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Grand Paris Texas: Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler
Lora Reynolds Gallery
Film Screening Thursday, September 9 @ Austin’s historic Paramount Theater, 6 pm, Film begins @ 7 pm, Artist talk at Lora Reynolds Gallery Saturday, September 11, 2 pm
Through September 11.
(512) 215-4965
Lora Reynolds Gallery presents a film screening of Grand Paris Texas by Austin based artists Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler. The screening is held after a conversation between the Director of the Blanton Museum of Art, Ned Rifkin, and the artists. The film explores the history, people and catalysts that have imprinted the small Texas town of Paris. In connection with the film, a selection of Hubbard / Birchler's photographs relating to Grand Paris Texas is on view at Lora Reynolds Gallery September 9-11.
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Michael Mogavero: Four Letter Words
Courtyard Gallery
Opens Thursday, September 9, 4-6 pm
Through January 27.
(361) 275-9111
Michael Mogavero’s Four Letter Words, a series of eight oil paintings, are on display in The Courtyard Gallery beginning September 9. Katie Geha, who runs SOFA Apartment Gallery, says- "Encountering the works in Michael Mogavero's exhibition Four Letter Words might be what it feels like to see a pop song, rather than hear one". The Courtyard Gallery features the artwork of faculty and alumni of the Department of Art and Art History in the College of Fine Arts and Mogavero is a professor of painting at The University of Texas at Austin.
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METHODS OF ENTANGLEMENT
ACES Visualization Laboratory
Opens Thursday, September 9, 7-10 pm, RSVP to rsvp@tacc.utexas.edu, Additional viewings by appointment only
Through October 7.
MASS Gallery and the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) present METHODS OF ENTANGLEMENT. The exhibition presents digital and interactive artwork from local and national artists including Leigh Brodie, Sam Sanford, Ali Miharbi, exCorporation, Duncan Malashock, James Willard Pierce, Robert Boland, Jeanne Stern, and Jenny Vogel in TACC's Visualization Laboratory, a new venue for digital art in Austin!
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Michael Mogavero: Four Letter Words
Courtyard Gallery
Opens Thursday, September 9, 4-6 pm
Through January 27.
(361) 275-9111
Michael Mogavero’s Four Letter Words, a series of eight oil paintings, are on display in The Courtyard Gallery beginning September 9. Katie Geha, who runs SOFA Apartment Gallery, says- "Encountering the works in Michael Mogavero's exhibition Four Letter Words might be what it feels like to see a pop song, rather than hear one". The Courtyard Gallery features the artwork of faculty and alumni of the Department of Art and Art History in the College of Fine Arts and Mogavero is a professor of painting at The University of Texas at Austin.
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CHARACTER SKETCH
grayduck gallery
Opens Thursday, September 9, 7-9 pm
Through October 9.
512.826.5334
Character Sketch features the work of three artists in the new exhibition at grayDUCK gallery. Check out paintings of heros and kings by Eddie Hamilton, scratchboards by DC Ice, and watercolors of incomplete characters by Melanie Sinclair. Each artist creates characters within their work and their use of the protagonist is the common thread that brings these three artists together.
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Grand Paris Texas: Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler
Lora Reynolds Gallery
Film Screening Thursday, September 9 @ Austin’s historic Paramount Theater, 6 pm, Film begins @ 7 pm, Artist talk at Lora Reynolds Gallery Saturday, September 11, 2 pm
Through September 11.
(512) 215-4965
Lora Reynolds Gallery presents a film screening of Grand Paris Texas by Austin based artists Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler. The screening is held after a conversation between the Director of the Blanton Museum of Art, Ned Rifkin, and the artists. The film explores the history, people and catalysts that have imprinted the small Texas town of Paris. In connection with the film, a selection of Hubbard / Birchler's photographs relating to Grand Paris Texas is on view at Lora Reynolds Gallery September 9-11.
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Heidi Landau: Wanderings
Big Medium (formerly Bolm Studios)
Opens Saturday, September 11, 8-11 pm
Through October 2.
