My problem here is not that the work is light and playful; it is that Ronay so casually references such immensely fraught symbolism in the name of play.
Betsy Huete
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What if artists acted more like athletes?
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What is the most meaningful way to encounter work whose “meaning” is impenetrable?
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The market can be cynical, cruel, and fickle, and to think otherwise would be naive. But no one forces artists to play that game.
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With 'Drip Machine' we’re relegated to one viewing angle, which shifts our consideration of it in this context from a sculpture to a piece of cinema.
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Being in one’s early twenties can feel a lot like the kindergarten of adulthood: it’s a myriad of drunken mishaps, jarring realizations and acceptances of failures, frustrations, and disappointments.
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We're told that the three artists didn’t see each others’ works until installation, which makes them either insane or incredibly trusting.
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Jones and curator Valerie Cassel Oliver treat the entire survey as a single installation.
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I imagine that as a resident it would be difficult not to make work about Galveston. It’s a swirling black hole of beauty and charm and repulsion.
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Today, participation in the art world is akin to auditioning for American Idol; it’s no longer grounded in reality. What difference does it make if you do or don’t have an MFA degree?
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Art matters, and it’s time many of us stop qualifying the objects we make as some form of an addiction and instead as a choice to contribute meaningfully to the world.
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In a capitalistic society, how we choose to spend our money holds ultimate sway. Hell, I’m drinking a Coke as I’m writing this.
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Lavar Muroe transitions so seamlessly between the cute and the grotesque that we simply cannot stop staring, and we might become disgusted at our very desire to stare.
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The confounding notion of how the viewer is supposed to engage with what’s going on is precisely what keeps Bohl and Tcherepnin's collaboration ticking.
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Houston is pregnant with possibilities. Why aren’t our universities capitalizing on them?
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A 90 year-old artist who says he is telekinetic: the work is not only not cheesy but wholly convincing.
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Engelstein’s drawings can come off as stubborn and rigid, but give them time: soon they will warm up and start telling some pretty odd and particular stories.
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The Galveston Artist Residency made an interesting curatorial choice in pairing works with actual plants. The plants made more sense with some work than with others.
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Crystals, brain scans, gems, abandoned swimming pools, and Antarctica are just a few things Biggs grapples with at the Blaffer Art Museum.
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BlogGlasstireReview
Public Communication: Performing Knowledge of the Body
by Betsy Hueteby Betsy HueteWhether the work is silent or screaming, it is clear that co-curators Max Fields and Joe Joe Orangias want us to engage with performance from women.