Arts and Drafts
Every Thursday 7:00PM @ Rio Rita (East Side)
Knitters! Crocheters! Needle Pointers! Crafters of ALL VARIETIES! Join us on Thursday nights at 7:00 PM for crafting, drinks and food at the Rio Rita. NOW WITH LIQUOR! Racy conversation! Thril…more»
3rd ANNUAL AUSTIN HAUNTED FOREST TRAIL OF FEARS
Every Thursday 8:00PM @ Enchanted Forest (South Austin)
3rd ANNUAL AUSTIN HAUNTED FOREST TRAIL OF FEARSRunning “For Your Life” Through The Month Of OctoberThe Austin Enchanted Forest, located at 1412 W. Oltorf, is terrified to announce …more»
Master Drawings from the Yale University Art Gallery
Fri. 06/01 | 10:00AM - Sun. 08/12 @ Blanton Museum of Art (Campus)
ScheduleJune 1 - August 12, 2007. Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat 10am - 5pm, Thurs 10am - 8pm, Sun 1pm - 5pm AA-S Best Bet: "Master Drawings from the Yale University Art Gallery," the Blan…more»
Power Craft new work by Whitney Lee
Thu. 06/28 | 6:00PM - Sat. 08/04 @ Women & Their Work (Downtown)
Opening Reception : Thursday, June 28, 6 -8 pm Women & Their Work presents new work by Austin based artist Whitney Lee. Lee has subverted the craft world by interjecting sexy la…more»
'Interchange: An Exhibition in Three Parts'
Sat. 06/30 | 7:00PM - Sat. 08/25 @ Creative Research Laboratory
Profile AA-S Best Bet: "Interchange: An Exhibition in Three Parts" presents work from 15 master of fine arts candidates from the University of Texas. The show is curated by six …more»
New American Talent: The Twenty-Second Exhibition
Fri. 06/15 | 7:00PM - Sun. 08/19 @ Arthouse at the Jones Center (West Sixth)
The twenty-second in a series of annual juried exhibitions, New American Talent features the work of emerging national artists working in a variety of media including sculpture, painting, phot…more»
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by Andrew Long
August 2007
A noticeable shift in this year’s New American Talent (NAT) exhibition, at Arthouse in Austin through August, is the curator’s exacting attention to photography. Digital technology is increasing the amount of photography being created and presented today.
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Dave Woody
Amelia
2006
Digital print
38 × 30 inches
While photography is intermittently included in survey exhibitions, NAT would suggest that the kids are now being allowed to sit at the grown-ups’ (i.e., the painters’) table. Although the photography in NAT often feels like an afterthought, curator Anne Ellegood of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., has made a bold move in bringing the medium front and center. The overall quality of the photographic works from the 850 applicants is surprising, given that many photographers are reluctant to apply to this annual juried exhibition due to its exclusion of this medium in past years.
The major weakness of NAT is the presentation of too many subsections, resulting in the feeling of a clump of work here, a clump of work there. This is true of theme (race and alienation), medium (ink, found materials and works on paper) and style (juxtaposition, overlay and sparseness). The unifying factor is the very lack of resonance — not one part jumps out or tends to be all that exciting.
NAT artists ask more questions than they provide answers to the exhibition’s question of what is new. To paraphrase choreographer Martha Graham, You can’t make up work, you have to discover it. But it seems as if many of the artists are mimicking one another’s styles rather then forging new ground. (This may simply reflect a national trend as more and more artists are graduating from MFA programs.) What you get here is fewer tour de force, whizbang pieces and more of a slow burn. While the former can sometimes be too much sugar, not enough substance, there are several exceptions.
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Mark Schatz
Moving Gehry
2007
Cardboard Installation
Dimensions vary
Dave Woody’s large, meditative photographic portraits are a rare treat. Their power lies in their simplicity: you carry away only what is present. With so much recent attention garnered by European photographers like Rineke Dijkstra and Thomas Ruff, the portrait is hard to make fresh. But Woody conveys a newness through a reduced color palette and the positioning of his subject, thus encouraging us to look full on. Allison Wermager’s BEEEEP, a sound installation of found answering machines, is perfectly done. Most of the messages are trivial and inconsequential, lacking any real interpersonal connection, although at times a more emotional message surfaces. Wermager serves up these vestiges of late technology in a huge jumbled pile, where distorted voices, power cords, and telephone wires have been preserved in a bizarre chasm of posterity. Roberto Bellini’s video work Landscape Theory captures the artist at work attempting to tape a horde of black grackles gathering at sunset. An older man approaches off-camera and warns Bellini at garrulous length that he can’t tape the birds: “People are on edge. Looks like you’re videotaping that overpass. The police have been making arrests for things like that.” The whole interaction is heard as a voiceover to other sunset images. Normally difficult to pull off, Bellini’s post-9/11 discourse speaks brilliantly to our collective loss of innocence and public space.
