Books and Catalogues

Jennifer Urhane, Terrors and Wonders: Monsters In Contemporary Art. (Lincoln, MA: DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, 2001), Exhibition Catalog.

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Barbara O'Brien: Cynthia Atwood, "Stitch" Exhibition, (New York: Morgan Lehman Gallery, 2005), Exhibition Catalog.

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Alison Hawthorne-Denning, Exposing Scarlet: A Visual Response to The Scarlet Letter. (Boston: Boston Center for the Arts: Mills Gallery, 2004) Exhibition Catalog. Excerpt.

Articles and Reviews

Paige, Ian. “Exquisite Corpses: The year’s most controversial art show, for the artists who made it.” The Portland Phoenix, 20-26 Jul. 2007, p. 16.

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McQuaid, Cate. “From Mysterious Fantasy to Stark Reality." The Boston Globe, Arts Section, 15 Feb. 2007.

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Foritano, James. “Cynthia Atwood, Transparent Couture and Other Pleasures." ArtScope, Jan-Feb. 2007, p. 19.

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Grubin, Eve. "The Modest Nude.” The Modesty Zone, 9 Apr. 2006.

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Baker, R.C. "Cynthia Atwood: Stitch - Critic’s Picks." The Village Voice, Vol. L, No. 52. 28 Dec. - 3 Jan. 2006.

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Boulanger, Susan. “Tempted by a Dream: Luminous Shadows Cast by The Scarlet Letter” Art New England, Volume 26, Issue 1. Dec/Jan 2005, p. 18.

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Fardy, Jonathan. "Report from the Berkshires: New Art in Western MA Galleries." Art New England, Oct-Nov. 2005, p. 13.

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Garvey, Thomas.“Written in Scarlet." South End News, Vol. 25, No. 39. 14 Oct. 2004.

McQuaid, Cate. “Red-letter days at the BCA reveal society’s secrets." The Boston Globe, Arts Section. 10 Oct. 2004.

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Howard, Nona. “Exposing Scarlet: A Visual Response to The Scarlet Letter at BCA.” Some Other Magazine, Vol. 1. Sept. 2004.

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"Self Expression." The Women's Times, Resource Guide. Aug. 2002, p. 1.

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O'Neal, Lauren. “De Cordova Museum and Sculpture Park.” Art New England, Vol. 23, Number 1, Dec. 2001 - Jan. 2003.

Unger, Miles. “When Horror Can Be Healthy.” New York Times, Arts and Leisure, Section 2, 28 Oct. 2001, p. 32.

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Morrison, Shari R. “Muy Caliente en Sante Fe." Art Talk, Oct. 2001, p. 42.

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Grabowski, Rita M. “Women Art, and Ideas: 360, Images of Oppression, Technology and Beauty." Northern Ohio Live, March 2001, p. LT8, 9.

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Russel, Gloria.“Sculpture Show Goofy, Enjoyable." Springfield Union News, 10 Sept. 2000, p. G-2.

Allen, Jane Ingram. “Dispatches: Berkshires and Upper Hudson River Valley." Sculpture Magazine, Jan./Feb. 1999, pp. 78-79.

Rosof, Patricia. “Playing Artistic Mind Games: RAW’s new Visual Arts curator makes his vision felt.” Hartford Advocate, 7 Oct. 1998.

Russel, Gloria. “New Exhibits Celebrating Artists’ Vitality, Ingenuity.” Springfield Sunday Republican, 10 March 1996.

Chester, Laura. “In A Building Mode, New Sculpture by Cynthia Atwood.” Women’s Times, Jul./Aug. 1994.

Gillette, Michelle. “Alice in Naumkeag." Berkshire Eagle, July 1994.

Schwendenwein, Jude. “Connecticut.” Sculpture Magazine, Oct. 1993, p. 54.

Schwendenwein, Jude. “Atwood’s Found Wood Sculptures: Between Nature and Civilization.” Hartford Courant, 25 April 1993. p. G-7.

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Gentile, Derek. "Artists Look within to Fabricate Images." Berkshire Eagle.

"Cynthia Atwood: Stitch" is a Village Voice Critic's Pick, January 2006



"These layered concoctions of sheer fabric, lace, plastic grapes, and rubber bees are resplendently vulgar. Whether bulging from the walls or hanging from the ersatz boughs like that infamous apple, they are fraught with rich and erotic possibilities; reminiscent of overripe fruit, they have a rotten edge that, far from negating their beauty, only enhances their organic resonance."


-RC Baker, the Village Voice

Baker, R.C. "Cynthia Atwood: Stitch - Critic’s Picks." The Village Voice, Vol. L, No. 52. 28 Dec. - 3 Jan. 2006.