I generally have a hard time giving a lot of credit to op art. It appeals to the part of my brain that will always be 12 years old, and…
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The University of Texas’ Videogame Archive was begun three years ago, and the center has amassed more than 1,500 video games and about 200 linear feet of design documents, game…
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And just like that, the world’s first contemporary art reality TV competition (whew!) comes to an end. Adbi Farah is officially The Next Great Artist. Abdi. The nice…
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"In the end most of us are forgotten, and I don’t want to be forgotten." So true, Jaclyn, so true. The drive for fame, creative or otherwise, is…
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Ah geez, Ryan. You were so gone. You got so much airtime – Jehovah’s Witness, huh – that it was pretty clear you were the one. Same with no-talent guy…
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Well, no one saw that coming. Except me. And probably everyone else. Erik is gone, and just in case his all-around suckitude and very specific lack of talent weren’t enough,…
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Oh lord won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz… – Janis Joplin You ever watch an awesome commercial and not remember what it was advertising? That’s how I felt about…
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"That’s original to have your first erection because of Walt Disney. I had my first one because of Renoir." On last night’s Work of Art: The Next Great Artist, already…
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Have you been watching Bravo’s Work of Art every Wednesday and felt alone…so, so alone? Never fear, Twitter is here. Every week the Internet’s self-expression machine lights up with…
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At stake for the winner, a solo show at the world famous Brooklyn Museum and $100,000… The week between the airing of the first and second episode of Bravo’s Work…
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First off, the title sucks. Seriously. Why not just stick with The Next Great Artist? What’s this Work of Art business? Second, the show Work of Art: The Next Great…
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Serial Killers and Stoners: 10 Facts about Austin’s Moonlight Towers
by Roy Neinastby Roy NeinastThis place used to be off limits, man, ‘cause some drunk freshman fell off. He went right down the middle, smacking his head on every beam, man. I hear it…
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Will I make it through this quick review of Shawn Smith’s "Vicious Venue" at Lawndale without referencing Jean Baudrillard more than once? I think so, but it might be…
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It’s time for Halloween, and do we even have to finish this introductory paragraph? You know what’s coming. Let’s get to it. Sharon Kopriva In the pictured…
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So I’ve been playing Hi, How Are You, the iPhone game based on the drawings and music of Daniel Johnston, for a couple weeks now. The game debuted near…
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In honor of Clint Willour’s look at what Lawndale’s been doing in the past five years, a.k.a. “Lawndale Art Center 30th Anniversary Exhibition,” I thought it’d be fun…
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In honor of the opening on Thursday, August 13, of Perspectives 167: Jason Villegas at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, I thought it’d be fun to post a few of…
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By now you’ve probably seen Dan Lacey’s paintings of President Barack Obama, naked, with a unicorn, among other things. But I just wanted…
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Curated by Austin artist Sloke, "Texas Heat" offers a primary- and secondary-colored look at the possibilities and limitations of gallery work that’s strictly inspired by street graffiti. The key…