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 – [...]

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’ [...]

June 2007 SeeSawS – Wks 4 & 5

Perspectivas – Volitant
The show was disappointingly thin. It was very outstretched and thus incomprehensible. BAD
6.07 Works – SVT Gallery
Very dreamy work. The paper work was quiet and the paintings immediately loud. Both were cryptic and I wish I could break into them more. They were just missing that element [...]

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 [...]

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 – 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 [...]

Dec SeeSaws – Wk 1, Wk 2 & Wk 3

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.
hush, hush – Arthouse
missed this
Cognition – Shady Tree Studios
missed this
Guera 11 Algo Dorado – [...]

Oct SeeSaws – Weeks 3 & 4

Power To The People – 2040 Gallery
Someone asked me if this show was too punk rock for me. It was. The simplified drawings and colors on cardboard had a unified design. They all looked like professionally composed protest posters. The prints supported that idea. The look and feel of this [...]

Aug SeeSaws Wks 4 & 5

Gladys Poorte & Naomi Schlinke – DBerman
The works are professionally presented. The actual investigations didn’t entice me. Too stable for my taste. BAD
Austin Graffitti Art: From Birth To Present – Gallery Lombardi
The opening was an event. I enjoyed watching the cross-section of people visiting the gallery. The work was true [...]