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Who the #$&% is Thomas Hoving?new
Tony Feher likes plastic. In Thomas Hoving, his new exhibition at Artpace, strands of iridescent red, orange, and purple nylon string sweep from the ceiling in the middle of the Hudson (Show) Room, twisting in a dramatic arc.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
01-19-2012 |
Art
Earth isn't always what we try to make of itnew
Land is not necessarily rural, and despite urbanist claims, place need not be a built environment or opportunity for development. "Land Portrait," curated by Brian R. Jobe, brings works by 11 artists of the Culture Laboratory Collective to UTSA Satellite Space that consider land as something much more familiar: known through collective memory or daily habit, but often strangely other.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
01-11-2012 |
Art
Weaving African-American DNA into Confederate 'Black Hair Flag'new
There is nothing more common than a haircut. Curly, straight, or woven in braids, the way we wear the fibers that sprout from our heads tells the world who we are; more than social signifier, it's sculptural material, too.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
01-04-2012 |
Art
That Hairy Guy in the Movienew
Brant Bumpers is our own Steve Buscemi — he's one of the most recognizable faces (scratch that: bodies) in San Antonio film.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
01-04-2012 |
Art
Tags: san antonio film
A Turning Point for San Antonio Film?new
Whether the topic is music, film, or any of the arts, really, it’s always easy to put down a small market, especially if you live in close proximity to a big market like Austin.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
12-22-2011 |
Art
Tags: El cine
‘Codename Doomsday’ Makes a Splash (and Other Curiosities)new
There’s something about a single-painting show that drives people nuts. When Albert Alvarez’ Codename Doomsday was shown for the first time last Friday at Sala Diaz the crowd on the front lawn chatted and drank beer as usual, but a steady stream of viewers continued to pour through the tiny gallery’s door till late to see the new work.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
12-08-2011 |
Art
Spotlights Fail National Theatre in ‘Collaborators’new
The good news is that the National Theatre Live's broadcasts of selected theatrical performances — analogous to the Metropolitan Opera's popular broadcasts in HD — have now arrived in San Antonio.
San Antonio Current |
Thomas Jenkins |
12-08-2011 |
Art
Best of Flash Fiction, November 2011new
Raising children, I can imagine, is always a task. But being a child is no better (or worse). Clarence Darrow’s penetrating (and obfuscating) quote wraps it up nicely: “The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children.”
San Antonio Current |
Lyle Rosdahl |
12-02-2011 |
Art
Family-Friendly Stocking Stuffersnew
Be nice to children, or it’s coal in your stocking and stones in your shoes. At your wit’s end and don’t know what to do?
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
12-02-2011 |
Art
Debora Kuetzpalin Vasquez Takes on Domestic Violencenew
The inside of the Bihl Haus gallery has been transformed into a house filled with color. Everywhere you look, bright, happy paintings cover the walls. Most are portraits of women, often paired with photographs. Between them is furniture, sometimes painted, too.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
11-30-2011 |
Art
San Antonio Poet Laureate goes to...new
Luminaria is next March 10, but artists who want to participate in San Antonio’s big art night only have till December 9 to submit proposals.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
11-28-2011 |
Art
In Memory of the Alameda’s Local-Artist Shows?new
Well, I owe myself five dollars. I had bet against Museo Alameda opening another show. But last Wednesday we received a newsletter announcing the new exhibition, “Día de los Muertos: Mexican Tradition,” on view November 2 through December 3.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
11-10-2011 |
Art
NPR vs Lisa Simeone: politics, opera, and Occupynew
While musing on this week’s review of “The Orient Expressed,” the large survey show now at the McNay that focuses on the congruence of Japanese and Western art known as Japanisme, a recent quote by music critic Lisa Simeone — recently punished by National Public Radio for her involvement in the Occupy DC protests — jumped to my attention.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
11-03-2011 |
Art
How Warships and the Floating World Led us to Art Nouveaunew
While politicians and pundits continue to rail about the need to secure our border to the south, offering helpful suggestions like an alligator-infested moat paired with a big, big fence, perhaps we should all just stop for a moment and remember that other gate we left wide open.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
11-03-2011 |
Art
Tags: art nouveau, border control
Guadalupe Helps Keep Day of the Dead Thrivingnew
The day of the dead — which has one foot in ancient Aztec culture and another in the exploitation of Misfits T-shirts — is all about being alive. At its most secular dia de los muertos, with its sugar skulls, sweet day of the dead bread, and those colorful paper offerings to the underworld, may easily be written off by the uninitiated as about as spiritual as that Tim Burton claymation movie Corpse Bride.
San Antonio Current |
Roberto Ontiveros |
11-03-2011 |
Art
