Email Author Kelly Klaasmeyer

2007 Stories by Kelly Klaasmeyer

• Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection

  published December 27, 2007

  Nothing in "Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection" is for sale, but I really wish it was. The... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Contemporary Conversations: Robert Ryman, 1976," "Jerry Kearns: Between Heaven and Earth," "Little Known Facts," "Ryan Geiger: Secret Garden"

  published December 20, 2007

  "Contemporary Conversations: Robert Ryman, 1976" It's difficult to look at a Robert Ryman painting without an initial feeling of... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "The Buffalo Hunters," "Contemporary Conversations: Robert Ryman, 1976," "Devendra Banhart: Some Drawings," "Ryan Geiger: Secret Garden"

  published December 13, 2007

  "The Buffalo Hunters" Eric Michael Jones should be applauded for thinking big. His digital photos, some printed as large as five feet... More >>

• "Lessons from Below: Otabenga Jones & Associates"

  published December 6, 2007

  It feels like a classroom when you walk into "Lessons from Below," Otabenga Jones & Associates' installation at the Menil Collection.... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Devendra Banhart: Some Drawings," "Kirsten Hassenfeld: Dans la Lune," "Perspectives 158: Kelly Nipper," "Pompeo Batoni: Prince of Painters in Eighteenth-Century Rome," "Ryan Geiger: Secret Garden"

  published December 6, 2007

  "Devendra Banhart: Some Drawings" Better known as a leading figure in independent music, Devendra Banhart is as much of an enigmatic... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Kirsten Hassenfeld: Dans la Lune," "Monster Show 2," "Perspectives 158: Kelly Nipper," "Pompeo Batoni: Prince of Painters in Eighteenth-Century Rome," "Devendra Banhart: Some Drawings"

  published November 29, 2007

  "Kirsten Hassenfeld: Dans la Lune" Technically, Kirsten Hassenfeld's ornate sculptures are impressive and fascinating to the eye. Made... More >>

• Claude Wampler

  published November 22, 2007

  The term "performance art" is cringe-inducing for a lot of otherwise enthusiastic art people. Too many performance artists labor under the... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Michael Bise: Birthday," "Monster Show 2," "Perspectives 158: Kelly Nipper," "Pompeo Batoni," "Rackstraw Downes" and "Tom of Finland"

  published November 22, 2007

  "Michael Bise: Birthday" Michael Bise's work just keeps getting better and better. With pencil, paper and a cinematic sense of... More >>

• "International Discoveries: A Selection of Contemporary Artists from Around the World"

  published November 15, 2007

  A large color photograph depicts set tables in a rustic, wood-paneled room. Food waits for guests on each plate, and a young girl sits between... More >>

• Art Capsule Reviews: "Ken Little: Heavy Metal, Glow, Bucks & Dough," "Michael Bise: Birthday," "Perspectives 158: Kelly Nipper," "Pompeo Batoni: Prince of Painters in Eighteenth-Century Rome," "Tom of Finland: Drawings from the '70s and '80s"

  published November 15, 2007

  "Ken Little: Heavy Metal, Glow, Bucks & Dough" Finesilver Gallery is achieving two firsts with its current show. One, it's the first... More >>

• "Pompeo Batoni: Prince of Painters in Eighteenth-Century Rome"

  published November 8, 2007

  Among the portraits on view in "Pompeo Batoni: Prince of Painters in Eighteenth-Century Rome" at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is one... More >>

• Art Capsule Reviews: "Amy Sillman: Suitors and Strangers," "Ken Little: Heavy Metal, Glow, Bucks & Dough," "Michael Bise: Birthday," "Perspectives 158: Kelly Nipper," "Tom of Finland: Drawings from the '70s and '80s"

  published November 8, 2007

  "Amy Sillman: Suitors and Strangers" Amy Sillman paints like she's reincarnated from some squirrelly, third-tier 1950s abstractionist.... More >>

• Art Capsule Reviews: "Amy Sillman: Suitors and Strangers," "Ken Little: Heavy Metal, Glow, Bucks & Dough" and "Perspectives 158: Kelly Nipper"

  published November 1, 2007

  "Amy Sillman: Suitors and Strangers" Amy Sillman paints like she's reincarnated from some squirrelly, third-tier 1950s abstractionist.... More >>

• Art Capsule Reviews: "Amy Sillman: Suitors and Strangers," "Chemical City," "The David Whitney Bequest" and "Practice Makes Perfect"

  published October 25, 2007

  "Amy Sillman: Suitors and Strangers" Amy Sillman paints like she's reincarnated from some squirrelly, third-tier 1950s abstractionist.... More >>

• "War"

  published October 18, 2007

  E-mailing a form letter to your congressman is one thing, but getting out your welder, your tubes of paint or your needle and thread to make an... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "City Glow," "Ellen Orseck," "Nexus Texas," "RED HOT" and "Sawing Logs"

  published October 11, 2007

  City Glow Self-styled Pop Art star Chiho Aoshima emerged out of the "factory" art group founded in Tokyo in the late '90s by Takashi... More >>

• "Rebecca Ward / Jason Rogenes / Dan Steinhilber"

  published October 4, 2007

  With piles of Styrofoam, rolls and rolls of electrical tape, hundreds of sheets of cardboard and yards and yards of black plastic, Finesilver... More >>

• Art Capsule Reviews

  published October 4, 2007

  "The David Whitney Bequest" "The David Whitney Bequest," currently on view at the Menil Collection, is a strange little exhibition... More >>

• "RED HOT: Asian Art Today from the Chaney Family Collection"

  published September 20, 2007

  The good, the bad and stuff that ought to be recalled — "RED HOT: Asian Art Today from the Chaney Family Collection" at the Museum... More >>

• Art Capsule Reviews

  published September 20, 2007

  City Glow Self-styled Pop Art star Chiho Aoshima emerged out of the "factory" art group founded in Tokyo in the late '90s by Takashi... More >>

• "RED HOT: Asian Art from the Chaney Family Collection"

  published September 13, 2007

  When Robert Chaney and family purchase a work of art, it's no impulse buy. It's a carefully considered, business-based decision. In a 12-year... More >>

• Art Capsule Reviews

  published September 13, 2007

  "Intertwined: Contemporary Baskets from the Sara and David Lieberman Collection" For many, basket weaving is one of those crafts that... More >>

• Art Capsule Reviews

  published September 6, 2007

  City Glow Self-styled Pop Art star Chiho Aoshima emerged out of the "factory" art group founded in Tokyo in the late '90s by Takashi... More >>

• Art Capsule Reviews

  published August 30, 2007

  "China Under Construction: Contemporary Art from the People's Republic" Curated by Beijing-based curator Maya Kóvskaya, this... More >>

• Art Capsule Reviews

  published August 23, 2007

  "China Under Construction: Contemporary Art from the People's Republic" Curated by Beijing-based curator Maya Kóvskaya, this... More >>