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Karen Mahaffy: Persistence of Moment
Women & Their Work
Opens Thursday, July 22, 6-8 pm, "The Phenomena of Place", Artist Panel with Karen Mahaffy Thursday, August 12, 7 pm
Through September 2.
(512) 477-1064
Karen Mahaffy creates video, sculptural and drawn works in her new exhibition, Persistence of Moment, at Women and Their Work. Mahaffy's ephemeral time-based video works will be on view as well as several sculptures which were inspired by Mahaffy’s recent Research Fulbright to Estonia. An artist panel entitled, The Phenomena of Place, takes place Thursday, August 12 at 7 pm with a conversation between Karen Mahaffy, Megan Crigger, Austin's Public Art Administrator, author Chris Oglesby, artist Chris Sauter and other guest artists.
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CONSENSUS OF TASTE
Mexic-Arte Museum
Opens Friday, July 16, 6–9 pm, $5 General Public / Free for Members, Live Performance Art by Jesus Benavente and Jennifer Remenchik, Music by DJ Andrew Alter
Through September 3.
(512) 480-9373
The 15th Young Latino Artists Exhibition is now on view at the Mexic-Arte Museum! Consensus of Taste is curated by Claudia Zapata who, according to the press release, utilizes Clement Greenberg's concept that suggests there is a “consensus of taste” in which disputed taste eventually is agreed upon by all parties. Featured artists include Jesus Benavente, Candace M. Briceño, Margarita Cabrera, Bobby Dixon, Santiago Forero, Eduardo Xavier Garcia, Ivete Lucas, Randy Muniz, Cruz Ortiz, Matthew Rodriguez, Carlos Rosales-Silva, Abel Saucedo, Vargas-Suarez Universal, David “Shek” Vega, and Jason Villegas!!! The Serie Print Project XVII exhibition is also on view with serigraphy from this Austin-based studio.
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88, organized by Andy Coolquitt
Domy Books Austin
Opens Saturday, August 7, 7-10 pm
Through September 9.
(512) 476-DOMY (3669)
Domy Books, in association with Okay Mountain presents the exhibition 88, organized by Andy Coolquitt. Featured artists include Jamie Panzer, Jill Thrasher, Kal Spelletich, Nic Maffei, Regina Vater, Sheelah Murthy, Steve Jones, Teresa Hubbard, Theresa Houston, Lance Letscher, Bob Anderson, Bogdan Perzynski, Carolee Schneemann, Elisa Jimenez, Luke Savisky, Peter Glassford, Sawad Brooks, Julia Maffei, Bill Lundberg, Ethyl Shipton, Angela Berkson, Ted Laredo, Penny Van Horn, Teresa Hubbard/Alexander Birchler, Scott Van Horn, Bart Farrar and more... this is going to be a good one so don't miss this your chance to check it out before September 9!
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Repartee: 19th-Century Prints and Drawings from The Blanton
Blanton Museum of Art
On view Saturday, August 14
Through January 16.
(512) 471-7324
The Blanton Museum of Art features an exhibition of over 125 works exploring the artists and ideas introduced in the 19th century working in the mediums of printmaking and drawing. Repartee: 19th-Century Prints and Drawings from The Blanton Collection examines the social and theoretical frameworks for nineteenth-century art making. Featured in the exhibition are works by John Constable, William Blake, Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, Auguste Renoir, Berthe Morisot, J.A.M Whistler, Paul Gauguin, Paul Cézanne and Toulouse-Lautrec to name just a few.
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Luc Tuymans
Dallas Museum of Art
Gallery talk led by Jim Falk Wednesday, June 30, 1:30 pm with guest speaker Dr. Rick Halperin, Gallery Talk- "Luc Tuymans: Durational Aesthetic", July 28, 12:15 pm
Through September 5.
(214) 922-1803
The Dallas Museum of Arts presents the first U.S. retrospective of the work of Belgian artist Luc Tuymans! This comprehensive presentation of Tuyman's work opened at The Wexner Center for the Arts and then traveled to to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art before making its way over to the DMA. This exhibition was jointly organized by the two museums and spans every phase of Tuyman's career. Eighty paintings from 1978 are featured and are organized in chronological order to highlight the progression of his work. This exhibition is not to be missed so be sure to check it out before September comes around.
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Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America
Amon Carter Museum
On view Saturday, June 26, Gallery Talk by Rebecca Lawson- "The Maker, Not the Muse" Thursday, July 29, 6 pm, Film Screening & Discussion- "Abstraction, Avant-Garde and the Silver Screen" Thursday, August 26, 6 pm
Through September 5.
