As we commemorate Juneteenth, the day that marked The Emancipation Proclamation's arrival to Texas a full two and a half years after the 1863 decree, these works emphasize how long the road has been, and how far still we have to go.
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"How long shall they kill our prophets, while we stand aside and look?" -Bob Marley
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Christina Rees to Introduce Films by Chris Burden at the Fort Worth Modern
by Brandon Zechby Brandon ZechHeld in conjunction with the museum's current exhibition, the program on Tuesday will feature films that include interviews with Mr. Burden about his work, and some pieces of video art that he created during his lifetime.
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This isn't the first time in recent years that The Modern has curated artist submissions for an exhibition-related project.
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Fired up at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, April 31. Chris Burden's 'Metropolis II' at LACMA A post shared by Texas Visual Art (@glasstire) on Apr 3, 2017 at 12:09pm PDT
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There’s always clamor in our world. Once again I’m glad for the artists who cut through the noise, noisily.
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If nature abhors a vacuum, then so too does a grave want its body.
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If you give yourself less than ten minutes to compile a mental list of international and regional artists who’ve dealt with guns in their work, you rack up an impressive number really quickly.
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There are really two ways an artist can assault an art space, and there are about four common reasons for doing it. Some are better than others.
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In 1988, and an art-appreciation class introduced me to Chris Burden along with the idea that a person would have himself shot or crucified or potentially electrocuted to death for the sake of art.
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“Limits” is a relative term. Like beauty, it is often in the eye of the beholder. –Chris Burden Artist Chris Burden died yesterday of a malignant melanoma at his home…
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The Art World has undergone a second pop invasion—this time it’s authentic pop, and The Museum of Modern Art has slipped into a warm bath with its razor to kill itself like a Roman Senator.
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For Houston artist Sally Glass, Tinder is over. She’s “so bored, in fact, that I’d rather make a funny archival project than find a life partner through a smartphone app,”…
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Halloween was a fitting time to see exhibitions with a slightly creepy, psychological edge. I squeezed as much as I possibly could into just over three days.