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 [...]
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By GT contributors on September 6, 2012
Glasstire contributors offer up their picks for Fall 2012! AUSTIN Emily Roysdon: Pause Pose Discompose Visual Arts Center September 21 – December 8, 2012 Super smart curator and art historian Andy Campbell invited New York- and Stockholm-based artist Emily Roysdon to take over the VAC’s Vaulted Gallery for the fall semester. I first heard of Roysdon in [...]
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By Rachel Hooper on August 17, 2012
For Part I, click here. For Part II, click here. Why do certain artworks have such a lasting impact? To stay with me, artworks usually have to affect some kind of change in me. I believe that art can change the world by changing the way you see the world or making your experience as [...]
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By Laura Lark on July 18, 2012
Questions? Comments? Ideas? Send them to: lauralark@glasstire.com (or leave your message below) Dear Readers, Welcome back to Laura Lark Loves You! Please excuse the lack of an umlaut in the word “uber”–if anyone knows how to do that kind of stuff here, please don’t hesitate to contact me. 1. James Turrell, The Art World’s Original [...]
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By Rachel Hooper on May 22, 2012
Box 13 ArtSpace on the east side of Houston just opened their first set of summer exhibitions featuring a roster of artists from around the world. At a time when most places have stopped doing exhibitions of international artists, it is encouraging to see an artist-run space still fostering art as an global conversation, budget [...]
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By Margaret Meehan on January 8, 2012
Finding this image: Made me think of this: Which reminded me of another book cover: Which made me think of Austin’s own: A family needs a home: and even better this: With less candles and more karma: Without pants and one less shoe: And one less leg: McCarthy’s sculpture reminded me of Alverson’s amazing painting: [...]
Posted in Melba Toast | Tagged laurie simmons, Louise Bourgeois, painting, Paul McCarthy, robert gober, seth alverson, Sterling Allen, zz top |
By Laura Lark on September 20, 2011
Big cities with vibrant art scenes have big art fairs, right? Sure. So it stands to reason that Houston, home of lots of great art, should have one as well. In fact, Houston should have two of them. Oh, that’s right! They do! Since I didn’t really pay any attention to the scuffle concerning the [...]
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By Eric Zimmerman on August 15, 2011
When it comes to art, using the word ‘crisis’ is always a massive overstatement. Between the crises in painting, criticism, and photography you’d think that art was in some real trouble. But as it turns out, much like the recent debt ceiling crisis, these cultural predicaments are just as manufactured. It’s been argued that there [...]
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