January 2008 SeeSaws – Wk 1

First Night Austin – 2008
I got closer to seeing it this year. I told the kids we were going, they said they wanted to go. Between going to the office, taking naps and buying fireworks, we never made it. Maybe next year : /
Stamps of Approval – George Washington Carver Museum & [...]

Houston SeeSawS Dec 2007

As you may recall, I went to Houston last month and did a quick run through of some galleries. I did some planning for this trip. I made a map so I wouldn’t get lost. And I took my camera so’s I could get you some Sites Beyond Sight.
Lawndale Art Center
This was [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

November 2007 SeeSawS – Wks 1 & 2

War-Artists Respond – DAC
Its not that I think artists should shut up with the crying and decrying over the war, I just get tired of the incessant rhetoric. That and I like art to be more subtle in order to work my thoughts into the appropriate contemplation. There was some good work present, [...]

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, [...]

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 3 & 4

Surprise Me – Gallery Lombardi
Not the usual fair for the gallery. Half of the work was very colorful. I looked at those longer. NOT BAD
Embracing Chaos: YLA12 – MACC/ Mexic-Arte
I was disappointed. Not by the art. I mean, look at where the artists’ banners where placed at Mexic-Arte. Surely I’m [...]

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’ [...]