artscope magazine: May/June 2009 Welcome Statement: Brian Goslow, managing editor Letters to the Editor ARTSWorcester's BIENNIAL 2009 GRIDWORK: Further explorations into the urban landscape featuring new work by Robert Maloney and Sean Thomas BEN ARONSON - LIGHT AND GEOMETRY: The Urban Signature RADKA DONNELL: THE WORK OF TOUCH DOROTHY SIMPSON KRAUSE: LOSING GROUND NATURAL WORLD: A BRICKBOTTOM ARTISTS' ASSOCIATION MEMBERS' EXHIBITION JOE FIG: IN THE PAINTER'S STUDIO POINT OF VIEW: OUTDOOR SCULPTURE GALLERY-BY-THE-FALLS THE SIXTH SENSE: CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY FROM KOREA Featured Artist: Dominique Boutaud FéLIX DE LA CONCHA: PRIVATE PORTRAITS/PUBLIC CONVERSATIONS 2009 PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART BIENNIAL SCULPTURES IN LOVE WITH ARCHITECTURE JESSICA GONACHA at YES Gallery and Studio THE BRIGHT & SHINING LIGHT OF IRREVERENCE: RICHARD SAJA AND THE HISTORICALLY INACCURATE SCHOOL WHERE HISTORY AND CONTEMPORARY MEET BRATTLEBORO-WEST ARTS PREMIER GROUP EXHIBITION SCOTT PRIOR (ongoing) and LARRY PRESTON / GREG GILLESPIE and LEONEL GóNGORA ANDIAMO! Art on the Hill Destination: Federal Hill, Providence’s Little Italy THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF ENCAUSTIC PAINTING AXIOM CENTER FOR NEW AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDIA CAPSULE PREVIEWS

DOROTHY SIMPSON KRAUSE: LOSING GROUND Sarah E. Fagan South Shore Art Center 119 Ripley Road Cohasset, Massachusetts Through May 31 My VISIT TO SSAC TOOK PLACE ON A RAINY SATURDAY IN APRIL, BUT AS YOU READ THIS, THE SUMMER SEASON IS ON ITS WAY TO NEW ENGLAND. THE DAIRY HuT ON ROUTE 3A WILL BE OPEN, AND THE LOBSTER POUND JuST FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD WILL LOOK EVEN MORE INVITING. PERHAPS YOU’LL FIND YOURSELF ON A DAY TRIP TO EXPLORE HULL AnD NANTASKET BEACH, A JOuRNEY RECALLInG A PSEUDO — AND POSSIBLY MORE COST EFFECTIvE — VACATION TO CAPE COD. ON THE WAY, YOU’LL PASS THROUGH COHASSET, HOME OF THE SOUTH SHORE ART CENTER, A LOCAL SOURCE OF ART EDUCATION AND EXHIBITION SPACE FOR ALL AREAS SOUTH OF BOSTON AnD NORTH OF RHODE ISLAND. Even Cohasset, this little town by the sea, is not removed from the digital age event that sweeps Boston and its environs every spring: the Boston Cyberarts Festival. This year, Massachusetts local Dorothy Simpson Krause was invited for a solo show at SSAC in conjunction with the festival, during which different venues opt to display technologically advanced works for its duration in April and May. Krause is well known for both her intimate artists’ books as well as larger mixed media pieces, so Center employees were intrigued from the minute Krause came in measuring the dimensions of the spacious and skylit Bancroft Gallery to see “which of her work would fit.” The exhibition, “Losing Ground,” contains a mix of big and small — but at first glance, one may wonder where the “cyber” comes into play in the soft earth-toned panels of painted and photographed landscapes. It turns out the technology is in the method: Krause isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty, but also not afraid to use machinery to make a stronger impression. Her large format works are made with laser printers, which help Krause print on materials like aluminum, an awkwardly elegant compliment to her natural scenes. Organic and mechanical combine fittingly in Krause’s bound pieces as well: lasers cut into wooden covers, copper plates are burnt and etched. The machine-made imprints offer an air of permanence; the words “LOSING GROUND” stamped in heavy-handed text across a glowing cover scene Read the entire article in our magazine pages...