Word: rigelhaupt
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...best show on Newbury St. is at the Rigelhaupt where eight sculptors of the "$2000-for-that-thing-I-could-make-it-mayself" schools try to show the gallergoer that he can't. "Art in Process: The Visual Development of a Structure" collects some of the most questionable genres of modern art and affords a glimpse into their creation by surrounding each sculpture with the notes and drawings that helped form it. As a study of the creative process the exhibit is spread much too thin--each artist has only the most token representation, and each work only...
...best works at the Rigelhaupt are by artists who ignore philosophy entirely and concentrate on visual effect. Though these works are technically complex, sketches show that every effect is carefully anticipated. Stephen Antonakos and Victor Millonzi play with the unique relationship between light and space embodied by neon. As Millonzi points out, "Light as sculptural mass can create forms that contain space and light instead of displacing it." Millonzi's work is a carefully balanced contrast between aluminum and flashing neon; first the angular volume of the metal dominates and then the spreading light. Antonakos' sculpture is more complex, with...
...patterns, some cemented to roating discs. Notes and sketches show that she visualized a rough relief map of her work before she began, and then worked out the specific effects as she went along. The final product is satisfying in its complexity but like all the works at the Rigelhaupt it demands time to be appreciated...
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