I’ve been M.I.A. from the word processor this month because I’m having a hard time writing complete sentences. I’ve been recovering from orthopedic surgery to fix some bones in my…
Ivan Lozano
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Women and Their Work‘s newish project, their blog titled Sister Space has uploaded one of the coolest pieces in their Reality Show exhibit: Anna Krachey’s Bachelor Baby, in which Austin…
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I’ve been gathering all my materials for my Texas Biennial submission the last couple of days, a process that has been slower than I expected because of the specific requirements…
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testsite 08.3 ~ The Window of Art, a collaboration between Cliff Hengst and Lawrence Rinder, is terribly boring. According to their press release, this show "draws inspiration from (…)…
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NOTE: Although I am a member of MASS Gallery, I had nothing to do with this show other than covering some gallery hours, I certainly don’t have any financial conflicts…
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Capital A
“do you ever get the feeling you spend too much time online?”
by Ivan Lozanoby Ivan LozanoHere is Oliver Laric‘s video response to a One Question Interview: You tend to agree with his (its?) answer. It’s probably not great for posture. And it’s a cycle, vicious…
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Trying to move past the "whining" and closer to finding some practical solutions, Sam Sanford and Dustin Walker have come up with the (1st Annual?) Austin Art Mercado, "an experimental…
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A pretty good (and ultimately frustrating because there are no foreseeable solutions) discussion has been brewing in the Austin art blogs, catalyzed by my entry about the reasons Austin…
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Last night I went by AMOA to check out their LeWittx2 show that "focuses both on the artworks of Sol LeWitt and on his personal collection of contemporary art." It’s…
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BAD AT SPORTS has a fantastic podcast roundtable with BAS stalwart host Duncan MacKenzie, critic Lori Waxman, critic (and current Art History Ph.D. candidate at UT Austin!) Kathryn Hixson…
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If you’re a regular reader of Capital A, you might have noticed that I <3 Net Art. However, there are a few issues with Net Art that…
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Dennis Cooper has a fantastic (and slightly NSFW) post on his blog about a one-off "comix zine" from the early ’90s called Ruh Roh that has contributions from some pretty…
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Nohegan’s coming! Nohegan’s coming! Nohegan’s coming! Nohegan’s coming! Nohegan’s coming! The little art camp founded by Jill Pangallo is about to launch its third edition this Memorial Day weekend…
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This Saturday is Arthouse‘s yearly "5×7 Art Splurge & Exhibition," where you can shell $100 for an anonymous artwork. If you really need to fill a 5 inch by…
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I certainly don’t envy the organizers of the Texas Biennial. I’m sure it’s a gigantic undertaking with no real institutional support, no large coffers to plunder biannually, no dedicated staff…
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Ali Fitzgerald‘s most recent show at Art Palace , Swan School: The Matriculation, feels like a giant step forward in her evolution as an artist. Thematically, she has left…
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I was really impressed with John Stoney‘s sculptures on view at the Blanton‘s triennial faculty showcase, Atelier 2008. Technically, his work is faultless, and his choice of materials (petrified…
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It seems the favorite suffix running around in my head this month is -ennial. I’m certainly not the only one; between the upcoming 2009 Texas Biennial deadline, Atelier 2008 (the…
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If you thought Cult of Color Call to Color was revolutionary and experimental and totally worth the ticket price, then get ready to totally lose it at Fusebox ’08,…
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Last weekend I went to New York City or the 15th and final New York Underground Film Festival (NYUFF). I couldn’t bear to miss it. It’s a sad state of…