Ethan Murrow
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Ethan Murrow received his B.A. from Carleton College and his M.F.A from The University of North Carolina. Based in Boston, he shows his drawing, film and video work internationally.

Recent and upcoming exhibitions include Obsolete in Venice, CA, Winston Wachter in New York City and La Galerie Particuliere in Paris. Ethan’s short film, “Dust,” was an official selection of the 2008 New York Film Festival.

Ethan is a member of the faculty at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. In 2010, he will also serve as the Dayton Hudson Distinguished Visiting Artist and Teacher at Carleton College.

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Character Heads: Artist James Cicatko On Franz Messerschmidt

Posted February 23, 2011 | 14:40:53 (EST)

There is something appropriate about the length of time Seattle artist James Cicatko spends on his drawings. Think years instead of days, weeks or months. His primary influence for this new body of work is the Austrian artist Franz Messerschmidt (1736-1783) who spent years in seclusion...

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Artist Christina Seely Digs Into Climate Change

Posted February 20, 2011 | 18:53:17 (EST)

Christina Seely never takes a small bite. She rips off huge chunks. In a recent project entitled Lux, Seely spent over five years hoofing around the world photographing large urban areas at night.

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Metropolis 40°47' N 73°58' W (New...

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Will Lamson Is Burning up the Desert

Posted September 22, 2010 | 12:28:44 (EST)

Speaking on the phone about his most recent video project, A Line Describing the Sun at Pierogi's Boiler Room, Will Lamson says:

I can't have a huge production crew, but I don't need one. I have my car and a camera on a stepladder. My assistant...
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The Rural Photographer Rises Again -- Forrest Holzapfel

Posted September 2, 2010 | 18:08:36 (EST)

Growing up in a rural place, the lure of departure can be significant. My friend Forrest Holzapfel and I both escaped the wooded confines of Marlboro, Vermont in our teens. In the late 90's, he and his wife moved back. My first reaction was to call him crazy....

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Big Wall, Slow Pace. The New Work of Joe Biel.

Posted July 24, 2010 | 11:55:49 (EST)

From a distance Joe Biel's drawings and paintings appear sparse and quiet. Then you walk a little closer and his meticulously crafted and precisely considered work exerts itself. That sweet girl with the balloon standing in the sand? She's holding a whip. 2010-07-14-PaxRomana.jpg...

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Dust -- A Hunger for Resources

Posted April 28, 2010 | 15:36:54 (EST)

I'd like to begin by setting the scene. Go over the crest of that parched hill in the distance. Look down and you'll see figures rushing towards gaping holes that are being rocked by explosions.


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On the set of the...

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