Review By Andy Coughlan Claes Oldenburg is an odd bird and has laid some “Strange Eggs” over his career. The Sweden-born American artist has gained fame though his playful interpretations of everyday objects, which he manipulates into large-scale, colorful public installations. Now, the Menil Collection in Houston has hatched “Strange Eggs,” an exhibit of the
Performance artists, printmakers invade Studio The chainsaw roared as the girl with the brain for a head dragged a suited mannequin around the yard. Megaphones crackled and discordant guitar sounds mixed with the pop of a fire in the cool evening air. A sizeable crowd watched as the girl with the deer on her head
A Contemplation on Henry Ossawa Tanner’s Painting ‘The Annunciation’ Issue – December 2012 By Elena Ivanova “My effort has been to not only put the Biblical incident in the original setting, but at the same time give the human touch ‘which makes the whole world kin’1 and which ever remains the same.” — Henry Ossawa
ISSUE – December 2012 By Jeff Dixon He’s Baaack! No, not the shark, the Geek. Oh, yeah, the shark, too Once again that cold north wind is blowing and everywhere you look, trees and wreaths are all over yards, street signs, doors, malls, city parks, free clinics, underpasses, abandoned mines — well, you get the
Band Nite November 24, 2012 The Art Studio, Inc. Fix Bayonets “Shot in the Chest”
Band Nite November 17, 2012 The Art Studio, Inc. La Snacks “Christ Sakes and Milkshakes” La Snacks – “A Drink” La Migra – “Feels Like Summer” Too Heavy Boxes – “Sunspots”
Action Can you set me up with adjudication? I haven’t been practicing my multiplication Don’t pump me full of medication Or harass me with implications Every time they lie they use lubrication So my brain becomes pitter-pattered with complication Someone take away this intoxication And fill me up with will and sophistication Don’t make me
The Shaver This morning, when I shaved, I cut my face away. It was in the way, so I removed it. The sleek remaining cheeks will serve me better and not betray how felt I am. No longer will those finky brows and flappy eyes say what I do not want to when I do
The Southeast Texas Arts Council announces the grand opening of Bayou Bauhaus, an online gallery for promoting and selling your original art. The online shop represents the very best of art and craft in Southeast Texas. All products are jury reviewed by experts in the region. Whether you’re interested in buying, selling, or just seeing
PRINTMAKER INVITES COMMUNITY TO EXPERIENCE NEW CULTURE, IDEAS ISSUE Magazine: November 2012 | Story by Andy Coughlan When printmaker Xenia Fedorchenko decides to have a few friends over, they don’t just come from around the corner. In early November, Estonian printmakers Peeter Allik and Toomas Kuusing will bring their unique stylings to Southeast Texas, and
