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September 2, 2009 · 1:38 am

Shopping Trip: The Wellfleet Flea Market

In addition to its hidden ponds, fried food, and quaint art galleries, Wellfleet has the only drive-in movie theater on the Cape, and it comes complete with mini golf and a sandy playground (think John Travolta doing “Stranded at the Drive In” in Grease). By day, this tarred over hot spot hosts a flea market, where one can find anything from used paper backs and tube socks (not used) to beautifully crafted turquoise jewelry (my mother-in-law is addicted). Up in the front, below the big screen, is where the antique dealers set up. The day I went I picked up three milk glass vases (just $1 each for the bud vases and $2 for a really pretty scalloped edge large one). The boys had a blast, scoring mini flashlights and Star Wars trading cards. They may have even enjoyed it more than the nighttime adventure to see Ice Age 3 (I know I did). I stopped by the market on a weekday afternoon too, and was tempted by a pull-down map for ten bucks, but seriously, where would I put it? Here’s a look at what else was for sale during my visits.

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September 1, 2009 · 12:20 pm

ARTmonday: Mary Ellen Strom

Two years ago at the School of Museum of Fine Art’s annual holiday sale (now called Inside Out), my husband and I were mesmerized by a video installation by Mary Ellen Strom (the first one pictured below). It was a little pricey (after all, you’re buying actual video equipment), but we seriously considered the purchase. Strom, who teaches at the SMFA, is represented by one of my favorite galleries in Boston, the Judi Rotenberg Gallery.Strom’s work has been shown at MOCA, MOMA, and the ICA, as well as the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum.

The three images below were part of Strom’s 2005 solo show “The Nudes”, at the Judi Rotenberg Gallery, comprised of a series of video projections re-staging paintings of female nudes by well-known male artists, including Manet, Velasquez and Magritte. Strom’s installations feature contemporary women artists who are portrayed as subjects rather than objects. The videos are staged with live models in meticulously produced settings, and videotaped with a high definition video camera. The nudes were installed as a series of individual video projections onto the gallery walls. The projections are the size of the original paintings.

Strom says of these works, “We can identify with the subjects and feel power and sexuality not passivity. We can be conscious of our act of viewing while allowing ourselves to experience pleasure, theirs and ours.”

Nude No. 4, Andrea Hendrickson — 58″ x 48″, video projection, 2004