“It was through the sense of quiet and closeness that I connected with her things. The museum registrar would open a cabinet or put the group of keys out on the table for me. No one who visited me was permitted to come into the house, so it was really just me there alone, working every day from dawn till dusk.”
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When Bradley Milligan entered the College of Fine Arts, he saw himself as a traditional painter, working with oils. But during his two years in the Graduate Painting program his approach to painting underwent a significant transformation. Today he uses elements of sculpture and construction to create what he describes as “freestanding, built paintings” that consider issues of masculinity, race, and American politics.
Milligan (CFA’21) is one of 17 artists whose exciting work can be seen in this year’s MFA Painting Thesis Exhibition, now on view at the Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery through April 26. There are 34 paintings, representing the culmination of the artists’ thesis work, in the 2021 show.
Here are the artists, writers, and thinkers named 2021 Guggenheim fellows from New England
By Diti Kohli Globe Correspondent,Updated April 8, 2021, 5:22 p.m.
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An award-winning poet. An art historian. And a cultural scholar who studies the Netherlands.
These are just a few of the New England artists, writers, and thinkers awarded the John Simon Guggenheim Foundationâs annual fellowship this year. Of 184 selected fellows named on Thursday, eight hail from Massachusetts, boasting achievements in the humanities and creative arts categories. Another three reside in Connecticut or New Hampshire.
Since 1925, the fellowship has bestowed millions to enable honorees to âengage in research in any field of knowledge and creation in any of the arts, under the freest possible conditions and irrespective of race, color, or creed,â according to the foundationâs website.