Matthew Ritchie.CONTEMPORARY ARTS MUSEUM Had it with parallel worlds that demand extensive research and hairsplitting hair·split·ting n. The making of unreasonably fine distinctions. hair  split exegesis exegesisScholarly interpretation of religious texts, using linguistic, historical, and other methods. In Judaism and Christianity, it has been used extensively in the study of the Bible. Textual criticism tries to establish the accuracy of biblical texts. ? Tough. Ritchie, the Matthew Barney of painting, is having his first museum survey, put on by CAM curator Lynn Herbert. (Herbert joins Mass MOCA'S Laura Heon in the catalogue, which also features Ritchie's own writings.) With his own cosmology informing and expanding from painting and drawing into sculpture and animated films, Richie aspires to the frosh epistemological wow and scale of the other Matthew. Still, without the reading material, in the gallery it boils down to basically cheerful, lively hardedge hard·edge n. A form of abstract painting characterized by clearly defined geometric shapes and often bright colors. abstraction. Look for four new works created for the Houston space (the latest museum must-have, halfway between site-specific sculpture and monogrammed shirt). Dec. 13-Mar. 14; Mass MoCA, North Adams North Adams, city (1990 pop. 16,797), Berkshire co., NW Mass., in the Berkshire Hills, on the Hoosic River near the Vt. border; settled c.1737, set off from Adams and inc. 1878. It is located in a summer resort and winter ski area. , MA, Apr. 10, 2004-Mar. 2005. |
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