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‘River Board’ by Richard Marion
“River Board” by Richard Marion (c) 2012 The image was painted many years ago on a cabinet door found by the artist along the Merrimack River. See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
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‘Lowell Poster’ by Richard Marion
“Lowell Poster” by Richard Marion (c) 2012 This 1980s poster is out of print, but reprints can be ordered through the artist’s website. See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »‘Human Construction’ by Carlos Dorrien (commentary)
Real Public Art by Paul Shoesmith The public art installation Human Construction by Carlos Dorrien sits in the heart of downtown Lowell on the Pawtucket Canal. It stands on the foundations of the former Martin’s clothing store/Strand Theatre and World Furniture buildings, perpendicularly placed off to the left and right…
Read More »‘Bridge Street at Dusk’ by Tom Sexton Due July 1
Watch for details on ordering a new book of Lowell poems (and a few poems set on the Maine coast) from Tom Sexton, known to these blog readers for his literary exploits. Tom leaped from Lowell High School to being Poet Laureate of Alaska in not quite a single bound, but…
Read More »‘Pawtucket Prism’ by Michio Ihara
What Lies Underneath: The Story of Pawtucket Prism By Nicolas White Do not let remissive habits of the public art world fool you; Pawtucket Prism may seem like a godless specimen of plop art, but the story behind its present state of disrepair perfectly mirrors the beleaguered history of Lowell.…
Read More »‘agapetime’ by Dimitri Hadzi (commentary)
We Built This City by Alex Duran Placed next to the canals that powered the city, paid for by the leaders who bettered it, and honoring the people who helped create and continue to transform it, agápetimé is a symbolically intricate contribution to the Lowell Public Art Collection. In 1988,…
Read More »‘Human Construction’ by Carlos Dorrien (commentary)
Human Construction Adds a Detour to the City of Lowell by Collette M. Marquis Carlos Dorrien’s sculpture Human Construction sits on concrete piers on either side of the Pawtucket Canal Bridge on Central Street in downtown Lowell. Installed in 1989, it is composed of a series of granite post-and-lintel stones,…
Read More »‘Stele for the Merrimack’ by Peter Gorfain (commentary)
This is the first in a series of short commentaries about the Lowell Public Art Collection by students from an Art History course taught this spring by Prof. John Christ of the UMass Lowell Cultural Studies Dept. Stele for the Merrimack By Carolyn Campbell One of the last installed pieces of…
Read More »Essays on Outdoor Sculpture in Lowell
This Spring, John Christ taught an art history course at UMass Lowell in which his students took a close look at the outdoor sculpture in the city that is considered part of the Lowell Public Art Collection. These artworks were assembled between 1982 and the mid-1990s in an effort directed first by the Lowell Historic Preservation…
Read More »Andre Dubus III in NYT Bk Rev Today
June 10, 2012
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Andre Dubus III of the UMass Lowell English Dept. has a review and is profiled in today’s NYTimes Book Review. Read it here, and get the NYT if you want more.
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