Faced with a broadcast accusation, I always feel as if it's directed at me. Thinking too much!? Not me! Schindler's is an aggressive piece; before anything else, I've got to…
Houston Artletter
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Round Up was one of those disappointing shows that feel like the aftermath of a party. The gallery lights were dimmed; the floppy green tent that filled most of the…
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Emily Sloan's SOS is four sculptures and four drawings cobbled together into an installation. It's jumbled and incoherent, but I don't think it's terminal. The contrast between Sloan's overly careful…
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I'm agreeing with Titus (re his most recent blog post: "Another hash house opens in the Design District") about artist statements- I find that the best way to keep from…
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Heading over to the MFAH to catch the last day of the Brazilian Constructivist show, I had to divert to take a picture of the big red dinosaur out front.…
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Suddath's new work is a folded geometric toy made from rusted pipe outside Lawndale's back door. Half plop-art and half industrial relic, it balances uneasily with doodle-like casualness, a little…
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One of the most difficult things to write about is art for which I don't really have strong feelings. Writing an art blog this becomes a major issue. Here I…
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Well, I may as well get started where I left off. Here's a snapshot taken at the Norman Bluhm show at the Station, way back in March. You know, those…
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Do not be alarmed, this is just a test with a picture.
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This is a painting by Manuel Ocampo I saw in Los Angeles a few years ago. It's not as funny now as it was when I came across it unexpectedly…
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From: [email protected] Subject: ? Date: May 24, 2007 9:25:40 PM CDT To: [email protected] Bill, What gives? No blog since Ghost Wolf…? Just checking in. R Dear Rainey, <IRONY> Obviously,…
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This painting, Ghost Wolf by artist Michael Grace fascinates me. It's the kind of a painting I feel lucky to have nabbed at the thrift store. The cookie-cutter horse…
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Not that I'm paranoid, or anything, but here's a giant strawberry I bought last week at Kroger. If the intelligent machines don't get us, strawberries like these will.
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I was in a grim mood yesterday, and I was thinking about whether intelligent machines would really someday take over from people, and if so, what they would think about…
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OK, here's my rant against gated communities. You've heard it before, but I had to visit one of these places yesterday, for the first time in years, and I have…
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Saw this sign last week on Waugh Drive, just across from Rudyard's. There was no one around, so I don't know whether they were handing out food or asking for…
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A friend of mine visiting LA emailed me pictures of a show at Rosamund Felsen Gallery in Santa Monica by Jean Lowe. She thought that since I was an artist…
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Doing my taxes reminds me of home. I was raised in a suburb eight miles from Washington, DC and only five from the Pentagon. My parents and all my friend's…
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Maureen McNamara at the Sunday afternoon opening of her film Hot Town/Cool City in the MFAH's refrigerated basement auditorium. A lot of people I know are in it, but the…