Charissa N. Terranova
After Irony
Irony has been the standard currency of avant-garde art for so long now—50 years or even a century depending on how one looks at it—that it is simply grammatical.
L’État, C’est Moi, Y’all
There was no public vernissage where art-fanboys might tip hats to a curator and the new artist on the scene, Dubya, while getting tipsy from champagne.
An Urbanist Mastermind at the Nasher
German-Iranian artist Bettina Pousttchi makes space through innuendo and urban device.
Focus: Fred Tomaselli
The art of Fred Tomaselli is refreshing in its clean, clear, unreconstructed negotiation of technology.
Adela Andea – Zero Degrees Celsius
In her current body of work, Conroe-based artist Adela Andea uses lenticulars.
Looking Back: Under Acceleration
According to the proverbial mission statement, the function of a given city’s contemporary art space is to exhibit the work of young, emerging artists from the area, and to proffer artistic experimentation therein. Let us consider this to be the face of things.
The Sweetest Taboo: Colette Copeland, Gabriel Martinez, Angela Fraleigh, Libby Rowe
The last time anyone thought about masculine stereotypes in the art world was when, inspired by the obtuse adjacencies of Time-Life magazine cut-outs on the floor, Richard Prince re-photographed pictures of male models in the late 1970s.
México Inside Out: Themes in Art Since 1990
México Inside Out: Themes in Art Since 1990 is a tour de force of ambiguity. As a show with work by 23 artists connected to Mexico it runs the risk of being a politically-correct art-ghetto based on geographical stereotypes.
Execution: Crucifixion
Symbols and Implements of Violent Death Abound in Lone Star Museums IMAGE ABOVE: Francisco Gallego (Spanish, order active...
Pretty In Pink
The work of French artist Anne Ferrer falls somewhere between the living and unliving. To put it more...
Fast and Furious
The visual subject – she who sees – is always evolving. One does not look at the Mona...