December 2007 SeeSawS

Art Alliance Austin no 2
Haven’t seen it yet. Will see first thing in 2008. Update will follow.
Jessice Cook Paintings – AFG
Did not make it out.
Andy St. Martin – Big Medium (Bolm Studios)
Haven’t seen it yet. Will try first thing in 2008. Will update.  Nope.
A Breadbox and a Mug, Each Depicted In a [...]

October 2007 SeeSawS – Wks 1 & 2

Art Matters Austin – Art Alliance Austin
Unconventional works from members of Open Doors Collective, traditional painting and photography, then some video and prints. It was a good roundup, but the space is essentially a hallway. Should I really give it the consideration I give galleries? NOT BAD
Patterns of Peru and Texas – [...]

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 [...]

August 2007 SeeSawS – Wks 3 & 4

Women Printmakers of Austin – University of Phoenix at Austin
Got out of work very late for the opening. Never made it out.
Road Trip – Gallery Shoal Creek
Never saw it.
Shannon Soule Photographs – Austin Figurative Gallery
Didn’t see.
Facing East: 48 Hours In The Life Of East Austin – New East Arts Gallery
Wow. Where was I. Slackin’ [...]

July 2007 SeeSawS – Wk 1

Awakening the Soul – La Pena
Paintings were looking interesting. Very dramatic image-making. Would’ve rather seen them in the gallery instead of the restaurant. BAD
Made at Flatbed – Flatbed Press
I don’t think I made this
Marfa/Puerto Viejo – Workspace
This did not put me in the right place. BAD
Taking Life Seriously – Bolm Studios
There [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Mar 2007 SeeSaws – Wk 1

Take Two – Gallery 3 at the CO-OP
At first glance Christa Mares and Matt Rebholz are an odd pairing. But, both artists have a strong physicality in each of their mediums. The playfulness of material and subtle narratives give the work an almost fairytale/ fable perspective. GOOD maybe even GREAT
TEXAS BIENNIAL [...]

Feb 2007 SeeSaws – Wks 1 & 2

Sinks – The Gallery @ Concordia University
I missed this show.
Cadillac – Lora Reynolds
Banal is the word of the day. The work does not teeter far from your average photo album snapshots. A couple of people figure into one or two, but other than that, you’re just looking at everyday environments. But in [...]