Email Author Kelly Klaasmeyer

2008 Stories by Kelly Klaasmeyer

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Drawing in Space," "John Alexander: A Retrospective," "Learning by Doing: 25 Years of the Core Program"

  published June 12, 2008

  "Drawing in Space" For his drawing/performance, "Marker Head Marker" at Lawndale Art Center, Daniel Adame encased his head in a giant... More >>

• John Alexander, the Mediocre

  published June 5, 2008

  John Alexander is one of those iconic Texans. He's irreverent, opinionated, proud of his Gulf Coast roots and, as evidenced by the work in... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Drawing in Space"

  published June 5, 2008

  "Drawing in Space" For his drawing/performance, Marker Head Marker at Lawndale Art Center, Daniel Adame encased his head in a giant... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "John Alexander: New Paintings and Drawings," "Paul Fleming: Dither Complex," "Sculpture"

  published May 29, 2008

  "John Alexander: New Paintings and Drawings" Running concurrently with the John Alexander retrospective at the Museum of Fine Arts,... More >>

• Daniel Adame steals the show at Lawndale

  published May 29, 2008

  For his drawing/performance, Marker Head Marker at Lawndale Art Center, Daniel Adame encased his head in a giant chunk of plaster shaped... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "John Alexander: New Paintings and Drawings," "Katy Heinlein," "Paul Fleming: Dither Complex," "Sculpture"

  published May 22, 2008

  "John Alexander: New Paintings and Drawings" Running concurrently with the John Alexander retrospective at the Museum of Fine Arts,... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Apertura-Colombia," "How Artists Draw," "John Alexander: New Paintings and Drawings," "Miguel Angel Rojas: FotoFest 2008," "Perspectives 160: Dawoud Bey,"

  published May 15, 2008

  "Apertura-Colombia" This survey of Colombian photography and video at the Station Museum of Contemporary Art far outshined the official... More >>

• Unintentional Surrealism at the Hunting Art Prize gala

  published May 15, 2008

  Guests arriving for the 2008 Hunting Art Prize gala handed their car keys off to embarrassed-­looking valets sporting red and green... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Apertura-Colombia," "How Artists Draw," "John Alexander: New Paintings and Drawings," "Miguel Angel Rojas: FotoFest 2008," "Perspectives 160: Dawoud Bey"

  published May 8, 2008

  "Apertura-Colombia" This survey of Colombian photography and video at the Station Museum of Contemporary Art far outshined the official... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Apertura-Colombia," "Craft in America — Expanding Traditions," "Dario Robleto: Oh, Those Mirrors With Memory (Actions 1996-1997)," "How Artists Draw," "Katy Heinlein," "Miwa Yanagi — Deutsche Bank Collection"

  published May 1, 2008

  "Apertura-Colombia" This survey of Colombian photography and video at the Station Museum of Contemporary Art far outshined the official... More >>

• Miguel Angel Rojas gets political without getting polemical

  published May 1, 2008

  The words "Houston" and "Curillo" are written on a piece of paper using little circles in earthy shades of green. The letters look like they... More >>

• Sex, Drugs and Amputees in "Apertura-Colombia"

  published April 24, 2008

  A young man in the jungle is trying to wash the camouflage paint from his face. It's an unusually laborious process for him — he doesn't... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Craft in America — Expanding Traditions," "Dario Robleto: Oh, Those Mirrors With Memory (Actions 1996-1997)," "John Alexander: New Paintings and Drawings," "Katy Heinlein," "Miwa Yanagi — Deutsche Bank Collection,"

  published April 24, 2008

  "Craft in America — Expanding Traditions" With a lush catalog introduced by Jimmy Carter, an extensive Web site and an... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Design Life Now: National Design Triennial 2006," "Ethnography, Photojournalism and Propaganda: 1934-1975.," "FotoFest2008: Current Perspectives, 1998–2008 CHINA," "Vivid Vernacular"

  published April 17, 2008

  "Design Life Now: National Design Triennial 2006" For an exhibition about design, this show isn't very well designed. Organized by the... More >>

• Chinese Contemporary at FotoFest

  published April 10, 2008

  So far FotoFest's official China exhibitions, focusing on early documentary images, propaganda photography and contemporary documentary work,... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Design Life Now: National Design Triennial 2006," "Ethnography, Photojournalism and Propaganda: 1934-1975.," "FotoFest2008: Current Perspectives, 1998–2008 CHINA," "Vivid Vernacular"

  published April 10, 2008

  "Design Life Now: National Design Triennial 2006" For an exhibition about design, this show isn't very well designed. Organized by the... More >>

• FotoFest: "Independent Documentary Photography 1985-2008"

  published April 3, 2008

  There wasn't exactly a lot of art being made during China's Cultural Revolution, unless you count portraits of Chairman Mao or, maybe,... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Design Life Now: National Design Triennial 2006," "Ethnography, Photojournalism and Propaganda: 1934-1975.," "FotoFest2008: Current Perspectives, 1998–2008 CHINA," "Vivid Vernacular"

  published April 3, 2008

  "Design Life Now: National Design Triennial 2006" For an exhibition about design, this show isn't very well designed. Organized by the... More >>

• Past Lives IN "Ethnography, Photojournalism and Propaganda: 1934-1975"

  published March 27, 2008

  China is the theme for FotoFest 2008 — The Twelfth International Biennial of Photography and Photo-Related Work. This year, there are 135... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "AES+F," "Chantal Akerman: Moving Through Time and Space," "Design Life Now: National Design Triennial 2006," "Foto Fest2008: Current Perspectives, 1998–2008 CHINA," "Tony Berlant," "Vivid Vernacular"

  published March 27, 2008

  "Chantal Akerman: Moving Through Time and Space" This show at the Blaffery Gallery will quietly blow away just about any video... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Aaron Parazette: New Paintings," "Chantal Akerman: Moving Through Time and Space," "Design Life Now: National Design Triennial 2006," "Tony Berlant," "A Visceral Valentine,"

  published March 20, 2008

  "Aaron Parazette: New Paintings" When Aaron Parazette left Texas Gallery for McClain Gallery, some local artists saw it as a sign of the... More >>

• Visual Overload at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston

  published March 13, 2008

  For an exhibition about design, "Design Life Now: National Design Triennial" at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston isn't very... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Chantal Akerman: Moving Through Time and Space," "Death and Shit Like That," "Tony Berlant," "A Visceral Valentine," " Perspectives 159: Superconscious, Automatisms Now"

  published March 13, 2008

  "Chantal Akerman: Moving Through Time and Space" This show at the Blaffery Gallery will quietly blow away just about any video... More >>

• "How Artists Draw"

  published February 28, 2008

  The process of drawing is the focus of The Menil Collection's outstanding new exhibition "How Artists Draw: Toward the Menil Drawing... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "AES+F," "Chantal Akerman: Moving Through Time and Space," "Death and Shit Like That," "Gratitude, There's No Competition," "Jac Leirner," " Perspectives 159: Superconscious, Automatisms Now"

  published February 28, 2008

  "AES+F" AES+F is a Russian art powerhouse comprised of Tatiana Arzamasova, a conceptual architect; Lev Evzovitch, a conceptual architect... More >>