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Kelly O'Connor: Worn By The Sun
Sala Diaz
Opens Friday, September 3, 7-11 pm
Through October 3.
(210) 852-4492
The cryptic press release for Kelly O'Connor's upcoming exhibition, Worn by the Sun, at Sala Diaz promises new work that continues her explorations of American pop culture and that it will be "her most ambitious project yet." Combined with the press release image of little Carol Anne Freeling from the seminal film Poltergeist touching a television and announcing "they're here," and the press release's exhortation to "Just ask Alice," if you doubt the ambitiousness of the project, O'Connor's new show should prove to be a psychedelic experience indeed.
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Marilyn Lanfear: Storyteller
San Antonio Art League
Opens Sunday, September 12, 3-5 pm
Through October 23.
(210) 223-1140
The San Antonio Art League & Museum presents a new exhibition recognizing Marilyn Lanfear. Selected as the 2010 Artist of the Year by The San Antonio Art League & Museum, Lanfear is a multi-media artist using collage as a method for loading the images with irony and symbolism. As a visual storyteller, narrative is the driving force of her work while incorporating the history of her Texas family. The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue featuring an essay on Lanfear and her work by David S. Rubin, the Brown Foundation Curator of Contemporary Art at the San Antonio Museum of Art.
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Ansen Seale
Bismarck Studios
Opens Thursday, September 9, 5:30-9:30 pm
Through October 9.
(210) 314-7747
Works by Ansen Seale are created by a machine that the artist himself created. A digital camera records movement of water and the results lie in his exhibition in conjunction with Fotoseptiembre USA 2010 at Bismarck Studios. Seale was recently commissioned by the newly renovated Lila Cockrell Theatre and the San Antonio International Airport.
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ROBERT MAXHAM: Pictures Taken/ Pictures Not Taken
REM gallery
Opens Friday, September 10, 6-9 pm
Through November 6.
(210) 224-1227
Robert Maxham's photographs are juxtaposed with paintings and drawings in his exhibition Pictures Taken / Pictures Not Taken at REM Gallery. Based on an encounter with Robert Plant in front of a shop window in Paris, Maxham's body of work explores images from the past that he has chosen not to capture.
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Marilyn Lanfear: Storyteller
San Antonio Art League
Opens Sunday, September 12, 3-5 pm
Through October 23.
(210) 223-1140
The San Antonio Art League & Museum presents a new exhibition recognizing Marilyn Lanfear. Selected as the 2010 Artist of the Year by The San Antonio Art League & Museum, Lanfear is a multi-media artist using collage as a method for loading the images with irony and symbolism. As a visual storyteller, narrative is the driving force of her work while incorporating the history of her Texas family. The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue featuring an essay on Lanfear and her work by David S. Rubin, the Brown Foundation Curator of Contemporary Art at the San Antonio Museum of Art.
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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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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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Summer Sirens
San Angel Folk Art
On view Sunday, August 1
Through September 12.
(210) 226-6688
San Angel Folk Art celebrates its 22nd anniversary with their "favorite women of the seven seas"! The artists exhibited in Summer Sirens interpret the Mermaid, remembered through fairy tales and folklore whose song distracted sailors from their toils. For over 22 years, Hank Lee’s San Angel Folk Art Gallery has emerged as an institution featuring folk, visionary, outsider, and self-taught art from the U.S., Mexico, Latin America, Europe, Haiti, and Africa.
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Raul Castellanos: Recovery & Recycling
Bihl Haus Arts
Opens Friday, August 13, 5:30-8:30 pm, Discussion with David S. Rubin, Curator of Contemporary Art, San Antonio Museum of Art- Saturday, August 28, 2 pm
Through September 18.
(210) 383-9723
Sculptor Raul Castellanos's new assemblage sculptures and site-specific installations are on view in Recovery & Recycling at Bihl Haus Arts. In the exhibition, Castellanos explores themes of recovery- "his own from addiction and mental health recovery, the recovery of an ecosystem after the BP oil spill and other environmental disasters, and the perpetual consumption of our society,—and recycling—of found objects salvaged from trash heaps…", says the press release. The reception will feature a signature live art performance by the artist, plus live music + 20% of sales will be donated to the National Wildlife Federation in support of relief efforts for wildlife victims of the BP Oil Spill.
