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 – 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Dagdan Amgalan & Damba Tsolmon: Two Mongolian Artists from Two Generations – Gallery 3 at the Coop

I checked this show out at the reception. Unfortunately, it was a closing reception and I was not afforded the opportunity to return for another viewing. It did remind me of last year’s Mongolian related art show. I wonder if there isn’t some study abroad opportunity in Mongolia through UT?
The two artists [...]

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, [...]

Sep SeeSaws – Week 1 pt1

Outside Area – Gallery 3
I was totally expecting outdoor sculpture. Instead I found work that was outside the artists’ designated field of study. Now, I’m a fan of Jarrod Beck’s work. Yet, when I found out that the work presented was something of documentation, it dropped down half a notch. But [...]

Osborne, Schreiber and Woody: Three Photographers – Gallery 3

I get out of work early so I can get to the gallery early enough to take a good look and skedaddle early enough to get to my daughters recital thingy at school. But of course I get held up at the office twenty minutes past the hour and end up arriving half an hour [...]