies the ever-evolving factors at play when access, sites, and engagement shape the development of art and artists in the public sphere. As the roles of audience and activism shift in response to tension between bureaucracy and community, this issue provides room for reflective and forward-thinking discourse on the matter. To this end, we consider the language surrounding public art as the rise of new digital and physical platforms expand our definitions of public space.


Cover: G. Ortiz Photography, Problak.

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In this Issue

Title

Author

Category

Link

Individual Voices on Art at Its Most Public, A Boston Roundtable Moderated

Edited by Jen Mergel

Roundtable

A Queer Pastoral: Nicole Eisenman’s Grouping of Works from Fountain

Evan Smith

Review

Public Reflection: Olafur Eliasson on Art in the Age of the Anthropocene

BAR Editorial

Review

Public Art in the Palm of your Hand How Augmented Reality is Expanding Landscapes in Boston

Betsy Willet

Review

Mural City: Revitalization and Recognition

C. Shardae Jobson

Feature

Graffiti or Street Art? The Hypocritical Dichotomy Between

Arielle Gray

Feature

READ

Rituals of Observation

Autumn Ahn

Special Project

Sweat it Out: Helping Boston Let Off Some Steam

Caitlin Foley, Heather Kapplow, and Misha Rabinovich, with an introduction by Leah Triplett Harrington

Special Project

The University Campus as a Space for Public Art: A View through Warming Warning

Aaron Ellison and David Buckley Borden

Critical Perspective

Unseen Dimensions of Public Space: Disrupting Colonial Narratives

Erin Genia

Critical Perspective

READ

Sorry Not Sorry: A Short Evolution of Public Art in Boston

Cher Krause Knight

Critical Perspective

Envisioning Community: In Conversation with Silvia López Chavez

Theresa Mitchell

Interview

Girl Talk: Rosie Weinberg in conversation with Ottessa Moshfegh

Ottessa Moshfegh

Interview

Digital Domain: in Conversation with Juan Obando

Isabella Achenbach

Interview

READ

(IMAGINE) Sneha Shrestha on Calligraffiti and Collaboration

Lily Scheindlin

Interview

On Basketball, Community, and Race: In Conversation with Shaka Dendy

Anulfo G. Baez

Interview

READ

Belonging and Transculturation: An Interview with Daniela Rivera

Denis Mwaura

Interview

A Joy Ride with Nick Cave

Jacqueline Houton

Interview

READ

Grief Aesthetics: In Conversation with Border Patrol

Betsy Willett

Interview

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Graffiti or Street Art? The False Dichotomy

Profile by Arielle Gray

Issue 04Feb 19, 2020

Digital Domain: In Conversation With Juan Obando

Interview by Isabella Achenbach

Issue 04Nov 04, 2019

On Basketball, Community, and Race: In Conversation with Shaka Dendy

Interview by

Issue 04Oct 09, 2019

Unseen Dimensions of Public Space: Disrupting Colonial Narratives

Critical Perspective by Erin Genia, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate

Issue 04Sep 11, 2019

A Joy Ride with Nick Cave

Interview by Jacqueline Houton