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Trippy Visuals From the Department of Whoa, Dudenew

SAMA’s Psychedelic art exhibition — years in the making by David Rubin, SAMA’s Brown Curator of Contemporary Art — is well worth seeing. It’s a surefire psychoactive mood enhancer, at the least.

San Antonio Current | Sarah Fisch | 03-17-2010 | Art

Tags: SAMA, Psychedelic, David Rubin

Not Just Another Roadside Attraction, World's Biggest Cowboy Boots Turn 30new

According to TxDOT, every day an estimated 182,000 cars pass by Bob “Daddy-O” Wade’s Giant Justins sculpture in front of North Star Mall. When I explained to the TxDOT public-relations employee why I wanted to know, she gasped, “Oh, I love those boots!”

San Antonio Current | Sarah Fisch | 01-13-2010 | Art

Tags: Bob “Daddy-O” Wade, Giant Justins, Jackelope, Texas DOT

The Disturbing Pleasures of Edward Goreynew

If you weren't watching PBS with your parents back in the early '80s, then this San Antonio exhibition is a fine introduction to Gorey's singular oeuvre.

San Antonio Current | Gillian Fassel | 06-10-2009 | Art

Tags: Edward Gorey, Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey, illustration

The Puzzling Dilemma of an Artist Who Rejects the Imperative of the Contemporarynew

Danville Chadbourne doesn't want to be a contemporary artist, but he has no choice if he wants to be an artist who continues to matter.

San Antonio Current | Elaine Wolff | 05-20-2009 | Art

Tags: Danville Chadbourne, visual art

Henry Rayburn: Gone, Far Too Soonnew

The loss of Henry Rayburn — artist, architect, activist, volunteer, world traveler, and world-class charmer — is a shock to the art community, the LGBT community, as well as his many family members and friends.

San Antonio Current | Sarah Fisch | 02-04-2009 | Art

Tags: visual arts, Henry Rayburn

The Art and Propaganda of World War Inew

Together with Frank Faulkner, Allison Hays Lane has been assembling The Winds and Words of War for more than two years. The exhibition travels on to Chicago at the end of October, and will be memorialized in a book from Seattle's Marquand Press.

San Antonio Current | Sarah Fisch | 10-01-2008 | Art

Tags: World War I, propaganda, icongraphy

A Guatemalen Activist Engages Texas Issues at Artpacenew

Although art critics and curators refer to her work as "body art" or "performance art," Regina José Galindo's projects often resemble the techniques of Ghandi more than performance artists such as Chris Burden or Carolee Schneemann.

San Antonio Current | Ben Judson | 04-16-2008 | Art

Tags: visual arts

The Secret Lives of Superheroesnew

New York-based photographer Dulce Pinzon brings immigrant workers to the forefront in "The Real Story of Superheroes."

San Antonio Current | Jennifer Herrera | 01-23-2008 | Art

Tags: visual arts

Prayer Before the Demonew

Reverend Seymour Perkins' art installation/home/hooker haven -- a noted outsider-art site -- is threatened by city 'dozers.

San Antonio Current | Greg Harman | 12-07-2007 | Art

Tags: visual arts

San Antonio Graffitti Artists Resist Gallery Trendsnew

Supher sees his graffiti as both a rebellious act and an artistic expression. He also considers his illegal outdoor work an easily accessible, unconventional way to view art.

San Antonio Current | Kiko Martinez | 09-19-2007 | Art

Tags: visual arts