artscope magazine: November/December 2008 Welcome Statement: Brian Goslow, managing editor Letters to the Editor Tara Donovan Juan Angel Chavez: Speaker Project JULIA FEATHERINGILL: INDELIBLE ANNE HARRIS: SELECTED WORKS Adel Abdessemed: Situation and Practice ENTANGLED: JANE HESSER, DOROTHEA VAN CAMP AND MARC VAN CAUWENBERGH RYAN WALKER: THE RECYCLER THOREAU RECONSIDERED "LATER THAT NIGHT..." NOCTURNAL IMAGES BY CHRISTIAN WAEBER LOSSLESS: A VIDEO INSTALLATION BY REBECCA BARON AND DOUGLAS GOODWIN THE WINNER'S CIRCLE: ANNA ISAAK-ROSS, YANICK LAPUH, GREGORY WRIGHT Luis Villanueva and Colo Colo Gallery RISD'S NEW CHACE CENTER BRIDGES THE DIVIDE Industry Focus: THE EXPOSURE PROJECT KAREN DOLMANISTH PAUL CLANCY BALAM SOTO THREE TO WATCH IN 2009: MASSART/FINE ARTS WORK CENTER OF PROVINCETOWN GRADS NANCY WINSHIP MILLIKEN, LOUIS THEODORE OLLIER AND KATIE JURKIEWICZ CENTERFOLD CONTEST OUTTAKES ANDY WARHOL:POP POLITICS CHIHULY AT RISD BESSIE POTTER VONNOH: SCULPTOR OF WOMEN BUSHWACHKED: KELLY JO SHOWS SAYS GOOD-BYE TO BUSH IN SEVERAL MEDIUMS Jules Olitski: An Inside View THE ALLURE OF ITALY: PHOTOGRAPHY, FASION DESIGN SINCE 1945 ELIZABETH KING: THE SIZES OF THINGS IN THE MIND'S EYE WORKS BY DOZIER BELL, LAUREN FENSTERSTOCK AND ALICE SPENSER TWISTED lONGWOOD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Music Hall Capsule Previews: November/ December 2008

RYAN WALKER: THE RECYCLER Hope M.Stockman The Gallery at Mount Ida College Carlson Hall 777 Dedham Street Newton, Massachusetts Through December 78 AT FIRST GLANCE, RYAN WALKER'S WORK LOOKS LIKE TRASH THAT'S BEEN GLUED TOGETHER AND SUSPENDED FROM THE CEILING. IN ESSENCE, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HIS SCULPTURE IS. HOWEVER, THE CAREFUL ARRANGEMENT AND FASTENING OF TEXTURES AND COLORS IN WALKER'S FOUND OBJECTS IS WHAT MAKES HIS SCULPTURES COMPELLING. NOT ONLY DOES HE USE FOUND MATERIALS THAT HE'S PICKED UP OFF THE STREET, BUT HE RECYCLES HIS OWN WORK AS WELL. HE OFTEN SHOWS SCULPTURES IN ONE INCARNATION, CUTS THEM UP AND USES THEM AGAIN, THEREBY CONNECTING HIS PIECES TO ONE ANOTHER THROUGH THE ACT OF RECYCLING. “Not to personify the objects I work with,” Walker explained, “but I like the continuity of the recycling process in art. The more forms an object takes over its lifetime, the more experience it has. The more detail that goes into it over time, the more idiosyncrasy it gets.” For example, “Permanent Vacation II” (which is not named after Aerosmith’s comeback album, Walker will have you know), a large piece hanging in the back-right corner of the gallery, is primarily comprised of smaller, older sculptures born anew in this massive hanging form. “Time and my intervention with the material through recycling is what dictates the life of a piece,” Walker said. This is also one of his few titled works, as he believes that people’s immediate associations shouldn’t be colored by titles. Read the entire article in our magazine pages...