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Issue # 102, March 25, 2010
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Bigger, Badder, Beautifuller, April 8
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"Good Experience Live" in NYC
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MOBA is Officially Highbrow Cultcha
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Everyone who lives and works in the cavernous halls of
the MOBA Ivory Tower believes that in art, as in life, size matters. We
have decided to gather some of the largest pieces in the Permanent
Collection as well as some recent acquisitions and old favorites to
present: BIGGER,... BADDER, BEAUTIFULLER.
We apologize for any confusion, but a scheduling conflict at the
Somerville Theatre forced us to change the date of the opening.
Don your festive attire (or not) and join us from 7 to 8 pm on Thursday,
April 8 in the MOBA gallery in the basement of the Somerville Theatre,
55 Davis Square. Admission is free. Appropriate light refreshments
will be served. Beer and wine may be purchased in the theatre lobby.
If you have art that you want to donate to MOBA, bring it along.
Curator-in-Chief, Mr Michael Frank, will evaluate it on the spot.
Included in this exhibit:
. . . EYE WISH EYE WERE AN OSCAR MEYER WEINER
. . . Anonymous
. . . 48" x 14", oil on canvas
. . . Purchased at Brimfield Antique Fair (9/09)
. . . donated by Cindi Chapman (12/09)
This monochrome portrait of a young boy, repellent and yet compelling,
is fraught with unanswerable questions. Where is his right big toe, does
he have a right hand, and why is he portrayed wearing nothing but a
short sleeve shirt that is obviously too small to fit over his belly;
seemingly swollen in an unlikely pregnancy?
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MOBA's third permanent gallery opens this weekend.
Brookline Access Television has provided us gallery space in their brand
new facility, located right beside the Brookline Hills T station.
The new facility has two large filming studios, computer labs, editing
rooms, and the theater space. It’s decorated with large flat-screen
televisions, a welcome desk with a scrolling, lighted sign, and gallery
space for the Museum of Bad Art and for Brookline Open Studios, which
features local artists.
BATV invites everyone to an Opening Reception on Sunday, March 28, 3 to 6
pm. The studio is on the top floor of Brookline High School's Unified
Arts Building at 46 Tappan Street.
We've hung a dozen MOBA paintings, including this old favorite:
. . . Sunday On The Pot With George
. . . Unknown
. . . Oil on Canvas
. . . 37” x 22”, acrylic on canvas
. . . Donated by Jim Schulman
Can the swirling steam melt away the huge weight of George’s corporate
responsibilities? This pointillist piece is curious for meticulous
attention to fine detail, such as the stitching around the edge of the
towel, in contrast to the almost careless disregard for the subject’s
feet.
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