Word: ica
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THIS COMING YEAR will be another time of innovation for David Ross and the ICA. In an agreement with the Sack Theatres, the ICA will be free to screen film art work at one of the eight new cinemas to be built by Sack at Copley Place. Ross believes that film has been and will be one of the most important mediums for artists. Another major change will occur with scheduling at the ICA. Soon exhibitions will run in a more linear direction through time as opposed to space. The ICA's current building on Boylston St. across from...
Especially excited about the new scheduling and its impact on the "Boston Now" exhibition are Don and Jeanne Stanton, avid collectors of contemporary art, and co-chairmen of The Friends of Boston Art, the group which sponsors the ICA's "Boston Now" exhibition. "One of the reasons our group exists," says Don Stanton, "is to guarantee that the ICA has a commitment to get behind Boston artists. The ICA has had an absolutely terrific year, and really seems on the verge of doing something special...
Acknowledging the criticism from some local artists who complain of too many repeats in this year's display, Graham Gund, a well-known collector and the architect responsible for the ICA's dramatic interior, explains. "It's impossible to please all of the Boston artists, and it's important to remember that the ICA helps Boston artists in other ways, by bringing the works of other artists here to educate local artists." Gund, whose collection includes works from all over the world, believes that "Boston artists are less 'out' than those in San Francisco and Chicago," nevertheless he says that...
That future will be bright if David Ross can do anything about it. As he says, "The ICA hadn't been doing enough to make the contemporary art scene in Boston work. We have to break the rules, we have to do more." And the ICA has helped many Boston artists already. The Stantons say they have discovered the works of such artists as Scott Hatfield, Mags Harries, Peter Hoss. Robert Ferrandini and Joyce Loughran through the ICA. Linda Stux added Magnus Johnstone and Harvey Low Simons to the Stux Gallery's list of exhibitors after seeing their work...
...ICA, under Ross' direction, may well do much to dispel the myth that the avant-garde in art is nowhere to be found in Boston. "Reputations still have to be made or unmade in New York," says Sellars, "but the ICA is moving in very exciting directions. I saw a lot there that meant a great deal to me, and it's a great environment in which to work. And that's the important thing for an artist. The important thing for an artist is working in the media available, getting it done...