This week: a comprehensive solo exhibition of work by an AbEx artist in Houston, the first museum retrospective of a self-taught painter in Dallas, an exploration of the legacy of a historical icon in San Antonio, and more.
Shelby David Meier
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Glasstire 3×3: Shelby David Meier — Who or what has influenced your work?
by Glasstireby Glasstire"If you give something time, and you focus on it — almost anything — you'll find something interesting about it."
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“The real impetus for me is something I just can’t out of my head, and I just keep thinking: I need to make this; I have to make this.”
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"That you can make something that can express an idea without using any words, and someone can see it and formulate their own language around it seems like unifying and gratifying thing to do."
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Christopher Blay and (momentary) guest host Hesse McGraw, Director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, discuss seeing the sun again, an unpronounceable show title, wild life, and an exclusive first look at the renovated CAMH.
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Christina Rees and guest Shelby David Meier on a mashup in the Panhandle, the Menil's new Drawing Institute, and a reminder that Meier was once Rees’ favorite student.
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"You cannot replace a living animal with foam, which is what is inside of those. Do your best and let it go."
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The entire thing felt as though it was happening in slow motion inside a big submarine.
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Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on the beauty of a simple video edit, a rare cross-pollination between Houston and Dallas art collectives, and an artist making your brunch this coming Sunday… down in a hole.
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This piece is in the small, dark bank vault of Beefhaus in Fair Park. The solo show is by Dallas-based Shelby David Meier. (When a sculpture plays a comedy club.) Shelby David…
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Below is a roundup of some shows we’ve enjoyed so far this fall. Not a comprehensive list. -Ed. Shelby David Meier & Iva Kinnaird: Make Time October 8 –…
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A message to you all from Frank Artsmarter: “What if you create an art prize that mimics another failed (or postponed) prize—which is itself based on yet another prix of dubious distinction—and…
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"We should not accuse any of these artists of actually BEING obsessive-compulsive.”
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semigloss. Magazine Issue #6 Sound will be released this evening at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH). A year after the associated sound exhibition, Sympathy for the Devil, opened at…