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Scattered pictures
More on ‘Contemporary Vernacular’ at the PRC, and Caleb Sonik at Art Attack
BY RANDI HOPKINS

Boston University Photographic Resource Center curator Leslie K. Brown has an almost genetic interest in what has come to be called "vernacular photography" — everyday or found images that unselfconsciously capture moments of obscure, though thoroughly familiar, significance to their often unknown creators. She describes herself as being "born into a Kodak family" (her grandfather, father, mother, brother, many uncles, aunts and cousins all worked for the company in Rochester, New York), and her savvy way with found photos has led to the creation of the exhibition "Contemporary Vernacular," which is on view at the PRC through January 23 (see Christopher Millis’s review in Arts & Entertainment section of last week’s Phoenix), with work by seven contemporary artists who either refer to or include personal family and anonymous found photography in their work. Brown moderates a free "Roundtable Discussion" with artists Yolanda del Amo, Louise Bourque, Nancy Dudley, and David Prifti on December 2, and she gives a free gallery talk on December 9 — two fine opportunities to delve into the ideas, questions, and memories this show brings up.

Travel and that most vernacular of art forms, graffiti, have been inspiring the work of artist Caleb Sonik since he encountered the madly muraled Berlin Wall as a 13-year-old, not long after its fall in 1989. The experience moved him to begin graffiti-ing his world; his body of "outdoor paintings" has since come to include colorful images painted on signposts along and under the Minuteman Bikeway, which runs from Davis Square in Somerville through Arlington, Bedford, and Lexington. "Exterior Goes Interior: Caleb Sonik," which opens at the new Somerville venue Art Attack on December 8, gives us a chance to see Sonik’s interior paintings, which are done on wood to mimic the texture of the walls on which he typically works. Time spent in Kathmandu and the rest of Nepal also influences these colorful works; the opening reception on December 10 promises to be a trip itself.

"Contemporary Vernacular" is at the Photographic Resource Center at Boston University, 832 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, through January 23. PRC curator Leslie K. Brown moderates a free "Roundtable Discussion" with artists next Thursday, December 2, at 6 p.m. at BU’s Sargent College, 635 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 102, and gives a free gallery talk on December 9, from 6 to 7 p.m., at 832 Commonwealth Avenue; call (617) 975-0600. "Exterior Goes Interior: Caleb Sonik" will be at Art Attack, 108 Beacon Street in Somerville, December 8 through January 14, with an opening reception on December 10 from 6 to 9 p.m.; call (617) 441-3833.


Issue Date: November 26 - December 2, 2004
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