Sean Starwars: Woodcut Funhouse
In Starwars’ work, you get exactly what you’d expect from a Laurel, Mississippi-based artist: melting ice cream cones, gators, wood-paneled interiors, and banjo playing goats.
‘Daydreams and Other Monsters’ at UTSA
The artists in 'Daydreams and Other Monsters' turn their social critique back onto us to expose the demons lurking within our society.
Why this Year’s Galveston Artist Residency Exhibition is Different
For three artists so deeply tapped into the cultural consciousness to collectively experience an event as monumental as the election of Donald Trump, bonding and the sharing of a common sense of urgency seems inevitable.
Andres Serrano at the Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston
While Serrano’s photos didn’t have the impact I expected, in the end, they forced me to rethink torture overall—by looking at the fake, I had to confront the real.
Garth Weiser at The Contemporary Austin
Garth Weiser’s show at The Contemporary Austin made me angry.
The Art of the Livestream
Livestreaming can be inherently political in this day and age because our bodies are the most political subject of all.
Four Killer Zines You Should Check Out
This is the first post in a series of zine roundups where I pull some zines from my library—some old, some new, some from Texas and some from abroad—and give you the lowdown on who made them and what they’re about.
Louise Hopkins Underwood, 1919-2017
Louise Hopkins Underwood, the namesake and co-founder of Lubbock’s Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts (LHUCA), passed away yesterday, March 7th, at the age of 97....Read More
The Art World Goes a Day Without Women
While March 8th is celebrated annually as International Women’s Day, this year’s observance is markedly different. The organizers of January’s Women’s March have declared March...Read More
Not Just Naked People: Experimental Action Performance Art Festival in Houston
ExA filled a niche that Houston has a long history of but has recently lacked: a strong presentation of young and subversive performance art.
Some Inauguration Day Wisdom from Pussy Riot, from their recent Texas Visit
"If Trump will be the next president of the United States, which I hope will not happen, the situation in your country will be pretty much close to ours, I think."
Andrew Martin at Redbud Gallery, Houston
Lubbock-based artist Andrew Martin has found a way to lean in to our society’s obsession with personalized viewing experiences. His exhibition, observer effect, on view...Read More
Capitalist Consumption: the Institute for New Feeling at Ballroom Marfa
It’s hard to replicate a personalized online shopping experience in a white-walled gallery.
Sophomore Slump: Day for Night in Houston
With large-scale immersive experiences, the devil is in the details—you don’t want to be jarred out of your festival bliss by the myriad things that either don’t work or are victims of organizational neglect.
Miami Basel vs. Disney World: The Happiest Place on Earth?
I was more exhausted after one day of art viewing in Miami than I was after a full five days at Disney.
The Problems and Rewards of Houston’s Silos
Art can only compete so much with the space it occupies, which is why galleries are clean white cubes without distraction and ornamentation.
Out of this World: UFO and Space Art
A deep interest in aliens is so much a part of our culture that we have movie after movie (not to mention television, novels, comic books…) enthralling us with stories of other worlds and extraterrestrial life.
