Email Author Kelly Klaasmeyer
2010 Stories by Kelly Klaasmeyer
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Capsule Art Reviews: "If We Only Knew Now What They Knew Then," "Kaneem Smith," "The Masterworks of Charles M. Russell: A Retrospective of Painting and Sculpture"
published August 26, 2010
"If We Only Knew Now What They Knew Then" Doilies meet fringe in "If We Only Knew Now What They Knew Then" at the Houston Arts Alliance's... More >>
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Capsule Art Reviews: "If We Only Knew Now What They Knew Then," "Jay Shinn: Refuge," "Kaneem Smith," "Seth Alverson"
published August 19, 2010
"If We Only Knew Now What They Knew Then" Doilies meet fringe in "If We Only Knew Now What They Knew Then" at the Houston Arts Alliance's... More >>
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Wanna Be a Cowboy
published August 19, 2010
The cowboy is the very embodiment of Americans' self-mythology: independent, rugged, hardworking, adventurous. Nineteenth-century dime novels... More >>
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Capsule Art Reviews: "Jay Shinn: Refuge," "Kaneem Smith," "The Paper Runway," "Seth Alverson"
published August 12, 2010
"Jay Shinn: Refuge" Jay Shinn's sculptures use slender bars of stainless steel to create geometric forms that hang on and extend from the... More >>
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An Ancient Impulse
published August 12, 2010
Twenty-seven-thousand years ago, a prehistoric artist found a face-shaped rocky outcropping in a cave and drew horizontal lines on it to indicate... More >>
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Capsule Art Reviews: "Lighter Than Air," "Maurizio Cattelan," "The Paper Runway," "Seth Alverson"
published August 5, 2010
"Lighter Than Air" This exhibition, presented by Blaffer Gallery, showcases Argentine artist Tomás Saraceno's eye-popping creations.... More >>
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Capsule Art Reviews: "Maurizio Cattelan", "The Paper Runway", "Steve Wolfe on Paper"
published July 22, 2010
"Maurizio Cattelan" It's tempting to think that artist Maurizio Cattelan is putting one over on The Menil Collection. The Italian... More >>
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Pile of Paper
published July 8, 2010
Paper is fragile and disposable. It is the stuff of napkins, newspapers, grocery sacks, magazines and paperbacks. Making clothes out of... More >>
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Corporate Takeover
published June 3, 2010
Angry about the state of the world? You can send infinite e-mails to elected representatives, offending organizations and corporations. You can... More >>
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Unflinching Truths
published May 6, 2010
Alice Neel was not the sort of artist people turned to for vanity portraits, because her paintings revealed much more than her subjects likely... More >>
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The Meeting Place
published April 22, 2010
"The Meeting Place" is a crucial part of every FotoFest biennial. Held at the FotoFest headquarters hotel, this is where scores of reviewers sit... More >>
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Capsule Art Reviews: "2010 Glassell Core Exhibition", "Dirty Secrets from the Cataract Cinema", "Iron: Forged, Tempered, Quenched", "Whatever Was Splendid: New American Photographs"
published April 1, 2010
"2010 Glassell Core Exhibition" It's rare (and maybe impossible) that an annual Core Exhibition fires on all cylinders. There's always... More >>
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America the Dysfunctional
published March 25, 2010
Just in case you hadn't noticed, it's time again for FotoFest, that epic, biennial photography extravaganza. The 2010 version includes nine... More >>
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Capsule Art Reviews: "2010 School of Art Annual Student Exhibition," "Maurizio Cattelan"
published March 11, 2010
"2010 School of Art Annual Student Exhibition" Student shows are an inherently mixed bag, but they are also a great place to find... More >>
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The Art of Cool
published March 11, 2010
Walking into "Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool" at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is like walking into a 1970s casting call... More >>
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Capsule Art Reviews: "2010 School of Art Annual Student Exhibition", "Francesca Fuchs", "McKay Otto", "Ron Hoover — A Retrospective: 1972-2006"
published March 4, 2010
"2010 School of Art Annual Student Exhibition" Student shows are an inherently mixed bag, but they are also a great place to find... More >>
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Capsule Art Reviews: "Dana Frankfort: Pictures," "Jonathan Marshall — Doubled Vision," "Ron Hoover — A Retrospective: 1972-2006," "Wishing Well for Houston"
published February 25, 2010
"Dana Frankfort: Pictures" Deftly skirting the edge of obnoxiousness, Dana Frankfort's paintings at Inman Gallery are brashly beautiful.... More >>
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Capsule Art Reviews: "Body in Fragments", "Dana Frankfort: Pictures", "Jonathan Marshall — Doubled Vision"
published February 18, 2010
"Body in Fragments" The Menil is always great at creating little mini exhibits from its vast collection, grouping together and juxtaposing... More >>
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See Dick Run
published February 11, 2010
Vice President Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney liked to have the temperature set at 68 degrees Fahrenheit. He requested "Diet Caffeine Free Sprite."... More >>
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Capsule Art Reviews: "Body in Fragments," "Cy Twombly: Treatise on the Veil," "Dana Frankfort: Pictures," "Robert Pruitt: The Forever People," "Wishing Well for Houston"
published February 11, 2010
"Body in Fragments" The Menil is always great at creating little mini exhibits from its vast collection, grouping together and juxtaposing... More >>
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Capsule Art Reviews: "Body in Fragments", "Dana Frankfort: Pictures", "Robert Pruitt: The Forever People", "Ron Hoover — A Retrospective: 1972-2006", "Wishing Well for Houston"
published February 4, 2010
"Body in Fragments" The Menil is always great at creating little mini exhibits from its vast collection, grouping together and juxtaposing... More >>
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Capsule Art Reviews: "Body in Fragments", "Cy Twombly: Treatise on the Veil", "Martin Zet: Necessity", "Recent Accessions in Design", "Your Bright Future: Twelve Contemporary Artists from Korea"
published January 28, 2010
"Body in Fragments" The Menil is always great at creating little mini exhibits from its vast collection, grouping together and juxtaposing... More >>
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Capsule Art Reviews: "Body in Fragments", "Cy Twombly: Treatise on the Veil", Damascus Gate (Stretch Variation III), "Recent Accessions in Design"
published January 21, 2010
"Body in Fragments" The Menil is always great at creating little mini exhibits from its vast collection, grouping together and juxtaposing... More >>
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Free Martin Zet
published January 21, 2010
Images of stolid iron workers, sturdy collective-farm girls and the glory of the communist state: These are the things that Socialist Realism... More >>
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Capsule Art Reviews: "Body in Fragments", "Exit Art Portfolio Collection", "Perspectives 168: Anna Krachey, Jessica Mallios, and Adam Schreiber", "Recent Accessions in Design"
published January 14, 2010
"Body in Fragments" The Menil is always great at creating little mini exhibits from its vast collection, grouping together and juxtaposing... More >>
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