In the five years since the graduate school gates closed behind me with a tinny clatter (I’d like to say resounding clang, but really, it was more like a tinny…
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How could murderous African buffaloes have been cajoled into cow evolution? This steak shaped country where I was born even has a steer on its escudo [coat of arms]! How…
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It’s one thing to know that there are places on this planet that never get dark at certain times of year. It’s quite another thing to actually be somewhere where…
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Matthew Bourbon populates his paintings with figures handpicked from a variety of sources; viewing them is akin to channel surfing through the vast array of human folly available on late…
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Wura-Natasha Ogunjiis an Austin-based artist working in both tiny hand-stitched images on paper and giant mural-sized paintings. She was born in 1970 to a Nigerian father and an American mother. Ogunji…
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Where’s Maurizio? might be a more appropriate title for the Maurizio Cattelan exhibition at the Menil Collection. For the show, the Italian artist worked with the (recently-departed-for-LACMA) curator Franklin Sirmans…
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Dallas Artist Chapman Kelley, who asked the Dallas Museum of Art to sell his work back to him because he didn’t like the way it was displayed, sued the Chicago…
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When curator Alicia Ritson first watched Carta Abierta a Dr. Atl (An Open Letter to Dr. Atl) at the 2007 Venice Biennale, she knew right away she wanted to show…
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A friend sent me a youtube video What am I supposed to say to this? Am I to lament the unfortunate crossover appeal of black music and style creating a…
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“Tell your own story, and you will be interesting…”-LB I came to art pretty late in the game. As an undergraduate I transfered into the University of Washington and became…
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I come from a young family. I’ve been lucky enough to grow up with my mother’s parents playing a significant role in my life. When I was very young my…
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Jack Gron’s macabre, medieval-looking cast-metal toys include a wheelbarrow heaped with skulls, the chilling curves of a hydrogen bomb and a grinning death’s head that make three-dimensional the folly and…
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The great skill of The Yes Men, the political activist artist duo of Mike Bonanno and Andy Bichlbaum, lies in their capacity to deceive the deceivers by mimicking their dress,…
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“Bless Their Hearts” visited New York a couple weeks ago and checked out some shows. The 2010 Whitney Biennial closes at the end of the month. Texas artists may…
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Kana Harada just had an opening at the MAC, displaying almost a dozen of her plant-forms. The combination of trees and flowers reminds me of the forest within the…
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Pulsating sounds, single and multi-channel videos, moving lights, dance and live music were all part of the one-night-only May 1 event, Projected.2010: New Visions of Sound and Light at Frenetic…
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On the way back from Omaha, a quick pit stop in Kansas City. To accompany this post and for your listening pleasure Mr. Muddy Waters: Last year while at BEMIS…
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If Omaha tried to friend me on Facebook, I’d probably say yes. I’m not sure I’d let it see all of my info or share my photos with it, but…
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What with the piles of shoddy painting clogging many art venues these days, it is a relief to see Darren Waterston’s current exhibit at Inman Gallery. It’s one of those rare…
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Albert Paley’s “archisculpture” ranges from the portal gates of the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery to a fanciful 130-foot-long archway for the St. Louis Zoo. But he’s also known for his large-scale…