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 – 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. [...]

Mar 2007 SeeSaws – Wk 2

Measured Strokes-Spontaneous Beasts – Fine Arts Gallery, Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Southwestern University
I wanted to see this. I couldn’t make it up the I35 parking lot, though.
In My Stairwell – Fielding Lecht
This was a SXSW publicity stunt. The gallery claims to show Vietnamese art, but here an American photographer is exhibited. [...]

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 – Wk 3

Queen of Peace – Volitant
Oy! Where to begin, where to begin? Sensory overload. I know the gallery is a large space, but that doesn’t mean you’ve got to fill it with everything you’ve got. After seeing everything once, my brain kinda just shut down. I didn’t even break it down into [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Origins

Describe what you see -> what it does
Connect what you see to what you think its supposed to do
Assessment

Those are my sketchbook notes from summer 2004. That was when I practically lived in the studios on campus. Seriously, at least ten hours a day, five days a week. It was glorious! [...]

They Do Exist!

I found it!
It was so wonderful and such a brief encounter that I was starting to believe I dreamt it all. Upon revisiting the site, military officials tell me no such thing ever occurred.
But now I have proof.
(Really, it should have been up longer than a week)
I’ll tell you ’bout what I sees.