(817) 738-1933
The Amon Carter Museum unveils Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America, 1920s–50s. This groundbreaking exhibition is the first to bring together South American and U.S. geometric abstraction. Organized by the Newark Museum, the show features 85 works by over 65 abstract artists from Argentina, Brazil, the US, Uruguay and Venezuela, working in a variety of media. Constructive Spirit provides a fresh look at modernism and highlights works by Joaquín Torres-García, Arshile Gorky, Gyula Kosice and Jesús Rafael Soto, to name a few. In conjunction with the exhibition, four short, avant-garde films by Mary Ellen Bute and Dwinell Grant are shown in the museum’s auditorium every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 1-3 pm (except July 4 & 10 + August 8).
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George Wentz: Joie de Vivre
Art Museum of Southeast Texas
Opens Friday, July 23, 6-8 pm
Through September 26.
(409) 832-3432
The Art Museum of Southeast Texas presents an exhibition of work by George Wentz from July 24 through September 26. In March 2010, the Southeast Texas community lost a beloved friend with the death of this artist, George Wentz. The opening reception takes place on Friday, July 23 to remember Wentz and will include a gallery talk about the artist’s life and work by Andy Coughlan. Forty paintings, drawings, and collages from the 1960s to 2010 are on view in this exhibition titled, Joie de Vivre, derived from a French expression meaning “joy of life or living.” Wentz's gestural and abstract works are reminiscent of the French post-impressionists and the most recent collection of paintings and drawings was donated to the museum.
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Women Artists:Selections from the AMSET Permanent Collection
Art Museum of Southeast Texas
Opens Friday, July 23, 6-8 pm
Through September 26.
(409) 832-3432
Women Artists: Selections from the AMSET Permanent Collection continues the summer series of exhibitions from the permanent collection of the museum. This selection of work created by women artists represented in AMSET’s collection includes photography, painting, sculpture, mixed media, textiles, and printmaking. The exhibition consists of forty works created by contemporary women artists either born in Texas or who have spent a majority of their career working in the state. Artists include Mary McCleary, Bessie Harvey, Sarah Mary Taylor, Patricia Cargill, Maudee Carron, Cherry Sha Ela Re El, and Janna Fulbright.
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OUTLOUD: A Word-Based Exhibit
Philomena Gabriel Contemporary
Opens Saturday, August 14, 6-9 pm, Open House Saturday, August 28, 11am-4pm
Through September 11.
713-523-7424
After presenting several impressive, roving exhibitions at different spaces around town, Zoya Tommy settles in and presents PG Contemporary's inaugural exhibition, OUTLOUD at 3227 1/2 Milam Street. Tommy assembles a group exhibition featuring artists who incorporate words and phrases into artworks by some of H-Town's favorite visual wordsmiths: Bill Davenport, Joseph Havel, Rachel Hecker, Kelly Klaasmeyer, Tierney Malone, Aaron Parazette and Gabriela Trzebinski. Be sure to support this exciting new space, and, as they say, spread the word!
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Perspectives 171: Jennifer West
Contemporary Arts Museum
Opens Thursday, July 15, 7-9 pm, Gallery walk-through with Jennifer West at 6:30 pm, Artists/Scholars Talk with Peter Lucas Thursday, August 12, 6:30 pm
Through September 26.
(713) 284-8250
Perspectives 171: Jennifer West is the first solo museum exhibition for this Los Angeles-based artist and is curated by Valerie Cassel Oliver, CAMH curator. Working in film and film installation, West creates experimental works that blend filmmaking, painting, and performance art and reference iconic moments in film, music, and art history. Five film projections created between 2008 and 2010 are on view and a limited edition zine, created by the artist, will also accompany the exhibition.
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Dance with Camera
Contemporary Arts Museum
Opens Friday, August 6, 7-10 pm, Artists/Scholars Talk Saturday, August 7, 2 pm
Through October 14.
(713) 284-8250
Dance with Camera features art works in film, video, and still photography that shows the ways dance has inspired visual artists to record bodies moving in time and space. Twenty-six artists and filmmakers are highlighted in the exhibition which has been organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, and curated by Jenelle Porter, ICA Curator. The exhibition includes works from the 1960s by Bruces Conner and Nauman along with heavy hitters Mike Kelley and Merce Cunningham. Numerous live performances are also scheduled and co-presented by the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts so check the CAMH website for the full line-up!
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Joseph Havel: Cockroach Poems/ Jillian Conrad & Jeff Forster
Art League Houston
Opens Thursday, September 2, 6-9 pm
Through October 15.
