After Surviving Marathon, Curator Revisits Exhibit About War

Posted by Ian on Apr 17, 2013 in arts, interviews, news, press, publications, reviews

Greg Cook 2013 “After Surviving Marathon, Curator Revisits His Exhibit About War” in WBUR’s The Artery, April 17. Read it here.

Wafaa Bilal’s The Ashes Series reviewed in The Phoenix

Posted by Ian on Apr 16, 2013 in arts, news, press, publications, reviews

Greg Cook 2013 “The Aftermath of Atrocity: Wafaa Bilal and Daniel Heyman at Brown’s Bell Gallery” in The Providence Phoenix, April 16. Read it here.

Wafaa Bilal’s The Ashes Series reviewed in The Boston Globe

Posted by Ian on Apr 9, 2013 in arts, news, press, reviews

The Boston Globe‘s Cate McQuaid’s review of Wafaa Bilal’s The Ashes Series. 9 April 2013 Read it here.

Wafaa Bilal’s The Ashes Series previewed in East Side Monthly

Posted by Ian on Mar 20, 2013 in arts, news, press, reviews

East Side Monthly‘s Erin Swanson wrote a lovely preview for Wafaa Bilal’s The Ashes Series that will open at the Bell Gallery on April 3. Read it here.

Project video released: Jin Shan 靳山 | My dad is Li Gang! 我爸是李刚!

Posted by Ian on Jan 24, 2013 in arts, news, video

Artist Jin Shan discusses the ideas behind his installation “My dad is Li Gang! 我爸是李刚!” (2012) in the David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University. Video footage by Ian Alden Russell, Andy Romer Photography, Frank Mullin, and Tara Cavanaugh. More information: http://ianaldenrussell.com/projects/my-dad-is-li-gang-我爸是李刚

Jin Shan’s “My dad is Li Gang! 我爸是李刚!” featured in DRA

Posted by Ian on Jan 11, 2013 in arts, news, press, reviews

Jordan Mainser 2013 Art + Twitter = Chinese Democracy, DRA. Read it here.

The Phoenix selects rolemodelplaytime & My dad is Li Gang! as standout exhibitions

Posted by Ian on Dec 18, 2012 in arts, news, press, reviews

In his 2012 wrap up, arts critic Greg Cooke included rolemodelplaytime and Jin Shan’s My dad is Li Gang! as standout exhibitions in a year-end wrap-up for the arts scene in Rhode Island. Greg Cooke 2012 “Fantasy, reality, and the in-between: Lasting impressions” The Providence Phoenix, 18 December. Read it here.

A conversation with Jin Shan 靳山

Posted by Ian on Nov 27, 2012 in news, video

7 September 2012 List Art Center Brown University On the occasion of the opening of Jin Shan’s “My dad is Li Gang! 我爸是李刚!” at the David Winton Bell Gallery, curator Ian Alden Russell speaks with the artist about his artist career. More information: ianaldenrussell.com/projects/my-dad-is-li-gang-我爸是李刚

Video of contribution to ‘The Future of Museums and the Public Humanities’ Panel Discussion

Posted by Ian on Nov 25, 2012 in news, video

October 24, 1st floor Library, Brown Center for Public Humanities, 357 Benefit Street, Providence, R.I., (use rear entrance off Williams Street) 5:30-7PM Round Table Discussion: “The Future of Museums and the Public Humanities: Perspectives from Italy,” with Paolo Rosa, Fitt Artist-in-Residence, Brown Creative Arts Council; Luigi Di Corato, General Director of the Siena Museums Foundation; […]

Jin Shan 靳山 | My dad is Li Gang! 我爸是李刚!

Posted by Ian on Nov 4, 2012 in arts, news, publications, video

Jin Shan 靳山 | My dad is Li Gang! 我爸是李刚! David Winton Bell Gallery 1 September – 4 November 2012 Video documentation by Andy Romer Photography