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WW 10.2: Ken Little
Artpace
2 to Watch, a collaboration between Artpace and Gemini Ink, Thursday, July 22, 6:30pm!!! Live performance and collaboration by Trey Moore and Ken Little.
Through September 19.
(210) 212-4900
Ken Little's WindowWorks exhibition, It's Not Nine One One, is now in Artpace's Main Avenue window. Little's well-known Texas Biennial 2009 Homeland Security piece will also be on view in conjunction with the HemisFair Park installation of his companion piece. Little's sculptures are assembled with unorthodox materials and question the identity of the subject by replacing its literal surface with a symbolic one. You do not want to miss this so be there or be square!
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Long Range Collaborations- Curated by Libby Rowe
UTSA Satellite Space
Opens Thursday, September 2, 6-9 pm & Friday, September 3, 6-9pm, Artist talks Friday, September 3, 6:30 pm
Through September 19.
(210) 212-7146
Long Range Collaborations brings together the work of two pairs of photographers who conceive and produce their imagery as a team. Witness: A Psychic Collaboration is the culmination of experiments between two close friends, Nate Larson and Marni Shindelman. Mine & Yours, by Anne Leighton Massoni and Chelsy Usher is a three-part exhibition of self-portraits taken using cell phone cameras over the course of a year.
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All School Exhibition 2010 / Crutsinger & Boyd / Garza...
Southwest School of Art and Craft
Opens Thursday, July 15, 5:30–7:30 pm, Closing reception for Carra Garza's "Ordered Kingdoms" Saturday, September 11, 1-3 pm
Through September 21.
(210) 224-1848
Southwest School of Art & Craft presents four new exhibitions opening Thursday, July 15! Students, faculty, and allied artists showcase their recent work in the art school’s annual All School Exhibition, through September 12. This year, the works were selected by Rachel Koper, Program Director at Women & Their Work in Austin. Mark Crutsinger and Sara Katherine Boyd, who recently completed the SSAC Certificate Program in ceramics, also display their works along with San Antonio photographer, Carra Garza in her exhibition Ordered Kingdoms. A group exhibition titled Bee Nation features work from teens enrolled in the SWCAC's Intensive Painting studio.
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Laurel Gibson:Mater Terra + ARTsmart Students:New Crew Works
Blue Star Contemporary Art Center
Opens Saturday, August 14, 4-5 pm
Through September 25.
(210) 227-6960
Blue Star Contemporary Arts showcase a new exhibition titled, Mater Terra that features the work of Laurel Gibson in the Semmes Library exhibition space and curated by San Antonio artist Alex Rubio. Gibson, known for both her ceramics and mixed media works, has been teaching the Blue Star's ARTsmart MOSAIC program this summer. Paintings, drawing, and cermaic works created by her students are also included in the exhibition Meet the New Crew, on display in the Semmes Quiet Gallery and Semmes Conference Gallery.
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Steve Carter: Voice of a Mute Character
StoneMetal Press
On view Tuesday, August 24, Opens Thursday, September 2, 6- 9pm
Through September 25.
(210) 227-0312
Steve Carter exhibits twenty carbon prints plus other printmaking processes that employ photography in the exhibition, Voice of a Mute Character at StoneMetal Press. As part of FOTOSEPTIEMBRE, Carter's most recent work is on view plus some of the pinhole cameras that he uses to create his images.
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Que PASA?
Public Art San Antonio
Opens Thursday, July 15, 5:30-7:30 pm, Que Pasa? bike ride to Beacon Hill Tuesday, August 3, 7:30-10 pm
Through September 30.
