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Centered around the work of the late Mark Morrisroe, the exhibition also showcases the art of six other artists who lived, worked and studied in Boston in the late '70s to early '80s. David Armstrong, Philip-Lorca ("PL") diCorcia, Nan Goldin, Jack Pierson, Tabboo! (Stephen Tashjian) and Shellburne Thurber, as well as Morrisroe, all knew and influenced each other...
...preoccupation with color surfaces in the paintings of Tabboo!, who achieves through painting what the rest of the Boston School do through photography. It is unfortunate that the work represented in the exhibition is not Tabboo!'s best, but the pieces at the ICA give the viewer an idea of some of his concerns gay art and the drag subculture. For example, the flamboyant gesture of "Pink," which is a picture of the word "pink" painted in different shades of pink, plays on the association of pink with gay culture...
Jack Pierson produces perhaps the most reserved work of the Boston School. His early photographs try to capture the garis'h surrealism of the "Beat" sub-culture. At that time, he lived in the shadow of Morrisroe and Tabboo!. He only found the relayed confidence of his more recent photography when he cut himself off from them. The languid but controlled poise of his current work gives the sense that he has finally found his niche among these artists...
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