(512) 385-1670
Heidi Landau takes on a journey of walking for the purposes of health, exploration and introspection in her exhibition Wanderings at Big Medium. By documenting her voyage through drawings and mark making, Landau investigates ways to capture and share the essence of a walk. The artist asks- "Is a walk merely an individual experience or can it be transferable as a work of art? How can a walk be captured?"
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Leslie Sealey
Wally Workman Gallery
Opens Saturday, September 11, 6-8 pm
Through September 29.
(512) 472-7428
Wally Workman Gallery opens a solo show with painter Leslie Sealey for her second solo show at the gallery. By emphasizing geometric shapes, Sealey draws attention to the abstract nature of a cityscape.
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PAPER 2: Craig, Dudley, Kunc, Lehrer, and Samsel
Gallery Shoal Creek
On view Thursday, September 2, Reception Friday, September 17, 6-8 pm
Through October 2.
512-454-6671
Gallery Shoal Creek presents the exhibition PAPER 2, a group show featuring Melissa Jay Craig, Catherine Dudley, Karen Kunc, Leonard Lehrer, and Francesca Samsel. The exhibition explores the process of five artists whose work incorporates printmaking, collages, and sculptural works of hand-made paper.
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Kim Wimprine: Subliminal Cognizance
Co-Lab
Opens Saturday, September 11, 7-11 pm, On View By Appointment Only: September 12-17, Closing Reception: Saturday, September 18, 7-11 pm
Through September 18.
(512) 300-8217
Kim Wimprine's large-scale interactive sculptures incorporate handmade ceramic pieces with other mixed media. In her installation Subliminal Cognizance at Co-Lab, Wimprine creates a unique space fueled by her interest in industry and everyday objects. There are two receptions taking place Saturday, September 11th and 17th so be sure to get by and check this out.
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OKAY MOUNTAIN: New Works
Austin Museum of Art (downtown)
On view Saturday, August 28, Conversation: Thursday, September 24, 7 pm
Through November 14.
(512) 495-9224
New Works: Okay Mountain is currently on exhibition at the Austin Museum of Art, featuring the Austin-based Okay Mountain's video installation Water, Water Everywhere, So Let's All Have a Drink , a satirical send-up of mass media. The 10-person collective will discuss the inspirations and collaborative process for making their video installation in conversation on September 23 at AMOA. Okay Mountain's exhibition Benefit Plate was recently on view in New York at Freight + Volume and was reviewed in The New York Times and Village Voice.
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CORMAC McCARTHY: Selections from the Permanent Collection
The Wittliff Collections
On view Monday, August 23, Opens October 28, 6-7 pm, Program features Peter Josyph, author of Adventures in Reading Cormac McCarthy, FREE! RSVP to southwesternwriters@txstate.edu
Through December 12.
(512) 245-2313
One of America’s most critically acclaimed writers, Cormac McCarthy is the author of some of the finest novels of our time, including All the Pretty Horses, Blood Meridian, No Country for Old Men, and The Road, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in 2007. CORMAC McCARTHY: Selections from the Permanent Collection features McCarthy’s literary papers and related materials which are held at Texas State University’s Wittliff Collections. This is the first large-scale public exhibition showcasing the notes, handwritten and typed drafts, unpublished pieces, correspondence, and other items that lend insight into McCarthy’s career and writing process!
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PAINTED LIGHT: Photoworks by KATE BREAKEY
The Wittliff Collections
On view Thursday, August 26, Reception and book launch November 6, 7-9:30 pm, FREE! RSVP to thewittliffcollections@txstate.edu
Through February 4.
(512) 245-2313
Kate Breakey's large-scale, richly hand-colored photographs are now on view in her new exhibition at Texas State University's Wittliff Collections. Painted Light is the first career retrospective of Breakey's work with over 130 selections from nine suites of photographs. The show encompasses a quarter-century of her work, including Small Deaths, her acclaimed portrait series of birds, flowers, animals, and insects. This exhibition is part of FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA and a second book in the Wittliff’s Southwestern & Mexican Photography Series is available, published October 2010 by UT Press.
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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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Grand Paris Texas: Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler
Lora Reynolds Gallery
Film Screening Thursday, September 9 @ Austin’s historic Paramount Theater, 6 pm, Film begins @ 7 pm, Artist talk at Lora Reynolds Gallery Saturday, September 11, 2 pm
Through September 11.
