XYZ Collective, a new artist-run space in Tokyo, is holding a benefit show for the Japanese Red Cross. For FAXINATION JAPAN, artists from all over the world are invited to…
Kelly Klaasmeyer
Kelly Klaasmeyer
Kelly Klaasmeyer, a former editor of Glasstire, is an artist and writer. She was selected as a Fellow for the 2009 USC Annenberg/Getty Arts Journalism Program and was the recipient of a 2009 Creative Capital/Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant. She lives in Houston for the fresh air and Alpine scenery.
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I don’t know how this stuff gets out into the collective creative unconscious but I think I like it. Adam Silverman’s amazing pottery at Peel Gallery is apparently channeling diseases…
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Am I intolerant if I don’t like Tolerance? Houston’s new public artwork by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa was unveiled last week in a ceremony that included the artist, Mayor Annise…
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Patricia Hernandez’s Parody of Light opened last Friday at DiverseWorks. The show, an elaborate Thomas Kinkade spoof, got a ton of advance press, including a pick in GT’s Spring Preview.…
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Aldo Chaparro: MORE THAN THIS Gallery Sonja Roesch September 18 – October 30, 2010 If I had an extra $1500 bucks lying around, I’d totally buy Aldo Chaparro’s little silver…
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Receipts, parking stubs, old newspapers, plastic bags, crumpled cans, worn down slivers of soap and hotel-size shampoo are the stuff of Gabriel Kuri’s art. Kuri has a particular fascination with…
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The Visual Arts Center at the University of Texas opened last weekend after an epic remodel by architects Lake|Flato. I never saw the building in its pre-remodel, circa 1963 state…
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Less than a month ago, two murals in Texas Southern University’s historic Hannah Hall were destroyed. The works were painted in 1970 by Harvey Johnson. After artist, TSU alum and…
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Maybe you watched the reality TV show “Work of Art: The Next Great Artist.” Maybe you enjoyed it, or maybe you want Bravo to give you those years of your…
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Bless his heart, Dallas “wildflower artist” Chapman Kelley has a problem, er, lots of problems, with the Dallas Museum of Art. The DMA wound up with one of Kelley’s…
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Seth Alverson’s show at Art Palace is getting all kinds of great coverage and with good reason. Alverson’s an amazing painter, producing evocative “realist” work with a disturbing edge. The…
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Yes, it’s a 1000 degrees outside but if you can just make it through the parking lot, these Houston spaces have great air conditioning – and great art. Lordy, lordy,…
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In Luc Tuymans’ 1997 painting Der Architekt, a man wearing skis has fallen in the snow. Almost monochromatic, the image is rendered in frosty blues that lean to black. The…
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When Emma Tamburlini was eleven, “her father ordered her to strip naked so that he could make a film about her growing breasts,” an article in The Australian revealed. Tamburlini’s…
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A couple weeks ago I received an email with this subject line: “Judd Foundation announces online access to Donald Judd’s 13,004-book personal library in Marfa, Texas, www.juddfoundation.org/library/” I’m not a…
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“Why is China Chow wearing my 1984 prom dress?!?!” was my first thought when I tuned into Bravo’s “Work of Art: The Next Great Artist” reality TV show last week.…
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Where’s Maurizio? might be a more appropriate title for the Maurizio Cattelan exhibition at the Menil Collection. For the show, the Italian artist worked with the (recently-departed-for-LACMA) curator Franklin Sirmans…
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“Bless Their Hearts” visited New York a couple weeks ago and checked out some shows. The 2010 Whitney Biennial closes at the end of the month. Texas artists may…
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Bless her heart, that Laurel Nakadate just can’t help herself. She’s just cute as a button and old, weird guys flock to her. What’s a girl to do but exploit…
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This Saturday, March 13th, is the last day for the University of Houston student show at the Blaffer Gallery. It’s worth running by to see what the youth are up…