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Rebecca Rothfus
Untitled (highway one)
2006
Gouache, pencil and paper on panel
14 × 11 inches
The setup to Damien Gilley’s Parking Lot Miracle video piece starts off predictably –– a man walks across a deserted parking lot, sees a boombox on the ground, then continues on. Seconds later he returns to look around, and realizing he is alone, he presses play and begins to dance. The payoff to this short video is a memorable section halfway through: As the dancer is in the middle of a midair barrel turn, Gilley suspends the tape and jogs the frame back and forth a number of times, mimicking the break-beat scratching of a cheesy Casio keyboard loop. The gravity-defying choreography is charming and humorous and fresh even upon multiple viewings. Equally engaging is Elizabeth Axtman’s video American Classic, which effectively moves the race discussion forward in a cunning, yet direct manner. Framed by her hair, Axtman faces the camera directly and lip-syncs lines lifted from old movies about racial passing. Although we see her underlying torment, Axtman could also break out laughing at any moment as the joke is on the viewer, or at least on those viewers with bigoted perceptions. There are several other strong race-based works present, including Sonseree Verdise Gibson’s Let’s Discuss the Word “Nigger” and Brad Farwell’s An African Mask Looks at Sites of American Blackness: New Orleans Superdome.
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William Hundley
Checkers
2006
Digital print mounted on Plexiglas
22 1/2 × 30 inches
Several works of note for their material investigation include William Hundley’s photographs of suspended fabrics; Jonathon Durham’s Foreskin, composed of tobacco, oil clay and a remote control helicopter; Suzanne Wright’s large-scale colorful drawing “Rainbow Highway” (G.W.B.); Wonjung Choi’s delightful mixed-media installation evoking a kindred spirit to the fish imagery of Lee Bontecou; and Ansen Seale’s crafted screenprint Oil for Food, with its purposeful substitution of the artist’s blood for ink.
Relational works in NAT abound: Jenene Nagy’s topologically themed sculptures; Joseph Phillips’ works on paper; Miguel-Angel Avila and Michael Cambre’s use of collaged imagery; the sparse nature of both Jennifer Nelson and Wura-Natasha Ogunji’s works on paper; Felice Grodin and Elwyn Palmerton’s migrating Mylar ink drawings; and the organized line qualities of work by Tom Mueske and Kirk Stoller.
On first view, NAT seemed exciting in its new commitment to photography, but subsequent viewing revealed an overall palette that felt gray, both in tone and vision. But this is the current state of the union, is it not?
Will van Overbeek: Photographs of Barton Springs
Sat. 05/19 | 7:00PM - Wed. 08/22 @ Austin Museum of Art (Downtown location) (West Sixth)
Will van Overbeek graduated in 1978 from the University of Texas where he studied under photographer Garry Winogrand. Van Overbeek's first major project was a photo documentary book entitl…more»
Master Drawings from the Yale University Art Gallery -- Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat 10am -...
Tue. 07/03 | 7:00PM - Sun. 08/12 @ Blanton Museum of Art (Campus)
Artistic License: WorkSpace Artist Josefina Guilisasti
Thu. 06/28 | 7:00PM - Sun. 10/21 @ Blanton Museum of Art (Campus)
Artistic License is a chance to get up close and personal with Blanton artists. Meet leading Chilean artist, Josefina Guilisasti on June 28 when she discusses her installation. Her work is fea…more»
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The Blanton Museum of Art is showing the artwork of Chilean artist Josefina Guilisasti in the exhibition titled “WorkSpace: Josefina Guilisasti.” The exhibit features eight canvases called “Marfa/Puerto Viejo,” influenced by the artist’s 2005 trip to Marfa.read more at austin360.com
Awakening the Soul
Fri. 07/06 | 6:00PM - Fri. 08/31 @ Las Manitas Avenue Cafe
Awakening the Soul Artwork by Victor Garcia Exhibit: July 6 – August 31, 2007 Reception: Friday, July 6, 2007 6:00 – 8:00 pm La Peña presents “Aw…more»
Ricardo Acevedo: 'Appetite — A 10 Year Retrospective'
Every Thursday 7:00PM @ Continental Club (South Austin)
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Ricardo Acevedo has been photographing Austin for more than 10 years, and through Nov. 29, he’ll exhibit “Appetite — A 10 Year Retrospective” at the Continental Gallery above the Continental Club. Stacee Millangue of the Idea Gallery describes Acevedo’s work process as “photographic painting” on account of his local pioneering of digital and analog hybridizing techniques.read more at austin360.com
WorkSpace: Josefina Guilisasti
