Harvard Square Art: Three for free, Part 3

Harvard Square Art: Three for free

THREE
• “Red”, a juried show sponsored by the Cambridge Art Association,
University Place, 124 Mt Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA
Monday - Friday 9 A.M. - 6 P.M., Saturday 9 A.M. - 1 P.M.
November 18, 2005 - January 19, 2006
www.cambridgeart.org

PART THREE

A few steps into the lobby of University Place and you get the idea that Santa made a low level pass over the place, shook out a huge mixed bag of art - oils, watercolor, collage, etchings, sculpture, painted furniture - and ordered his elfsquad to assemble it all in the central lobby and main corridor.

The show is titled “Red: It's more than just a color: a metaphor, feeling, idea, or hue” And, glory be, the content is a healthy counterpoint to the four far-out pieces inside the Carpenter Center. Here is a show that the amateur art lover can comprehend without the aid of drugs or alcohol.

As promised, each piece has a component that suggests or contains red. pt @ large did a quicktime march through the nearly 100 artists represented then retraced his steps to linger with favorites. With this much variety, there’s something everyone might want to find under his or her Christmas tree or Chanukah bush this holiday season. Remember, artist’s need to shop, too. The pieces are all for sale.

Some items that buzzed my credit card included:
• Fiedlerworks, an oil painting by Patrick Anderson
• Pekin Opera, a solar etching by Christiane Corcelle-Lippeveld
• Junction, an oil painting by Greg Thielker
• Bo and Mischia, a Fuji print by Paul Weiner
• Grief and Emma, an oil by Donna Pomponeo

If you insist, there are dozens of stores that will gladly take your money as you forage through and make your holiday purchases. But these “Three for Free” exhibits are free to visit and either challenging or comforting on the eyes. Merry Whatever!

Comments

[Lynn Dowall]

Hey Paul, a timely review.  We are heading into Boston Saturday with Dick's 90 year old (Northern) Irish mom, and wouldn't we love to know about this restaurant for lunch?? So thanks!  And if you're in the neighborhood once again, drop in to join us. 
Sounds like retirement is treatin you good.  Like chopping wood, then enjoying the fire...warms you twice.  You're doing the same. Only better.

[jeff Kelly Lowenstein]

I'm really liking these, PT. You're developing a strong ability to
describe what you see as well as the confidence to talk about the vibe
that a place/people emit. Keep it going!