There is something pleasantly disquieting about Nick Cave’s “Augment,” which is now on view at the Cyclorama in Boston’s South End. It is colorful, enormous, jarring, and surreal, and in a way it almost looks like something you would expect to see in the Upside-Down. The lawn ornaments which have been sewn together into five…
Tag: Culture
Day Tripping: Georges Island and the Isle Arts Initiative
Growing up in the Boston area I got lucky because I was able to visit the Boston Harbor Islands whenever I wanted as long as I could get my hands on a boat, or when need be take the ferry. So it seems only natural that with the arrival of summer and the temperatures ramping up also comes a…
Exploring the Surreal at the Franklin Park Pop-Up Art Grove
When it was announced that a Pop-up Art Grove in Franklin Park was planned for August, my curiosity was piqued. In the past few years, the city has been working hard to revitalize the area with an ambitious agenda of rotating public art installations but this was the first time I’d ever heard of a…
