Eric Zimmerman

At the entrance to Last Resort, a shelf holds a handful of empty wasp nests for our inspection. That is, the nests are empty of [...]

Small Texas towns are easy to stereotype, and often, those generalizations prove themselves to be true.  Conservative politics, high school football, and abundant red meat [...]

When it comes to art, using the word ‘crisis’ is always a massive overstatement. Between the crises in painting, criticism, and photography you’d think that [...]

Patience, in the traditional sense, is a virtue I’m not fortunate enough to possess. So much so that as a child I was set down [...]

Its time to pour yourself a cocktail, slather on some sunscreen, and break out that worn copy of Valley Of The Dolls. The art world, [...]

Have you ever noticed than when people look at abstract paintings they’re always peeking around the edges? Clearly the painter has left some secret nugget [...]

Who would’ve thought I’d ever be shilling for Texas, with a glass half-full at that? But having recently spent some time back in The Bayou [...]

‘Tis the season to hand out financial advice. There isn’t a rock in existence under which we could live and not hear about the dismal [...]

Artists have a hard time organizing. We don’t have a union to bust, don’t have annual conferences, and it’s not all that shocking. Take a [...]

Sequels are never as good as the original, but since when has that ever stopped anyone? (To read Part I, click here.) Lack of respect, [...]

‘So, what do you do?’ Gulp, do I say artist, professor, writer, lawyer? One of these things is not like the other. Faced with this [...]

‘It was plagiarism, a plain piece of plumbing’ – Anon., ‘The Richard Mutt Case,’ 1917. Who hasn’t copied something? Dress it up with whatever word [...]

  Excuse my French. Yesterday while thumbing through my book shelves I came across a number of great little exhibition catalogs. One from back in1997. [...]

Let’s just call this one an icebreaker. There’s a saying about putting your best foot forward, but I am waffling about just which one that [...]