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The Maine Sunday Telegram September 28, 2003
Lesser-known Flourish in Arts Friendly Space
BY BOB KEYES
EXCERPT:
"Space has evolved into Portland's leading outlet for alternative
arts, where visual artists, musicians, filmmakers and others can showcase
unconventional works in all media."
The Portland Phoenix July 25 - 31, 2003
Free hand
Noël Bonam at SPACE Gallery
BY CHRIS THOMPSON
Noël Bonam’s ink drawing of the elephant-headed Ganesha pictures a god who is at once eternally hungry and yet, with his pleasant poise and a delicate blossom draped gracefully over his trunk, far from ravenous. His desire appears not as the insatiable sort that would drive one to violence and despair but, on the contrary, as a positive longing that can lead to provisional contentment; thus is his appearance, as Bonam tells us, "auspicious for all beginnings."
The Portland Phoenix Feb. 27 - Mar. 6, 2003
Movie rights
This year's Human Rights Watch Film Fest hits close to home, at SPACE
BY BETH BROGAN
Each year, Human Rights Watch, the largest US-based human-rights organization, publishes the results of investigations into human rights abuses around the world in hope of bringing public attention to the plight of citizens in countries like Rwanda and Afghanistan. A noble goal, but what the average person knows of human-rights violations — aside from whatever CNN serves up — is largely the result of documentary films. The best of these — as well as fiction and animated films devoted to the subject of human rights — are currently touring the world as part of the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, which stops at Portland’s SPACE gallery beginning March 2.
The Portland Phoenix Feb. 27 - Mar. 6, 2003
Re-contextualize this
Aaron Stephan takes over SPACE
BY SARAH MORNEAU
"Where’s the motorcycle? " I ask Todd Bernard, proprietor of the SPACE gallery, having been mysteriously drawn to the specific tag on the wall referencing seemingly invisible art. It says " ‘Regarding Serra’ . . . motorcycle and 2X4. " Todd points to the ceiling. I blurt out a lame and gleeful exclamation, and I’m in Aaron Stephan’s out-of-context zone.
