As part of class field trip for a digital photography class I’m taking at Hampshire i went to see an exhibit at UMASS called Of People and Places. The show includes works from several internationally renowned photographers including Joel Sternfield and Rineke Dijkstra. In a nutshell the show deals with the presence of or the [...]

[Read more →]

When I first saw Sandy Litchfield’s paintings in the Marsh Gallery in Fayerweather I was confused at best, I couldn’t find a recognizable form of the human or natural kind in any of her works. But I didn’t think of her work as being abstract—I suppose I was challenged by her imagery and [...]

[Read more →]

I’m not going to lie, I’m no economist–but I can tell you right now that things aren’t looking so good for the rich and privileged these days. I know that these people who have had to put their private jets into retirement (for now at least), cut back on dye jobs and fire a maid [...]

[Read more →]

Prompted by a commenter’s request I finally checked out all the graffiti recently sprayed on some of Amherst’s dorms. Although the random words in green and gold spray paint were not necessarily artistic (if anything they fall in the line of tagging which is primarily used to claim a space or area) it got me [...]

[Read more →]

Welcome Back Everyone!
 I haven’t yet gotten a sense of how many people are reading Amhpub but I hop that the freshman class has ushered in a new slew of readers! In the past I’ve written reviews of shows and museums as a way of encouraging people to check them out and to generally generate interest [...]

[Read more →]

I visited the Institute for Contemporary Art in Boston this past weekend on a class assignment; in my accompanying paper I came off as highly critical of this museum which I felt suffered from the Bilbao Effect. The Bilbao effect is essentially the phenomenon that ensued after Frank [...]

[Read more →]

This weekend on a visit to the Guggenheim I had the pleasure of seeing the multimedia installation exhibit of Cai Guo Qiang titled I Want to Believe.  Before I even attempt to describe these immense works, it might be best to give some background on the artist and the museum itself as a way of [...]

[Read more →]

A lazy Saturday not long ago, my friends and I ventured over to the Eric Carle Museum at Hampshire College in South Amherst. Essentially, the Museum houses the work of artists who illustrate the beloved books of our childhoods. Eric Carle, the museum’s namesake and founder illustrated (most famously) the The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Brown [...]

[Read more →]

     I suppose I should begin by introducing myself: I’m Colombina, a sophomore here at Amherst from Austin, TX. I’m an Art history major and for the sake of my well being and this blog itself, I try to inundate myself with as much art as possible. I’m interested especially in theories of art and [...]

[Read more →]