Stuff@Night magazine, August 16, 2005 - August 29, 2005

Thanks to the HUNG and HANGED exhibitions, John Nikolai made Boston's Stuff@Night magazine's 7th annual Hot 100, their list of "the hot-hotter-hottest people, places, trends, and more" in "Boston and beyond," edited by Tamara Wieder.

> HOT CURATOR: John Nikolai

His striking black-and-white photographs of great liberal thinkers, punk rock’s aging royalty, and his own devilish muse have established him as one of the best shutterbugs in town. But Cambridge’s John Nikolai has lately also revealed himself as a dynamic curator of other artists’ work. His recent show " Hanged, " at Inman Square’s Zeitgeist Gallery, had some amazing pieces by Nikolai’s legendary acquaintances (Jon Langford from the Mekons, Half Japanese’s Jad and David Fair, Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh). So does the ongoing "Hung" — at Club Passim through September 24 — which features works by trailblazing transvestite and CBGB denizen Jayne County, Ramones artistic director Arturo Vega, and Punk-magazine co-founder John Holmstrom. Even better, they’re all surprisingly inexpensive. Stop by and see for yourself.

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