210.207.1047
Public Art San Antonio (PASA) opens its new exhibition, entitled Que Pasa?: Experience and Explore Public Art as their featured summer show. Que Pasa? focuses on six themes- Roll, Reflect, Ride, Read, Recycle, and Renew and will feature exhibitions coordinated by artists Aaron Forland, Justin Parr, Patrick Zeller, and Angela and Marc Walley. Outside of the Studio, PASA also hosts art-inspired bike tours led by Thomas Cummins, Elizabeth Gutierrez, Justin Parr, Jessica Ramirez, Ed Saavedra, Gabby Santiago, and Patrick Zeller!
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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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Danqing Coldwell
Joan Grona Gallery
Opens Thursday, September 2, 6-9 pm
Through October 2.
(210) 225-6334
The work of Danqing Coldwell is influenced by ancient Chinese poetry and fearured in a solo exhibition at Joan Grona Gallery for the first time. Coldwell was born in Beijing, China and also studied at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts.
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Kelly O'Connor: Worn By The Sun
Sala Diaz
Opens Friday, September 3, 7-11 pm
Through October 3.
(210) 852-4492
The cryptic press release for Kelly O'Connor's upcoming exhibition, Worn by the Sun, at Sala Diaz promises new work that continues her explorations of American pop culture and that it will be "her most ambitious project yet." Combined with the press release image of little Carol Anne Freeling from the seminal film Poltergeist touching a television and announcing "they're here," and the press release's exhortation to "Just ask Alice," if you doubt the ambitiousness of the project, O'Connor's new show should prove to be a psychedelic experience indeed.
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Pilyoung Shun, Byeongjun Shon & John Mattson
Gallery Nord
Opens Saturday, August 28, 5-8 pm
Through October 6.
(210) 348-0088
Ceramic busts by South Korean sculptor and professor Emeritus from Myoung Ji University, Seul, Pilyoung Shun are exhibited plus sculptures and ecological art installations by his son, Byeongjun Shon. John Mattson's works on paper are also on view in this three person exhibition at Gallery Nord.
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Images Speak to the World: Today’s China
UTSA Art Gallery
Opens Wednesday, September 1, 6-8 pm
Through October 10.
(210) 458-4402
The UTSA Department of Art and Art History and the Confucious Institute, launched in February 2010 to promote the awareness, understanding, and education of Chinese language and culture at UTSA, team up to host Images Speak to the World: Today’s China at the UTSA Art Gallery. The exhibit features contemporary photography that documents 38 different sites in China designated as World Heritage sites, selected by the World Heritage Committee of United Nations.
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This is not a photo show + Kathy Coiner + Kemp Davis
Blue Star Contemporary Art Center
Opens Thursday, September 2, 6-9 pm, "This is not a photo show" opening at Unit B (Gallery)- Friday, September 3, 6-9 pm (Unit B is located at 500 Stieren Street, San Antonio, TX 78210)
Through November 6.
(210) 227-6960
This is not a photo show is curated by Kimberly Aubuchon and is a collaborative exhibition between Blue Star Contemporary Art Center and Unit B (Gallery) with work on display at both locations. Featuring Ben Aqua, William Betts, Helen Maureen Cooper, Thomas Cummins, Michael Eddy, Matthew Noel-Tod, and Yumi Janairo Roth, these artists manipulate traditional concepts of photography. Kathy Coiner's exhibition You appear to me to be someone whose life is meaningless is curated by Chuck Ramirez and includes portraits of survivors of domestic violence. Kathy Drive is Kemp Davis' photographic project that brings together a collection of her childhood memories, on view through September 24.
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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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Art in the Garden: Albert Paley
San Antonio Botanical Garden
Through February 28.
(210) 928-5100
Known for integrating art and architecture, Albert Paley exhibits five steel sculptures at the San Antonio Botanical Garden through February of 2011. Ranging in height from 7 1/2 to over 15 feet, the sculptures are created from CorTen Steel and stainless steel and also weigh between 2000-9000 pounds. The show is curated by Bill FitzGibbons, Executive Director of Blue Star Contemporary Art Center so be sure to check this out! The structures are displayed in the glass and steel contemporary Lucile Halsell Conservatory, the signature icon of the Garden.
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