Katherine Bernhardt at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Painted at a feverish pace, it’s as if Bernhardt is trying to outrun the banality of her subjects, stamping them onto the canvas over and over again until meaning collapses onto itself.
Is criticism dead yet? Does anyone care?
What happens when, as a critic or artist, you believe the culture and the tradition from which a practice emerges is criminal, or even evil?
Why We Need Boring Old Textile Shows Now More Than Ever
More than anything, this is exactly the kind of show that can blowtorch away any calcified, received ideas around the kind of art that you should be looking at.
Pradeep Dalal at Sala Diaz, San Antonio
This is not a straight polemic, but rather something more removed and elusive.
Top Five: May 18, 2017
Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on an eerie show in Austin, Roni Horn in Dallas, and a veteran Texas painter’s return to Houston.
Robert Ruello at Inman Gallery, Houston
I don’t need or expect or even necessarily want the individual works I’m engaging with to want to change the world, or even try.
Fun with a Sex Machine
Finding some poetry in a Motorbunny is the kind of problem-solving puzzle I’d like to think all good artists would tackle with real intent.
Report from CineMarfa 2017
CineMarfa is simply a series of unique cinematic experiences, laid out over four days in May as a montage of creative nudges and existential echoes.
Art Dirt 4: Troll Art, Whether Artists Should Talk, Museums & Galleries Are Still Separate
"Did he have a cheek mic? A flesh-toned cheek mic?"