(713) 523-9530
Art League Houston launches the Fall season with the opening of Cockroach Poems, an exhibition of sculpture by 2010 Texas Artist of the Year Joseph Havel. Using text cut from the book The Dream Songs by poet John Berryman, Havel creates a narrative in which a group of collage “poems” are edited by glue-and-text eating cockroaches, randomly altering the work. Don't miss the two-person show featuring recent work by recent Core Fellow Jillian Conrad and clay artist Jeff Forster. Conrad's work created with plywood, concrete, and cardboard reference everyday landscapes while Forster's sculptures are made from reused materials, fired remnants, and photographs of pre-existing sculptures.
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Objects of Devotion
Menil Collection
On view Friday, August 13, Gallery Talk by exhibition curator Kristina Van Dyke with Linda Neagley, Associate Professor of Art History at Rice University- Tuesday, October 12, 7:30 pm
Through October 31.
(713) 525-9400
Religion is never far from art. A new exhibition, Objects of Devotion, at the Menil, explores this persistent connection. Culled from the museum's permanent collection and featuring many works never before on view, Objects of Devotion exhibits a wide range of devotional objects that exist at the intersection of religion and art. Exhibition curator Kristina Van Dyke presents approximately 32 objects, from a ninth century Mayan drinking vessel, to Medieval shrine figures of saints, that comment upon our past and present human need for art and religion that helps guide us through uncertainty.
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HSR 10.2: On the Road
Artpace
Opens Thursday, May 13, 6-8:30 pm, Chat & Chew Friday, August 6, 12:30-1:30 pm
Through September 5.
(210) 212-4900
On the Road brings together the work of Robert Adams, Ant Farm, John Baldessari, Walker Evans, Robbert Flick, Mary Heilmann, Roger Kuntz, Danny Lyon, Catherine Opie, Allen Ruppersberg, Ed Ruscha, Stephen Shore, Alexis Smith, Kon Trubkovich, and Andy Warhol. Taking its title from the legendary book by American poet and novelist Jack Kerouac, On the Road, the exhibition investigates the myth of the American road trip. On the Road is curated by Jens Hoffmann, Director, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art so take a trip to Artpace and check out this incredible line-up of artists!
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Neither Model nor Muse: Women as Artists
McNay Art Museum
On view Wednesday, June 2
Through September 12.
(210) 824-5368
The McNay challenges renowned art historian Linda Nochlin's 1971 ARTnews essay Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? in this exhibition Neither Model nor Muse: Women as Artists. For the first time ever a selection of the McNay's works by women artists are brought together through the inspiration of art collector, educator, and watercolorist Marion Koogler McNay. Works by British sculptor Barbara Hepworth and Louise Nevelson (shown) are the highlights along with Kiki Smith, Helen Frankenthaler, and Agnes Martin. Texas favs Margo Sawyer and Dorothy Hood are also included!
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New Works: 10.2- Cyrus, McCorkie, and Sosnowska
Artpace
Opens Thursday, July 15, 6-8:30 pm, Artist talks 6:30-7:30 pm, 10-Minute Tour Friday, July 16, 1 pm, Chat & Chew Monday, August 6, 12:30-1:30 pm
Through September 12.
(210) 212-4900
Artpace's new round of artists in their International Artist-In-Residence Program offers a new exhibition with New Works: 10.2. Curated by Patrick Charpenel, an independent curator from Guadalajara, Mexico, this exhibition includes the work of Jamal Cyrus (shown) of Houston, Corey McCorkle from New York, and Monika Sosnowska of Warsaw, Poland. Don't miss Cyrus' Pride Record series, which tells a story of an independent record label which becomes a target of the FBI's Counterintelligence Program. McCorkle's projects explore ideas of isolation and the ideals of Utopia while Sosnowska creates architecturally influenced sculptures and installations.
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“I’d rather get fired than quit.”
Blue Star_Lab
Two-part exhibition presented by FL!GHT and Blue Star Contemporary Art Center! Opens Sat., August 14, 7-10 pm @ FL!GHT (through Sept. 6), Performances Thurs., August 26, 8:45 pm @ Blue Star Lab, Artist talks Wed., September 22, 2:30 pm @ Blue Star Lab
Through October 2.
210.227.6960
“I’d rather get fired than quit” is a two-part exhibition presented by FL!GHT and Blue Star Contemporary Art Center from curators Ed Saavedra and Justin Parr. Beginning Saturday, August 14, FL!GHT features the work of Brian Duff and Derek Allen Brown through September 6 for the first part of the show. The second half of the exhibition is a performance that opens at Blue Star Lab on Thursday, August 26 with Beto Gonzales, Bryan De La Garza, Daniel Saldaña, Derek Allen Brown, Franklin Bryson Brooks, Gabriela Santiago, Jake Zollie Harper, Jeremiah Teutsch, Joe De La Cruz, Kerri Coar, Lisa Corradino, and Nicholas Hay at 8:45 pm sharp. A Black Box Lunch with an informal discussion with artists is Wednesday, September 22 at 12:30 pm at Blue Star Lab.
