Email Author Kelly Klaasmeyer

2008 Stories by Kelly Klaasmeyer

• Lines and Wine

  published December 25, 2008

  "Art" in bars usually runs to beer signs, posters or maybe lame paintings by friends of the owner. But Ariane Roesch's new installation Hot... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Blind Lines," "Frank Zeni," "Remixed & Reloaded: Black Women Artists and the Moving Image Since 1970," "We the People..."

  published December 25, 2008

  "Blind Lines" In the 19th century, locks of hair from the living and the dead were considered sentimental mementos. In the 21st century,... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Frank Zeni," "Proscenia," "Thrive," "We the People..."

  published December 18, 2008

  "Frank Zeni" New bar/gallery Khon's celebrates its grand opening on Milam with an exhibit of paintings by local artist/architect Frank... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Frank Zeni," "Proscenia," "Remixed & Reloaded: Black Women Artists and the Moving Image Since 1970," "Thrive," "We the People..."

  published December 11, 2008

  "Frank Zeni" New bar/gallery Khon's celebrates its grand opening on Milam with an exhibit of paintings by local artist/architect Frank... More >>

• Hair Piece: "Blind Lines"

  published December 11, 2008

  In the 19th century, locks of hair from the living and the dead were considered sentimental mementos. Hair was placed in lockets, woven into... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Frank Zeni," "Proscenia," "Remixed & Reloaded: Black Women Artists and the Moving Image Since 1970," "Thrive," "We the People..."

  published December 4, 2008

  "Frank Zeni" New bar/gallery Khon's celebrates its grand opening on Milam with an exhibit of paintings by local artist/architect Frank... More >>

• Junque in the Houston Heights

  published December 4, 2008

  We are in the living/dining room of Museum of the Weird, a 1939 bungalow on 24th Street in the Heights. On the table in front of us is an... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews; "Juan Andres Videla: The Unsaid Word," "Machines, Buildings and Books," "Proscenia," "We the People..."

  published November 27, 2008

  "Juan Andres Videla: The Unsaid Word" Argentine artist Juan Andres Videla presents old-school oil paintings on canvas in "The Unsaid... More >>

• Wayne Dolcefino, Art Critic

  published November 20, 2008

  It's your money!" went the refrain of Wayne Dolcefino's ABC 13 "exposé" of the Houston Arts Alliance last week. Dolcefino's four-night... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "A Coarse Portal," "The Dead Weight of a Quarrel Hangs: Selections from The Atlas Group Archive," "Incident at Osbourne Grove," "Liz Ward: Crazy Weather"

  published November 20, 2008

  "A Coarse Portal" "A Coarse Portal" is Philip Durbin's largest showing to date, and it's a fine rogue's gallery of the characters that... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "A Coarse Portal," "Damaged Romanticism," "Incident at Osbourne Grove," "Juan Andres Videla: The Unsaid Word," "Liz Ward: Crazy Weather," "Machines, Buildings and Books," "Remixed & Reloaded: Black Women Artists…"

  published November 13, 2008

  "A Coarse Portal" "A Coarse Portal" is Philip Durbin's largest showing to date, and it's a fine rogue's gallery of the characters that... More >>

• The Right Footage in "Remixed & Reloaded"

  published November 6, 2008

  If you want to see all the work in "Remixed & Reloaded: Black Women Artists and the Moving Image Since 1970" at the Contemporary Arts... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "A Coarse Portal," "Damaged Romanticism," "The Dead Weight of a Quarrel Hangs" "Incident at Osbourne Grove," "Juan Andres Videla: The Unsaid Word," "Liz Ward: Crazy Weather," "Machines, Buildings and Books"

  published November 6, 2008

  "A Coarse Portal" "A Coarse Portal" is Philip Durbin's largest showing to date, and it's a fine rogue's gallery of the characters that... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Damaged Romanticism," "Juan Andres Videla: The Unsaid Word," "Liz Ward: Crazy Weather," "RADAR EYES," "A Time for Change"

  published October 30, 2008

  "Damaged Romanticism" "Damaged Romanticism" features the work of 15 internationally recognized artists. There's some compelling work on... More >>

• Ike's Biggest Art Casualty Tries to Dry Out

  published October 9, 2008

  The smell was indescribable," says Galveston Art Center Director Alex Irvine, describing her first post-Ike visit to the GAC, on the... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "2008 Houston Area Exhibition," "Dave Darraugh & Hana Hillerova," "Defending Democracy", "Designed by Architects: Metalwork from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection," "Sterne and Steinberg: Critics Within"

  published July 31, 2008

  "2008 Houston Area Exhibition" This is the tenth installment of a group exhibit that takes place at Blaffer Gallery every four years,... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "2008 Houston Area Exhibition," "Dave Darraugh & Hana Hillerova," "Designed by Architects: Metalwork from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection," "Dramas: Real and Imagined" The artists of "Dramas," "Sterne and Steinberg"

  published July 24, 2008

  "2008 Houston Area Exhibition" This is the tenth installment of a group exhibit that takes place at Blaffer Gallery every four years,... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Dave Darraugh & Hana Hillerova," "Dramas: Real and Imagined," "The Old Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art," "Sterne and Steinberg: Critics Within"

  published July 17, 2008

  "Dave Darraugh & Hana Hillerova" After long employing baroque and rich imagery, Hana Hillerova has moved into the minimal with a group... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Designed by Architects: Metalwork from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection," "Mary Magsamen and Stephan Hillerbrand: Forced Fields," "The Old Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art," "Volker Stelzmann"

  published July 10, 2008

  "Designed by Architects: Metalwork from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection" This exhibition is filled with beautiful, desirable objects... More >>

• Silver Spoon: "Designed by Architects"

  published July 3, 2008

  "Designed by Architects: Metalwork from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection" at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is filled with beautiful,... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Mary Magsamen and Stephan Hillerbrand: Forced Fields," "The Old Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art," "Ruth Pastine: Ever Present," "Jason Salavon: Annex and Catalogue," "Volker Stelzmann: Experimental Arrangements"

  published July 3, 2008

  "Mary Magsamen and Stephan Hillerbrand: Forced Fields" The collaborative – and married – duo of Mary Magsamen and Stephan... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Ruth Pastine: Ever Present," "Jason Salavon: Annex and Catalogue,"

  published June 26, 2008

  "Ruth Pastine: Ever Present" Ruth Pastine's paintings at Gallery Sonja Roesch have some amazingly subtle coloration going on. What at... More >>

• "The Old Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art"

  published June 26, 2008

  America is a weird place, all the more so because most Americans think our country is completely normal. (All those other countries... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Jason Salavon: Annex and Catalogue," "John Alexander: A Retrospective," "Learning by Doing: 25 Years of the Core Program," "Ruth Pastine: Ever Present"

  published June 19, 2008

  "Jason Salavon: Annex and Catalogue" Jason Salavon alters images using software of his own design. In early works, he averaged the... More >>

• The MFAH's Pompeii exhibit fascinates — and horrifies

  published June 12, 2008

  When Mount Vesuvius erupted on August 24 in 79 A.D., it killed thousands. But it also entombed and preserved an entire culture for millennia. The... More >>