[speaking very slowly] In… what… way…

In 1930, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the… Anyone? Anyone?… the Great Depression, passed the… Anyone? Anyone? The tariff bill? The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act? Which, anyone? Raised or lowered?… raised tariffs, in an effort to collect more revenue for the federal government. Did it work? Anyone? Anyone [...]

November 2007 SeeSawS – Wks 3 & 4

Gail Busch/Dale Neese/Louis Katz – SEU Fine Art Gallery
Didn’t see it.
An Introduction to Mountain Making – Okay Mountain
Another year another show. The artists’ works are easy to identify. This year there’s new work with Ms. Sinks. NOT BAD
The Golem – Slugfest
It was a good set of prints. The drawings were frenetic. [...]

September 2007 SeeSawS – Wks 3 & 4

Surprise Me – Gallery Lombardi
Not the usual fair for the gallery. Half of the work was very colorful. I looked at those longer. NOT BAD
Embracing Chaos: YLA12 – MACC/ Mexic-Arte
I was disappointed. Not by the art. I mean, look at where the artists’ banners where placed at Mexic-Arte. Surely I’m [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Apr 2007 SeeSaws – Wks 3 & 4

No Restraint – Bolm Studios
The paintings shared the same general strategies. Cool colors threatened by white paint erasing the image and a tilted composition. For the most part, this composition feels like it was solved by rotating a photograph to the desired dynamic angle. With the human figure in the [...]

Mar 2007 SeeSaws – Wks 3 & 4

Animations – Arthouse
Even though I was in the building every Saturday, I never sat down (or stood up) to watch the videos.
From Marfa To Sudari – Flatbed Press
I didn’t catch the show until after its stated closing. So I’m not sure I have a good opinion ’bout it.
Panopticon – Mass Gallery
Peculiar pairing of artists. [...]

Things to Note

Thornton Road Studios is having its annual Holiday sale soon. Looks like there might be space to sell.
Bolm Studios has studio space available. Move in and have a space in the nucleus of E.A.S.T.
Speaking of E.A.S.T., when are the maps coming out?
Be careful if you’re still trying to squeeze in somewhere to show [...]

Daddy Needs A New Pair Of Shoes!

I’m not one for gambling (or gossip for that matter), but with the Texas Prize being awarded this Friday, I thought it would be fun to speculate on the winner. I know Glasstire already had a poll asking the same question. So I’m making mine a two-parter, with space for elaboration.
1) Who do [...]

Jan 2007 SeeSaws – Wks 2 & 3a

Retreat – WTW
I wrote a review in the Chronicle that pretty much covered what I was thinking. The jaggedy shapes were interesting, but they lost all mystique when I found out they were images from caverns. So all of those lines weren’t responses or tools to disrupt the image, they were actual contours. [...]