Stupid Is As Stupid Does

As the Blanton’s latest artist in residence prepared to head back home, Diego Perez Garcia gave an artist’s talk about his work and his current collaboration with Flatbed Press last week. He admitted his reluctance to work with such a different medium. And although he stated his dislike for printing in a later [...]

October 2007 SeeSawS – Wks 3 & 4

Sarah Greene Reed & Shawn Smith – dBerman
What a throw-back to the mid90s! The digital collages were like scans I made to play around with using Photoshop 3.0 back in high school. The sculptures weren’t as mind-blowing as the hype would have me believe. They were competent, but its understanding of pixelation, [...]

September 2007 SeeSawS – Wks 1 & 2

Lasers In The Jungle – Art Palace
Wrote a capsule for Glasstire. Because of private matters, I was allowed to turn it in late, so it wasn’t up very long. This is what it said:
Somebody made sure Eric Gibbons and Nathan Green were ready for the start of the new school year. Their bundle [...]

July 2007 SeeSawS – Wks 2 & 3

“Untitled” Group Drawing Show – Else Madsen
I remember sneaking in before the opening. I do remember leaving apathetic. I don’t remember the works, though.
Re-Imagining the Nude – New East Gallery
There was nudity. Mostly nipples in the usual designy photography. BAD
Aldo Valdes Bohm: New Works – Art Palace
Very fine woodworking. Artisanal. [...]

June 2007 SeeSawS – Wks 2 & 3

Westwood and Other Recent Work – Flatbed Press
I don’t think I caught this one?
New Work – Wally Workman Gallery
Didn’t make it.
Sacred Spaces – IDEA
Tried, but never made it out.
Writesy Drawsey – Art Palace Gallery
The installation was spot on. The scribbles were nice, the contours were fun, but the jump to the finished color [...]

May 2007 SeeSaws – Wks 1 & 2

Shaping Conciousness – DiverseArts
Shame, shame, shame on me.
memoria/memoir – Volitant Gallery
I didn’t catch this until the Miguelez show. I don’t think it worked for me. I didn’t bother contributing to the computer set up and opted to watch some of the video. To be fair, I didn’t really engage it. But [...]

Poking Lenny with Turkey

I had me a great Wednesday before Thanksgiving. School is becoming lax wit’ the holidays and gave the kids the day off. I called it “Museum-Field Trip-Day” and took off of work myself. At 9 AM we jumped on the bus and headed downtown and into UT campus. We started off [...]

Mar 2007 SeeSaws – Wk 5

Object/ Type/ Transform – Gallery 3 at the COOP
It was a design show. I wasn’t blown away, as most of the work felt like assignments. But there was play evident. NOT BAD?
Austin Green Art: Keep Austin Beautiful, Clean Sweep 2007 – Waterloo Park
I found out about it a day later. I realized [...]

Feb 2007 SeeSaws – Wk 4

Geometry of Hope – Blanton
This show was well organized. The progression through the gallery flowed naturally and the works kept changing without disrupting the evolution. Mathematical, making it brainy, but the optical ramifications made it accessible. Playing “Spaghetti & Meatballs” with the Soto is fun. GOOD
Freaks of Nurture – WTW
This was Elaine Bradford pushing [...]

Jan 2007 SeeSaws – Wks 3b & 4

Ghost Survivor of Final Plague – Art Palace
Somehow I was offended by the “Goatherder (goat whores?)” drawings. I sensed a different vibe than the rest of the show, like they were really, really pornographic? The paintings and the drawings felt epically familiar. I kept thinking of Art Palace artists Jonathan Marshall’s drawings [...]