An Interview With Bryson Brooks
"I live in a world that cannot afford the luxury of progress. There are so few homes where the buffalo roam that they discontinued the nickel."
Jesse Amado: “30 Day RX”
Jesse Amado calls on many forms and precedents for his current show — Pop art, Minimalism, Color Field painting, Conceptual art—as well as his recent experiences with illness and treatment.
What A Cowboy Can Reveal
A telling image of a young Doug sitting on the bumper of a 1941 Buick Roadmaster holding his Gibson ES175: he’s already brimming with confidence and charisma — He knew he had it.
Panhandle South Plains Laissez-faire
Just two weeks ago, it was reported in the Wall Street Journal (Sunday, Jan 3 -4, p. D11), that “Text as Decor” is, as of now, passé. Not that Jeff Wheeler and Maisie Alford care.
Until That Goodbye
The remains of sea urchins and lost vinyl LPs become memorials to lost signals, disappearing space probes, fading heartbeats in Dario Robleto’s installation at the Menil Collection.
Wish What You Watch For
Chris Sauter, like Jesus, invites you to stick your hand in a hole. His inter-related projects examine the false dichotomies between religion and science.
The Real Thing: Ivor Shearer at ArtPace
Hills Snyder visits Ivor Shearer's haunting real world re-shooting of The Road: "You are left with that which cannot be escaped. And it follows you out the door."
Gary Sweeney: How To Disarm Just About Anyone
1. What’s your favorite merit badge? My favorite merit badge was the “Fingerprinting” badge, which I’m sure they don’t even have anymore. My father was...Read More
“Silence” at the Menil Collection
The Program Will Begin Shortly… Silence is Toby Kamps’ first major exhibition at The Menil Collection since becoming curator of modern and contemporary art two...Read More
Something This Way Comes: Randy Wallace’s “Postdimensionalman”
I’m a lucky guy. I’ve already outlived Doc Holliday by twenty-four years and just the other day I came upon a new Randy Wallace piece,...Read More
Flying Around In The Rain (for Chuck Ramirez)
Just days after Chuck Ramirez’s death in early November 2010, Glasstire approached me to write a remembrance of him. My first impulse was that this...Read More
“Matthew Ronay: Between The Worlds” at Artpace
For The Trees Matthew Ronay’s Between The Worlds, at the Hudson (Show)Room, Artpace, appears alternately rooted and nomadic. Yurt, grotto, hall of mirrors, night wood,...Read More
One Kind Favor 6 (Maybe this’ll be the day)
Next morning in Marfa I mail a sixth postcard to Jens Hoffmann. A funny ratio you might say to the two postcards he kept, especially...Read More
One Kind Favor 5 (Chuck is my co-pilot)
I can sense the Hermes assist as I cross into New Mexico. Out here they call him Coyote. He’s a kind of fellow traveler for...Read More
One Kind Favor 4 (Go West young weed)
Thursday morning Jeff and I head into Lubbock in separate cars. He’ll go east to Dallas for a Texas Artists Today book signing and I’ll...Read More
One Kind Favor 3 (Pennies)
Fell asleep last night thinking how I had the Lone Ranger flashlight with me and didn’t think to use it. As if it were a...Read More
One Kind Favor 2 (Desdemona Hatbox Strawn)
The lucky key continued to influence my time yesterday as I wound down from writing. I turned on the TV about one am and found...Read More
One Kind Favor 1 (East of Eden)
This is day one of One Kind Favor, a trip I’m taking around the state and into New Mexico, reversing the route taken by Jens...Read More
A Well Performed Place
…what living in the country means: It’s sitting in a little bitty restaurant, looking out the window at a cow, but you only have powdered...Read More
Beyond post To Kellogg’s
The following text served as the script for a performance, Beyond post To Kellogg’s, given at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, October 12,...Read More
