Merrily He Rolls Along
If you’ve been a local theatergoer in the past 15 years or so, there you already know that...
Casting a Wide Net
Ernesto Neto is a contemporary Brazilian artist widely known for spectacularly huge sculptures that invoke adjectives like “seductive” and “glorious” — they’re meant to awaken our primal selves by inviting interaction. “Cuddle on the Tightrope,” currently on view at the Nasher [...]
Art: Briefly Noted
Houston’s in “so much art, viagra so little time” mode as galleries wrap up their spring seasons with...
Review: Round 36 Project Row Houses
Round 36 is the latest series of artist projects at Houston’s Project Row Houses. As the first of...
Review: Heavy Hitters at Peveto
Peveto may be the new kid on the Colquitt Gallery Row, viagra but there’s no kidding that Heavy...
Review: Let’s Pretend This Never Happened
(A Mostly True Memoir) by Jenny Lawson A few days after receiving my review copy of the revered blogger, Jenny Lawson’s new book, Let’s Pretend This [...]
Review: Prospectors at Lawndale Art Center
The Lawndale Art Center’s, Prospectors show features the three latest residents to complete the Artist Studio Program. While...
Review: King Hedley II
We’ve probably all heard some version of Chekhov’s maxim, that if a loaded gun is introduced on stage, it better be used before the play is through. In August, Wilson’s King Hedley II seems to bring a new weapon in each scene [...]
Review: David Aylsworth
David Aylsworth, The Reverses Wiped Away Along with their own considerable merits and pleasures, the paintings of David Aylsworth’s current exhibition at Inman Gallery provide a case study in how some artists can find seemingly infinite room to maneuver within a narrow register. Each of the show’s small-to-medium-size paintings answers to the gallery’s [...]
Review: The Bad Plus On Sacred Ground
May 5, 2012 Da Camera The Bad Plus’s interpretation of Stravinsky’s, The Rite of Spring, presented by Da Camera of Houston, begins with a hazy, ambient prerecorded auditory collage accompanied by foggy visual projections. It’s the typical postmodern art rock concert opening [...]
Editor’s Remarks: June 2012
James Turrell’s Twilight Epiphany makes light a subject, but underneath is a lesson in change, juxtaposition, and perception....
Build it and they will come
Texas Music Festival sets the standard for excellence Never underestimate the power of a cowboy conductor. That very image served as the poster for the first Immanuel and Helen Olshan Texas Music Festival (TMF), now in its 22nd year. “Actually, that poster is kind of iconic [...]