Browse: Home / vincent valdez
By Rachel Hooper on December 9, 2012
We arrived at Blue Star Thursday night to a performance of Justin Randolph Thompson’s Tossin’ the Rag as part of his exhibition Meet Me in the Bottoms. A rag doll was being thrown in the air from a blanket while the artist performed with a group of collaborators. They were accompanied by a small band facing [...]
Posted in Blog, Wax by the Fire | Tagged ann wood, Artpace, benjamin h mcvey, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, brian fridge, catherine anspon, claudia schmuckli, claudio dicochea, dikeou collection, Esteban Delgado, ethan moore, gabriel diego delgado, gary schafter, Goya, ivan salacido, jon pylypchuk, Jonathan Leach, justin randolph thompson, liza littlefield, McNay Art Museum, Michele Monseau, nancy douthey, painting, photography, royal art lodge, sculpture, susan plum, University of houston, utsa, video, vincent valdez |
By Angela Guerra and Mark Walley on October 17, 2012
Vincent Valdez: Excerpts for John is the eighth film in a series of short documentaries produced by Walley Films in association with Glasstire. Filmmakers Mark and Angela Walley began documenting the creation of a large scale painting by artist Vincent Valdez in the fall of 2010. The painting depicts Valdez’s best friend from childhood, John [...]
Posted in Feature, Video | Tagged john holt Jr., mcnay museum, veteran suicide, vincent valdez |
By Laura Lark on October 25, 2011
The second whoppin’ big art fair has come to a close, and oh! I have so much to say that I doubt, what with today’s average attention span, any one will even make it to the end! As loyal readers know, the Texas Contemporary Art Fair was not my first rodeo. But it was the [...]
Posted in Blog, I'm with stupid, Uncategorized | Tagged Andy Coolquitt, Ariane Roesch, Art in America, blaffer gallery, Bluth family, boxers, Champion Gallery, Cowboy Mike, david shelton, Dean Projects, Dubuffet, Fairfield Porter, Fernwood Tonight, Francesca Fuchs, Franz West, George R. Brown Convention Center, Gun Show, IKEA, inman gallery, JFK, Katrina Moorhead, lebron james, Luc Tuymans, Marjorie Scwarz, Marlene Dumas, Martin Mull, Newports, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, Pee Wee Herman, Peter Plagens, Peter Soriano, pony, Rachel Harrison, rachel hecker, Raphael Rubenstein, Ray Beldner, rice university art gallery, rodeo, Samuel Freeman, Steven Keen, Ted Nugent, Texas Gallery, The Onion, Tom Birkner, Tracey Snelling, Trans Am, Urs Fischer, vincent valdez, Wayne Thiebaud |
By Sarah Fisch on October 23, 2011
Look, these are all gonna be iPhone photos. I’m sorry about that. Soon as I can, I plan to purchase a real camera, but meanwhile, this is what I’ve got to work with. Also, I’m posting this as fast as I can because it’s timely. Part 2 will come this evening, as I have to [...]
Posted in Chupacabrona, Uncategorized | Tagged champion contemporary austin, david shelton, David Shelton Gallery, Houston, jules buck jones, Kelly Klaasmeyer, miniature horse, Sarah Fisch, sonia dutton, texas art fair, Texas Contemporary, vincent valdez, western wear, white people, working animals |
By Sarah Fisch on September 7, 2011
Who am I kidding with the asterixes? Anyway, several months ago I began to write a review about San Antonio Draws, a “night of a thousand stars” variety show at the McNay Art Museum. Then I stopped writing it for reasons that are completely emotional and not rational at all. I’ll tell you why at [...]
Posted in Chupacabrona | Tagged contemporary Texas drawing, jayne lawrence, karen mahaffy, katie pell, kimberly aubuchon, Lawson Print gallery, Lyle Williams, McNay Art Museum, Nate Cassie, Palo Alto College, Regis Shephard, Rene Barrilleaux, San Antonio, San Antonio contemporary art, San Antonio contemporary artists, San Antonio Draws, Southwest School of Art and Craft, St. Philip's College, vincent valdez |
By Sarah Fisch on September 6, 2011
EXTRA FALL RECOMMENDATIONS! If I had my druthers, the climate of Central-South Texas would chill the fuck out starting September 1st. We’d all wear long sleeves and closed-toe shoes, and brrrr cheerfully from under our wool hat brims, our noses tingled by keen breezes a-glitter with wintry promise as the foliage turns (not-literally) to flame… [...]
Posted in Blog, Chupacabrona, Uncategorized | Tagged 1906 SMART space, Albright-Knox Gallery, Anne Wallace, arthouse, Beto Gonzales, Bihl Haus Arts, By Permit Only, CHRISTEENE, Chupacabrona, Devon Dikeou, ethel shipton, Fotoseptiembre, Gabriel Bernal, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, Hana Hillerova, Instituto Cultural de México, John Bowman, Joshua Bienko, Leslie Moody Castro, Luminaria Arts Night, Mary mikel Stump, Michael Mehl, MIXMASTERS: This Is Who We Are, patty ortiz, Rodolfo Choperena, San Antonio, San Marcos, Susie Rosmarin, Texas State, UNAM, vincent valdez |