Whereas other markets make a distinction between a studio practice (fine art) and craft (skill-based technique), in El Salvador the distinction seemed to instead be closer to fine art production versus fabrication.
William Sarradet
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In El Salvador, national pride comes with criticism. It is another one of the nation's binaries: the invitation to discuss such personal qualms, coupled with an assumed intimacy for the guest.
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FotoFest’s choice to show Leo Ramadinha’s voyeuristic imagery of young people participating in COVID-safe online Zoom raves is surprisingly transgressive.
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William Sarradet on recent exhibitions in Dallas, including shows at Conduit Gallery, the Goldmark Cultural Center, Site 131, and more.
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Today: Monuments of Progress
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William Sarradet talks glassblowing with San Antonio artist Justin Parr.
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William Sarradet on the YouTuber Drew Monson, the new Matrix movie, and the animated film "Belle."
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Today: Marbles
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William Sarradet writes about recent San Antonio art exhibitions, performances, art walks, and more.
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How do people cope under circumstances that deny explanation? How does belief operate?
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Review
Explaining Invisible Things: Jennifer Ling Datchuk at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
Jennifer Ling Datchuk’s exhibition of sculptures, many of which are from this year, follows the artist’s credo: to explain invisible things.
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William Sarradet on "Christmas Carol 2060: Tanline Steamroller," a recent play at the Museum of Human Achievement in Austin.
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The broadway production succeeds because it requires so little explanation: cats are just cats.
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As the year closes, I've traveled to San Antonio for a second time in 2021. The city seems to be much more online this time around, or perhaps I’ve just spent more time on my feet.
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William Sarradet on the work of Trey Burns, Gerald Bell, Heyd Fontenot, Jeremy Biggers, Jeff Gibbons, and Summer Aquino.
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Even in this iteration of the fair, which included fewer galleries than in recent years, the event felt full, lively, and (as art fairs often are) just the slightest bit overwhelming.
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William Sarradet on exhibitions on view at the South Dallas Cultural Center, the Dallas Museum of Art, Terrain Dallas, The MAC, and PRP.
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I don’t know the last time I saw the Milky Way. Supposedly, it’s always there above our heads, but you can’t see the stars in Arlington, or Dallas, or Austin,…
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Amy Werntz: Ordinary Moments, and Lloyd Brown: The Sky Should Know Me by Now (Recent Paintings of U.S. Highway 50), at Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Dallas, August 28–October…
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Revier’s show has the capacity to illustrate Texas’ relationship to the rising tides of change, with the nuance that only an artist could muster.