Sat. 07/07 | 7:00PM - Sun. 10/21 @ Blanton Museum of Art (Campus)
July 7 - October 21, 2007. Tues. - Sats 10am - 5pm (Thursdays open until 8), Sundays 1pm - 5pm
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The Blanton Museum of Art is showing the artwork of Chilean artist Josefina Guilisasti in the exhibition titled “WorkSpace: Josefina Guilisasti.” The exhibit features eight canvases called “Marfa/Puerto Viejo,” influenced by the artist’s 2005 trip to Marfa. Through Oct. 21. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today.read more at austin360.com
Testimonio
Thu. 03/08 | 7:00PM - Fri. 08/31 @ La Pena
Testimonio La Peña Gallery 227 Congress Ave Austin, TX 78701 March 8 – August 31, 2007 La Peña proudly presents “Testimonio…more»
Leanne Venier's "Abstractions"
Sun. 07/01 | 12:00AM - Fri. 08/01 @ New World Deli
New World Deli is now featuring the energetic and sensuous abstract oil paintings of Leanne Venier. The artist breathes life into paint, and what emerges in her works is provocative and often …more»
Xmas Expo -christmas art show
Every Thursday 12:00AM @ Gallery Lombardi (West Sixth)
This art show features unique gifts and artworks. Prices range from $20 up, on everything from t-shirts to ceramics, paintings, drawings and works on paper all made by Central Texas arti…more»
Ann Matlock: New Work & Marjorie Moore: Remains
Every Thursday 6:00PM @ d berman gallery
Opening Reception: Thursday December 18 6-8pm d berman gallery will be closed for the holidays from December 24- January 2. d berman gallery presents new work by two Texas women arti…more»
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Matlock weaves stunning still lifes from silk, wool and cotton that appear to be luminous oil paintings. Moore fuses myriads of odd objects – animal bones, small toys, beads, stones, sand – to create her beguiling latest series of works that she calls `Baghdad Boxes.’ more at www.austin360.com
'An Almost Holy Picture'
Fri. 05/18 | 7:00PM - Sun. 08/05 @ ZACH Scott Theatre (South Austin)
Schedule July 19 - August 26, 2007. Thursdays - Saturdays at 8 pm, Sundays at 2:30 pmrofile XL Recommended - 'An Almost Holy Picture': In Heather…more»
The Target Collection of American Photography: A Century in Pictures
Sat. 05/19 | 12:00AM - Sun. 08/12 @ Austin Museum of Art (Downtown location) (West Sixth)
A Century in Pictures presents a selection of approximately 80 photographs by American photographers from the Target Collection of American Photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The…more»
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Will van Overbeek’s photos from Barton Springs are going to be showing in the front gallery. This link is to a KUT blog. There is an audio link at the bottom of the page.
http://www.kut.org/items/show/8335
Hatha Yoga with Pamela 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Every Thursday 7:00PM @ Ruta Maya (South Austin)
The word Hatha comes from combining two sanskrit terms "ha" meaning sun and "tha" meaning moon. Hatha Yoga is practiced for mental and physical health as well as vitality. …more»
Exquisite Visions of Japan
Sun. 07/01 | 7:00PM - Mon. 08/27 @ Blanton Museum of Art (Campus)
Ukiyo-e, or images of the 'floating world,' are Japanese woodblock prints that feature beautiful vistas, lush scenery, and natural wonders. More than 50 Japanese woodblock prints from …more»
Austin Art Seen
Tue. 10/03 | 12:00PM - Sun. 09/23 @ Austin Museum of Art (Laguna Gloria location)
Austin Art Seen, circa 1961 reexamines the Modernist movement in Texas art, the art form that gained popularity during the time AMOA-Laguna Gloria (formerly Laguna Gloria Art Museum) was chart…more»
Shelley Tate Garner
Fri. 12/01 | 7:00PM - Mon. 12/31 @ Art on 5th (Downtown)
Garner is a talented multi-media artist from Oklahoma. Her love for art as a child has turned into a quest for knowledge and skill. Enjoy this ongoing exhibit of this fabulous artist.Tickets: …more»
Hatha Yoga with Pamela
Every Thursday 9:00AM @ Ruta Maya (South Austin)
The word Hatha comes from combining two sanskrit terms "ha" meaning sun and "tha" meaning moon. Hatha Yoga is practiced for mental and physical health as well as vitality. …more»
Carol Flax: memoria/memoir
Thu. 05/10 | 7:00PM - Sat. 08/04 @ Volitant Gallery
Carol Flax: memoria/memoir Volitant Gallery Through August 4. 512-236-1240 …more»
WaterMarks
Every Thursday 10:00AM - Sun. 10/18 @ The Gallery at Amplify 2608 Brockton Dr. Austin ,TX 78758
An exciting dual watercolor exhibit---featuring the work of Austin artists Krista Crockett and Richard EwenArtists' Reception and Talk, July 31, 2008, 4:00-6:00pm
Wine and dine —er, snack — while working on the craft of your choice. read more at austin360.com