Corpus Christi Galleries and the Rockport Art Center
Two weeks ago, I took a road trip to the coast to jury a student exhibition at Rockport Center for the Arts. I spent Saturday in downtown Corpus Christi which was deserted. Boarded-up, empty buildings dotted the urban landscape. I visited two galleries while in town. K Space featured intaglio prints by San Antonio artist [...]
‘Tis the Season for Shiny Trees: Surls’ White Walking Flower Installed at Rockport Art Center
The Rockport Center for the Arts unveiled James Surls’ “White Walking Flower,” on November 14. Carted in by U-haul, the piece is smaller, and white, but otherwise similar to Surls’ polished steel piece sited in front of Houston’s CAMH. The Fort worth Modern’s steel-tree-lawn-sculptor of choice was the ubiquitous Roxy Paine. As I see it, [...]