Its been about 4 years since I’ve written anything substantial, so I’ve got a lot to share.
Working backwards, here’s a list of shows that kept me thinking with my eyes in twenty-eleven:
- Buster Graybill @ AMOA, Nov
- Sam Sanford @ Red Space, Oct
- Queer State(s) @ VAC, Sep
- El Anatsui @ Blanton, Sep
- Deborah Stratman & Miguel Aragon @ Tiny Park, Sep
- Cao Fei @ Arthouse, Aug
- Claire Falkenberg @ Champion, Jun
- Lauren Woods @ Women and Their Work, Jun
- Jamie Panzer @ BigMedium, Jun
- Javier Tellez @ Arthouse, Apr
- Texas Biennial @ WTW, 816 Congress & 1319Rosewood, Apr
- Beili Liu @ Women and Their Work, Mar
- Barry Stone @ SOFA, Mar
- Recovering Beauty @ Blanton, Feb
- Erin Curtis @ Champion, Jan
- Michelle Handelman @ Arthouse, Jan
- Out of Place @ Lora Reynolds, Jan
- Rock Hard/ Soft Rock @ VAC, Jan
- The Ambiguous Object @ Pump Project, Jan
Shows I feel I can’t put on a best of list because I feel I’m too close?:
- Margaret Meehan @ Women and Their Work, Nov
- LandGrabber @ Pump Project, Oct
- Robert Jackson Harrington @ TX State, Sep
- From Specifics, From Concrete Evidence, From Things @ Pump Project, Aug
- Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow @ MACC, Jun
- YLA16 @ MexicArte, Jun
- Wura-Natasha Ogunji @ Women and Their Work, Jan
Cultural events:
- CoLab funds & releases 2011 Catalogue, Dec
- AMOA + Arthouse merger, Nov
- Pastelegram launches, Jul & Sep
- GenerousArt.org launches, Sep
- Battleberg Ice @ TownLake, Sep
- Taste Test book release, Jun
- Arthouse controversy, Mar
- ArtLies closes, Mar
- Lakes Were Rivers book launch, Feb
- AMOA announces closing downtown location, Feb
- Apartment Galleries open throughout the year; Red Space, Tiny Park, Forus
Shows I wish I would’ve seen:
- Texas Longest Hammer Choir, Nov
- Lindsay Palmer @ Red Space Gallery, Mar
- Hubbard/Birchler @ Lora Reynolds, Mar
- Daniel Rudin @ VAC, Feb
- SUBstainability @ TX State, Jan
- BYOB Austin @ Wurhaus, Jan
I’ll tell you ’bout what I sees.