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Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Billboards
Artpace
Interactive Bus Tour Saturday, March 13, 1-3 pm, Call 210.212.4900 to sign up, On view until Friday, Dec. 31, 2010
Through December 31.
(210) 212-4900
Felix Gonzalez-Torres' billboard works are featured in the statewide exhibition that is on view for a year and in celebration of Artpace's 15th anniversary. Dallas, El Paso, Houston, and San Antonio will have sites that rotate throughout the year on six billboards in each city. Executive Director Matthew Drutt organized the exhibition with funding provided by the Linda Pace Foundation and in-kind support from Clear Channel Outdoor. [image © The Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York]
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Mexican Muralist Works on Paper: from the Blanton Museum...
Old Jail Art Center
On view Saturday, June 5
Through September 12.
325-762-2269
In recognition of the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Mexican Revolution, The Old Jail Art Center presents the exhibition Mexican Muralist Works on Paper: from the Blanton Museum of Art. Works from the permanent collection of the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin are now showcased in this new exhibition in Albany at The Old Jail Center. Works on paper produced by the Revolution-era mural artists and their colleagues who helped shape the face of public art in Mexico are featured. Muralists, Diego Rivera, José Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros amongst many others are highlights of the show!
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Construct, Curated by Ryder Richards
Art Depot
On view Friday, August 6, Opening Receptions held during First Friday Art Trails Friday, August 6 & September 3, 6-9 pm
Through September 24.
(806) 790-5508
Curated by Art Depot 's owner Ryder Richards, Construct is a group exhibition featuring Nathan Green, Thor Johnson, Jeff Mueller, and Monica Vidal (shown). Green, an Austin resident and member of the Austin based art collective Okay Mountain, showcases his "painting conglomerates" that skew and subvert traditional exhibition techniques. Johnson, a Dallas based artist, creates complex patterning and Mandala based videos while Mueller, a Chicago resident, utilizes appropriated text intermingled with visual images. Vidal, a Houston resident, will exhibit work based on a tumor removal she experienced in 2007.
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OPP: Other People’s projections
K Space Contemporary
Opens Saturday, July 31, 6-8 pm, First Friday ArtWalk - Friday, September 3, 5:30-9 pm
Through October 2.
(361) 887-6834
K Space Contemporary presents the exhibition OPP: Other People’s Projections, a video installation showcasing works from John Aåsp, Christopher Lowther, John Medina, Monica Panzarino, and David Politzer. Aåsp focuses on video as past photographic practice, while Lowther uses space and video projection to reference stereotypes of masculinity in Hollywood film. Medina incorporates music, performance, installation, video, sculpture and printmaking and Panzarino creates single-channel video and sound. Sobel uses ceramics, video, performance, found objects, and mixed media in a sculptural, installation environment while Politzer works with mixed media as installation art.
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Native American Works On Paper
El Paso Museum of Art
Tour with Katherine Smith, Assistant Curator- Wednesday, May 5 @ 12:15 pm
Through September 19.
(915) 532-1707
This exhibition at The El Paso Museum of Art showcases works on paper by Native American artists by the likes of Gilbert Atencio, Kay B., Arthur Begay, Archie Blackowl, Nat Coriz, Woody Crumbo, Robert Draper, Kananginak, Kiakshuk, R. Naha, and Paul Pletka. Many of the artists in Native American Works On Paper studied at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, which was created to continue artistic and cultural traditions of the Native American people.
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Earth Water Air Fire: The Work of Carole Feuerman
El Paso Museum of Art
Gallery Talk and Public Opening Sunday, August 15, 2:20-3:30 pm, Book signing with artist Carole Feuerman in the Museum Store, 3:30-4:30 pm
Through November 7.
(915) 532-1707
Hyper-real sculptor, Carole Feuerman has created figurative sculpture, predominantly of women since the 1980’s. Her work is now featured in the exhibition, Earth Water Air Fire, at The El Paso Museum of Art, with fifty-one sculptural works in oil painted resin, cast marble, and bronze from the 1980’s, the 1990’s and the first decade of the 21st Century. Feuerman work recalls classical sculpture, French sculptor Auguste Rodin, and the aesthetics of Surrealism. A booksigning takes place Sunday, August 15 from 3:30-4:30 pm following the opening reception.
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