By Janet Tyson on December 31, 2012
My first and likely only prediction for visual art in 2013: thanks to the retrospective that was organized by and debuted at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Ken Price will lose his cult status and be embraced by the unwashed masses, and perhaps even by Michael Kimmelman. As a result, the legacy of [...]
Posted in Blog, Reading Room, Uncategorized | Tagged Fredrik Nilsen, Green Dragon Office, ken price, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Nasher Sculpture Center, sculpture, Stephanie Barron |
By Lucia Simek on December 19, 2012
In October, the Nasher Sculpture Center installed a meandering serpentine sculpture by the Irish-born, London-based artist Eva Rothschild for its current Sightings exhibition, a series which focuses on the work of contemporary sculptors. Rothschild’s piece, called Why Not You (Dallas), is made of painted aluminum and bends its way around the main corridor of the [...]
Posted in Article, Interview, Uncategorized | Tagged Eva Rothschild, sculpture, snakes, the nasher |
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 Rachel Hooper on August 27, 2012
Though it may still be hot and steamy outside, the fall exhibition season is almost upon us. The next several weekends in Houston look to be busy, busy with much-anticipated solo shows, blockbuster group exhibitions, and galas galore. Lawndale Art Center is ahead of the curve and has already opened four solo shows that will [...]
Posted in Blog, Wax by the Fire | Tagged angela piehl, candace hicks, compositions, Drawings, Lawndale Art Center, lillian warren, oklahoma, paolo piscitelli, sculpture, string theory, video |
By Rachel Hooper on February 9, 2012
Josh Bernstein‘s exhibition “Man Corn” is the third exhibition in Rice University’s newest art venue– EMERGEncy Room. Located on the second floor of Sewall Hall, where Rice Gallery is also housed, the project space is dedicated to showing emerging artists in a small room with a front, glass wall through which one can see the [...]
Posted in Wax by the Fire | Tagged art, Cabeza de Vaca, contemporary art, EMERGEncy room, galveston, Houston, josh bernstein, karankawa, man corn, rice university, rice university art, sculpture, woodcut |
By Katie Geha on November 25, 2011
I went home to Iowa for Thanksgiving and between eating amazing food (my Dad is the most terrific cook ever), meeting old friends’ new babies, and writing bits of my dissertation, I did a studio visit with local fiber artist, Priscilla Sage. In the chapter I’m writing currently, I’m focusing on the 1970s multi-channel video [...]
Posted in Katie Says, Uncategorized | Tagged 70s, fiber, sculpture |
By Dan R. Goddard on July 30, 2011
Before the era of car bombs and IEDs, Icelandic-born sculptor Gudjon Bjarnason began using high explosives to create unorthodox shapes and forms in his work. He was looking for unexpected dimensions to use in his architectural designs for unconventional houses. A maquette he created for a house he’s planning has a front entrance that looks [...]
Posted in Alamo City, Blog, Uncategorized | Tagged Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, bomb squard, dystopic progressions, explosives, Gudjon bjarnason, Gudjon Bjarnason Iceland Blue Star Contemporary Art Center explosives Iceland Stokkseyri ICE Bomb Squard Walley Films architecture, Iceland, sculpture, Walley Films |
By Eileen Maxson on June 6, 2011
Eileen Maxson talks to Katy Heinlein about her work.
Posted in Video | Tagged eileen maxson, fabric sculpture, gymnastics, Katy Heinlein, sculpture |
By Carrie Marie Schneider on May 20, 2011
In terms of size, concrete and consumer culture, Houston is a hyperbole of a city. Every time I return to it from another place I am shocked at the exorbitant much-ness of Houston. Somehow, though, Houston is also a hub of visionary art made from recycled materials and an especially fascinating place to look for [...]
Posted in The Ten List | Tagged agnes varda, art care parade, art cars, artcar museum, Bike Bug, burma, camh, Carlos Pozo, Carrie Schneider, chef randy, Cleveland Turner, cremains, double happiness, Dr. Harold Berg, dumpster diving, Esther Gutstein, experimental music, found objects, Houston, John Milkovisch, labotanica, Melanie Schlossberg, Mésarchitecture, Mike Schneider, No Zoning, Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, recycling, reuse, Reuse Alliance, Ripley’s Believe It Or Not, sculpture, Susanne Theis, susie paul, teeth, Texas Art Asylum, the beer can house, the brayer room, The Center for Recycled Art, the flower man, the gleaners and I, wayne gilbert, Wisdom Teeth Earrings |