Email Author Kelly Klaasmeyer

2004 Stories by Kelly Klaasmeyer

• Capsule Reviews

  published May 27, 2004

  Fade In: New Film and Video This Contemporary Arts Museum exhibition, curated by Paola Morsiani, presents a group of works by eight... More >>

• Shining Star

  published May 20, 2004

  Olafur Eliasson has got a little something in common with Prometheus, the Greek god who stole fire for mankind. He brought the sun to England as... More >>

• Capsule Reviews

  published May 20, 2004

  "Fade In: New Film and Video" This Contemporary Arts Museum exhibition, curated by Paola Morsiani, presents a group of works by eight... More >>

• Riding the Word Wave

  published May 20, 2004

  I always thought it would be cool to be able to surf. I figured it would be kind of like waterskiing but without being tethered to a boatload of... More >>

• Color Me Decadent

  published May 13, 2004

  Gordon Terry's art sure claims some eclectic influences. Among them are '60s drug-fueled psychedelia and the hokey bohemian occultism and... More >>

• Capsule Reviews

  published May 13, 2004

  "The Centaur's Smile: The Human Animal in Early Greek Art" Centaurs, satyrs, sphinxes, the Minotaur, gorgons and the like are part of the... More >>

• Lifestyles of the Ricas y Famosas

  published May 6, 2004

  As F. Scott Fitzgerald put it, "The rich are different from you and me." But if "Ricas y Famosas," a new exhibition at the Blaffer Gallery,... More >>

• Capsule Reviews

  published May 6, 2004

  "Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective of Drawings" Born in Turkish Armenia in 1904, Vosdanik Adoian would grow up to be Arshile Gorky, one of... More >>

• Digital Manual

  published April 29, 2004

  Artists Ed Hill and Suzanne Bloom met when they were both teaching at Smith College. By 1973 they were living together, mostly in Bloom's studio.... More >>

• Capsule Reviews

  published April 29, 2004

  "Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective of Drawings" Born in Turkish Armenia in 1904, Vosdanik Adoian would grow up to be Arshile Gorky, one of... More >>

• Sawyer's Adventures

  published April 22, 2004

  You know that stereotype about preachers' kids? It cuts both ways. Margo Sawyer's parents raised her in an agnostic household, so naturally, she... More >>

• The Right Footage

  published April 22, 2004

  The setting of the video looks like a European Sam's Wholesale with foreign groceries. But the place is trashed. Throughout the store, casually... More >>

• Capsule Reviews

  published April 22, 2004

  "The Centaur's Smile: The Human Animal in Early Greek Art" Centaurs, satyrs, sphinxes, the Minotaur, gorgons and the like are part of the... More >>

• Capsule Reviews

  published April 15, 2004

  "Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective of Drawings" Born in Turkish Armenia in 1904, Vosdanik Adoian would grow up to be Arshile Gorky, one of... More >>

• Capsule Reviews

  published April 8, 2004

  "The Centaur's Smile: The Human Animal in Early Greek Art" Centaurs, satyrs, sphinxes, the Minotaur, gorgons and the like are part of the... More >>

• The Meat Market

  published April 1, 2004

  The back lobby of the Warwick Hotel is dotted with Xeroxed "No Smoking" signs that have been futilely taped to the wall. A cluster of European... More >>

• Capsule Reviews

  published April 1, 2004

  "Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective of Drawings" Born in Turkish Armenia in 1904, Vosdanik Adoian would grow up to be Arshile Gorky, one of... More >>

• Water Overdose

  published March 25, 2004

  At FotoFest 2004's opening night, people strolled down Main Street, past fountains and photographs projected on a wall of water. They also... More >>

• Odd Couplings

  published March 11, 2004

  Don't invite a centaur to your wedding. They're worse guests than your cousin's alcoholic biker of a third husband. When the ancient Greek... More >>

• Capsule Reviews

  published March 4, 2004

  "Ayanah Moor: Word!" It seems like anything can be deemed a work of art once it's been placed on a gallery wall, and Ayanah... More >>

• Home Is Where the Art Is

  published February 26, 2004

  In the early '90s, artist Chris Burden was trying to build a studio on his own property. He was slogging through a bureaucratic swamp of building... More >>

• Capsule Reviews

  published February 26, 2004

  Ayanah Moor: Word! It seems like anything can be deemed a work of art once it's been placed on a gallery wall, and Ayanah... More >>

• A Mixed Casket

  published February 5, 2004

  The yellow pages are open to "Funeral -- Funeral Homes and Directors" in the large glossy color photograph. In them, David Funeral Directors... More >>

• Universal Pictures

  published January 15, 2004

  Through March 14 at the Contemporary Arts Museum, 5216 Montrose, 713-284-8250. More >>