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. [...]

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 – Wk 1

From Revolution to Renaissance – Mexic-Arte Museum
Besides the fact that this show took up three quarters of the year (WTF), it wasn’t terrible. As a survey show it hit on some necessary points and had some pretty images to look at. But I’m still hung up on the fact that this museum is [...]

Apr 2007 SeeSaws – Wks 1 & 2

Senior Art Exhibit – SEU Fine Arts Gallery
Didn’t make this one. So close, yet so far.

Yellow Labyrinth – WTW
Labyrinth is a misnomer. There was no confusion or complication. Its like a piazza, very open. The multitude of doorways may have suggested a variety of choices, but since the space is not expansive [...]

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 – Wk 1

First Night Austin
I was ready to take the kids and check out all the hype. Then I woke up sick. I was barely able to celebrate with our traditional family sparklers later at night. I can never get enough sparklers. I started a fire. Almost roasted a kid. PRETTY [...]

Nov SeeSaws – Wk 2 & Wk 3 pt 1

DISCLAIMER: My senses are off this time of year. If I had to choose, I’d say I side with the Green Team of Christmas (Grinch, Scrooge, Mouse King) as opposed to the Red Team (Santa, Frosty, Rudolph). Take that as you will.
L.L.S.P. – Gallery 3
This show was tricky. I had a hard time trying to [...]

Oct SeeSaws – Week 1

Pink Women – Pink
I swear I’m going to make it down there. If its the last thing I do!
Multiple Originals – DAC
Women Printmakers of Austin have a great operation going. They host a crew of talented printmakers. Like the Franciso Souto show at Slugfest and the IDEA show a couple months ago, [...]