"The solo exhibition is a culmination of Rea’s lifetime of exposure to firearms and the questions surrounding guns’ political and ethical issues."
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Christopher Blay and guest host Tommy Ralph Pace, Executive Director of The Orange Show in Houston, discuss an artist who combines porcelain and weaving, an artist drawing lines between geometry and knitting, and the return of Art Cars!
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Five-Minute Tours: Delita Martin at Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont
by Glasstireby Glasstire"Martin's work deals with reconstructing the identity of Black women by piecing together the signs, symbols, and language found in what could be called everyday life from slavery through modern times."
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"This piece presents a timeline with 54 embroidered handkerchiefs detailing the artist’s daily interaction with cancer, which she names Kevin."
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Five-Minute Tours: Bryan Florentin at Wright Gallery, College Station
by Glasstireby Glasstire"Through sculpture and photographs printed at 1:1 scale, Florentin explores the relationship between object and image."
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Christina Rees and Brandon Zech discuss the proliferation of private museums in the U.S.
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During a staff meeting, someone suggested that all six of us share a photo of something we've made for our moms for Mother's Day, whether it was years ago or... yesterday.
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Five-Minute Tours: Shirl Riccetti and donna e perkins at Archway Gallery, Houston
by Glasstireby Glasstire"When friends Shirl Riccetti & donna e perkins decided to have a show together, they could never have anticipated such a tumultuous year as 2020."
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Christopher Blay and Christina Rees on a remarkable collection on view in Austin, solo shows by two veteran Texans, and a solo outing by a new Texan who’s developed some interesting recurring themes.
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Five-Minute Tours: Jimi Kabela and Richard W. James at Rockport Center for the Arts
by Glasstireby GlasstireHighlights from the two artists' gallery talks.
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Five-Minute Tours: Lisa Horlander at Janette Kennedy Gallery, Dallas
by Glasstireby Glasstire"Horlander challenges the viewer’s relationship with time, nature, and the space we live within to open up dialogue about what it is to be."
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Five-Minute Tours: Jaylen Pigford at Presa House Gallery, San Antonio
by Glasstireby Glasstire"It is always good with the bad. We all struggle, our failures test us, it’s what action we take to correct them that matters most."
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Five-Minute Tours: Rachel Livedalen and Katy McCarthy at Ivester Contemporary, Austin
by Glasstireby Glasstire"Two exhibitions featuring new work by Fort Worth-based artist Rachel Livedalen and Austin-based artist Katy McCarthy."
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Five-Minute Tours: Cande Aguilar at grayDUCK Gallery, Austin
by Glasstireby Glasstire"The work can be understood as pop art through a particular south Texas, Mexican American lens that takes us on a ride that might not be posh, but it will get us there with its own unique style."
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Art League Houston’s “Insta11ations” Continued: Antonius-Tín Bui and Marsha Dorsey-Outlaw
by Glasstireby Glasstire"'Insta11ations' is made up of artists who are experimenting with the ways people interact with public art, who reimagine public spaces, and who express stories of social justice and equity in their work."
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Five-Minute Tours: Avisheh Mohsenin at Heidi Vaughan Fine Art, Houston
by Glasstireby Glasstire"Mohsenin is motivated by the challenge of exploring light, color, and space in a more constricted scale reflecting on her recent experience with motherhood and a child's world, especially during the pandemic."
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Christopher Blay and Christina Rees on a show that deconstructs our public-facing identities, a Hill Country show featuring 50 years of a Texas printmaker’s history, and a Dallas show featuring some deceptively sublime imagery.
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Five-Minute Tours: Marky Dewhirst at Elgin Street Gallery, University of Houston
by Glasstireby Glasstire"Most of the works are recent black-and-white paintings presented as suspended cores."
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Five-Minute Tours: Alyssa Taylor Wendt and Brooke Gassiot at ICOSA Collective, Austin
by Glasstireby Glasstire"Through video installation, staged production stills, drawing, performance and sculpture, the artists examine containers of spiritual and mnemonic residue."
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Five-Minute Tours: Tracye Wear at Moody Gallery, Houston
by Glasstireby Glasstire"Wear is inspired by her combined interests in Cubist and early 20th Century sculpture with natural forms found in her garden."