(512) 215-4965
Lora Reynolds Gallery presents a film screening of Grand Paris Texas by Austin based artists Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler. The screening is held after a conversation between the Director of the Blanton Museum of Art, Ned Rifkin, and the artists. The film explores the history, people and catalysts that have imprinted the small Texas town of Paris. In connection with the film, a selection of Hubbard / Birchler's photographs relating to Grand Paris Texas is on view at Lora Reynolds Gallery September 9-11.
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Distinguished Artist Veterans
Access Gallery
On view Sunday, August 9, Opens Saturday, August 21, 6-8 pm
Through September 17.
(512) 323-6626
This year VSA Texas Access Gallery once again launches the Distinguished Artist Veterans exhibition at Access Gallery. This show features new work by twelve disabled American veterans from Texas, including some that were in last year’s show plus a few new artists are also included.
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Michael Long: Argentina Expressions
L. Nowlin Gallery
On view Tuesday, August 17, Opens Saturday, August 21, 6-8 pm & September 2, 6-8 pm
Through September 18.
(512) 626-9301
Shot with color negative film during a five week adventure to Argentina, the series Argentina Expressions is now being featured at L. Nowlin Gallery. Michael Long's work is greatly influenced by painting and works to eliminate distinctions between realism and abstraction by shifting camera positions, the use of selective focus, and subject motion.
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Fired Up! The Art of Ceramics Glass & Steel
Pump Project Art Complex
Opens Saturday, August 28, 7-10 pm
Through September 18.
(512) 351-8571
Check out the exhibition at the Pump Project Art Complex featuring sculptural and functional work by Austin artists Ryan McKerley, Edmund Martinez, Sharon Smith, James Tisdale, Jennifer Prichard, Micah Evans, Morgan Graff, Sun McColgin, Mike Merritt, Jared Thies, Flo Vasquez, Rebecca Cole, Glenda Kronke, Colin McIntyre, Croix Williamson, Claire Montgomery, and Mandy Sue Springer.
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Bill Miller: New Work In Vintage Linoleum
Yard Dog Gallery
Opens Saturday, September 4, 7-9 pm
Through September 26.
512-912-1613
Bill Miller's collages made from salvaged vintage linoleum create the effect of stained glass and incorporate the pattern and color of the material. Miller began working with reclaimed materials as a founding member of Pittsburgh's Industrial Arts Co-op, constructing large scale sculptures made of scrap materials in abandoned industrial sites. September marks the 15th Anniversary of Yard Dog so be sure to stop by for the celebration!
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(Re)Vision: An Experiment in Artmaking
Big Medium (formerly Bolm Studios)
Opens Saturday, September 4, 7-11 pm
Through September 30.
(512) 385-1670
The Texas Art Collectors of Austin and San Antonio bring together an exhibition of work by some of Austin's best contemporary talent in (Re)Vision. With this list of names, the show is sure to be a good one so miss your chance to see work by Sean Gaulager, Shadi Dunkin, Steve Dubov, Roi James, Terri Thomas, Heather Tolleson, Debra Broz, Laura Caffrey, Ethan Diehl, Amy Scofield, Michael Ablman, Jamie Panzer, Jana Swec, and Hank Waddell.
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Jack King: Brain: Flawed/Fun
The Artpost
Opens Saturday, September 4, 7-11 pm, Contact Jack King at jack.king@mail.utexas.edu for viewing during September
Through September 30.
817-944-9954
Jack King's work is influenced by psychology and in his new exhibition, Brain: Flawed/Functioning, he mixes interactive, sculptural, and 2-D pieces at The Artpost.
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Fotografica: Photography exhibit for Fotoseptiembre USA
La Peña
Opens Friday, September 3, 6–8 pm
Through October 2.
(512) 477-6007
La Peña presents Fotografica as a part of the Fotoseptiembre USA International Photography Festival, a unique forum for the exhibition and celebration of photography and photography-based art forms. This group exhibition includes almost twenty artists plus a musical performance by Azul during the opening!
