Matthew Ritchie.CONTEMPORARY ARTS MUSEUM Had it with parallel worlds that demand extensive research and hairsplitting exegesis? 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 cosmology, area of science that aims at a comprehensive theory of the structure and evolution of the entire physical universe. Modern Cosmological TheoriesPresent models of the universe hold two fundamental premises: the cosmological principle and the dominant role of gravitation. 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 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. Manufactures include paper products, textiles, chemicals, and machinery. The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (1999) and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (1894) are in the city., MA, Apr. 10, 2004-Mar. 2005. |
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