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METHODS OF ENTANGLEMENT
ACES Visualization Laboratory
Opens Thursday, September 9, 7-10 pm, RSVP to rsvp@tacc.utexas.edu, Additional viewings by appointment only
Through October 7.
MASS Gallery and the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) present METHODS OF ENTANGLEMENT. The exhibition presents digital and interactive artwork from local and national artists including Leigh Brodie, Sam Sanford, Ali Miharbi, exCorporation, Duncan Malashock, James Willard Pierce, Robert Boland, Jeanne Stern, and Jenny Vogel in TACC's Visualization Laboratory, a new venue for digital art in Austin!
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Joseph Phillips and Shawn Smith
d berman gallery
Opens Thursday, August 26, 6–8 pm, Artist talks Saturday, September 11, 1 pm
Through October 9.
(512) 477-8877
d berman gallery pairs together Austin artists Joseph Phillips and Shawn Smith for two solo exhibitions in which both artists examine human interaction with the natural world. Joseph Phillips' gouache works on paper depict pre-fabricated land units that look as though they could be dropped into a suburban sprawl. Shawn Smith’s sculptures of pixelated, abstracted forms, explore society's increasing reliance on digital media as an alternative to the natural world.
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Dana Brown: The Fiction
Diaz Gallery
Opens Saturday, September 4, 7-9 pm
Through October 9.
512-444-0013
Diaz Gallery presents an exhibition of works by Austin artist Dana Brown. In The Fiction, two separate bodies of work are presented together where Brown's’s bright and colorful paintings are set against his systematic collages.
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CHARACTER SKETCH
grayduck gallery
Opens Thursday, September 9, 7-9 pm
Through October 9.
512.826.5334
Character Sketch features the work of three artists in the new exhibition at grayDUCK gallery. Check out paintings of heros and kings by Eddie Hamilton, scratchboards by DC Ice, and watercolors of incomplete characters by Melanie Sinclair. Each artist creates characters within their work and their use of the protagonist is the common thread that brings these three artists together.
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From Process to Print: Graphic Works by Romare Bearden
Austin Museum of Art (downtown)
On view Saturday, August 28
Through November 14.
(512) 495-9224
The new exhibition at the Austin Museum of Art, From Process to Print: Graphic Works by Romare Bearden, investigates the ways that preeminent American artist, Romare Bearden (1911-1988), mastered the medium of printmaking. Seventy-five prints created over thirty years are on view and the exhibition is organized by Landau Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles, with the help of the Romare Bearden Foundation. The works in the exhibition show Bearden’s literary, biblical, mythological, popular culture and western and non-western themes that were informed by his African American cultural experiences.
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Discovering the Language of Photography
Harry Ransom Center
On view Tuesday, September 7, Reception Friday, September 10, 6 pm, $20 non-members, Tour by David Coleman Thursday, September 16, 7 pm, AUSTIN MUSEUM DAY- Q & A- Sunday, September 19, 12-5 pm
Through January 2.
512-471-8944
Discovering the Language of Photography: The Gernsheim Collection draws from the collection of Helmut and Alison Gernsheim. The exhibition features masterpieces from photography’s first 150 years, alongside other images that are integral to the medium’s history. Highlights include the first photograph (on permanent display at the Ransom Center), works by nineteenth-century masters such as Lewis Carroll, Julia Margaret Cameron, and Henry Peach Robinson, and iconic images by modern photographers such as Man Ray, Edward Weston, Robert Capa, and Henri Cartier-Bresson.
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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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Michael Mogavero: Four Letter Words
Courtyard Gallery
Opens Thursday, September 9, 4-6 pm
Through January 27.
(361) 275-9111
Michael Mogavero’s Four Letter Words, a series of eight oil paintings, are on display in The Courtyard Gallery beginning September 9. Katie Geha, who runs SOFA Apartment Gallery, says- "Encountering the works in Michael Mogavero's exhibition Four Letter Words might be what it feels like to see a pop song, rather than hear one". The Courtyard Gallery features the artwork of faculty and alumni of the Department of Art and Art History in the College of Fine Arts and Mogavero is a professor of painting at The University of Texas at Austin.
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