Email Author Kelly Klaasmeyer

2011 Stories by Kelly Klaasmeyer

• Capsule Art Reviews: "The Clearing — Joey Fauerso," "Evergreen: Original Contemporary Prints," "Exurb: Input/Output," "George Gittoes: Witness to War," "Jackie Gendel: Fables in Slang," "Jenny Schlief Stock Photography: From the Woman Series"

  published June 30, 2011

  "The Clearing — Joey Fauerso" For "The Clearing," Joey Fauerso takes found, generic landscape scenes and inhabits them with photos of... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Evergreen: Original Contemporary Prints" "George Gittoes: Witness to War" "Jackie Gendel: Fables in Slang" "Just Press Print!" "Musicians Who Make Art" "Voodoo Pop: Mary Hayslip and Trey Speegle"

  published June 23, 2011

  "Evergreen: Original Contemporary Prints" Print Houston 2011, a celebration of artist prints, is finding its way into multiple venues... More >>

• Teen Encounters

  published June 9, 2011

  A photograph of a gaunt, scarred Palestinian teenager under house arrest hangs on one wall. In images opposite it, suburban Texas teens proudly... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Elaine Bradford: The Sidereal" "Guns and Roses" "Jackie Gendel: Fables in Slang" "Measured: Lawndale Artist Studio Program Exhibition" "Nathan Green: Fill the Sky" "Voodoo Pop: Mary Hayslip and Trey Speegle" "Wendy Wagner: Once Up

  published June 2, 2011

  "Elaine Bradford: The Sidereal" There are stores known for doing "artsy" window displays, but artists still come up with the best stuff.... More >>

• Lives Revealed

  published May 26, 2011

  Garage sales offer a glimpse into other people's lives. I still remember a Montrose yard sale a few doors down from my old house. All the... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Guns and Roses," "Heinrich Kühn: The Perfect Photograph," "Henry Horenstein: Show," "This Is Displacement: Native Artists," "Voodoo Pop: Mary Hayslip and Trey Speegle," "Wendy Wagner: Once Uponse a Time in the Land o

  published May 26, 2011

  "Guns and Roses" On the surface, the new show at Anya Tish Gallery recalls happy childhood memories and tooth-rotting sweetness. But... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Guns and Roses," "Heinrich Kühn: The Perfect Photograph," "Henry Horenstein: Show," "Minimalux," "Round 34: A Matter of Food," "The Whole World Was Watching: Civil Rights-Era Photographs"

  published May 19, 2011

  "Guns and Roses" On the surface, the new show at Anya Tish Gallery recalls happy childhood memories and tooth-rotting sweetness. But... More >>

• Art from the Arctic

  published May 12, 2011

  You don't need a parka at The Menil Collection's stunning "Upside Down: Arctic Realities," but venturing inside does require special... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Elaine Bradford: The Sidereal," "Heinrich Kühn: The Perfect Photograph," "Henry Horenstein: Show," "Perspectives 174: Re: Generation," "Round 34: A Matter of Food," "This Is Displacement: Native Artists"

  published May 12, 2011

  "Elaine Bradford: The Sidereal" There are stores known for doing "artsy" window displays, but artists still come up with the best stuff.... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Elaine Bradford: The Sidereal" "Heinrich Kühn: The Perfect Photograph" "Measured: Lawndale Artist Studio Program Exhibition" "Perspectives 174: Re: Generation" "Regine Schumann: Chameleon" "The Whole World Was Watching: Civil R

  published May 5, 2011

  "Elaine Bradford: The Sidereal" There are stores known for doing "artsy" window displays, but artists still come up with the best stuff.... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Donald Baechler: Sculptures and Paintings" "Larassa Kabel: and all of this so far from Heaven" "Perspectives 174: Re: Generation" "Regine Schumann: Chameleon" "Round 34: A Matter of Food" "Heinrich Kühn: The Perfect Photogra

  published April 28, 2011

  "Donald Baechler: Sculptures and Paintings" Like a kindergartner, Donald Baechler always seems to be painting with a brush that's way too... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Kate Breakey 2011: Painted Light," "Perspectives 174: Re: Generation," "Round 34: A Matter of Food"

  published April 21, 2011

  "Kate Breakey 2011: Painted Light" I've never been a huge fan of Kate Breakey's work. Breakey's stock-in-trade is painstakingly... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Donald Baechler: Sculptures and Paintings" "Larassa Kabel: and all of this so far from Heaven" "Mark Bradford: A 20 Year Survey" "Regine Schumann: Chameleon" "Kate Breakey 2011: Painted Light"

  published April 14, 2011

  "Donald Baechler: Sculptures and Paintings" Like a kindergartner, Donald Baechler always seems to be painting with a brush that's way too... More >>

• The Mother Lode

  published April 14, 2011

  A balding man in a snap-front Western shirt glares out at the viewer as if daring somebody to say something. Standing in a little girl's room,... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "First Take: Okay Mountain" "Heimir Bjorgulfsson: The Classical" "Larassa Kabel: and all of this so far from Heaven" "Mark Bradford: A 20 Year Survey"

  published April 7, 2011

  "First Take: Okay Mountain" Parodying self-help gurus, religious cults and creepy corporate "team building," the Austin artist... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Donald Baechler: Sculptures and Paintings," "First Take: Okay Mountain," "Heimir Bjorgulfsson: The Classical," "Tony Smith: Drawings"

  published March 31, 2011

  "Donald Baechler: Sculptures and Paintings" Like a kindergartner, Donald Baechler always seems to be painting with a brush that's way too... More >>

• Film Collage

  published March 31, 2011

  Forty years ago, the phrase "Take me to Cuba" had become a running joke. In January of 1969 alone, there were eight planes hijacked to Cuba. The... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Heimir Bjorgulfsson: The Classical," "Tony Smith: Drawings"

  published March 24, 2011

  "Heimir Björgúlfsson: The Classical" Elements from the natural world become characters in the collages of Heimir... More >>

• Get Some "Answers"

  published March 17, 2011

  British collaborative duo John Wood and Paul Harrison's videos look like work made by artists under house arrest. All of the videos take place in... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Bjørn Båsen: Tainted Tales," "California Cool,"

  "Heimir Björgúlfsson: The Classical," "Tony Smith: Drawings"

  published March 17, 2011

  "Bjørn Båsen: Tainted Tales" Bjørn Båsen's "Tainted Tales" at Anya Tish Gallery presents surreal paintings of... More >>

• Fine Fellows

  published March 10, 2011

  High school is the scene a lot of trauma and drama, both real and imagined. It's also a popular setting for horror movies. Artist Kelly Sears uses... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "California Cool," "Tony Smith: Drawings"

  published March 10, 2011

  "California Cool" Peel Gallery is offering up some "California Cool" in its current show of artists and designers who channel the 20th... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "California Cool," "Christian Eckart: The Absurd Vehicle & Other Propositions," "Plenitude," "Pteridomania," "Timothy Greenfield-Sanders: Injured Soldiers and Marines"

  published March 3, 2011

  "California Cool" Peel Gallery is offering up some "California Cool" in its current show of artists and designers who channel the 20th... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "California Cool," "Christian Eckart: The Absurd Vehicle & Other Propositions," "Plenitude," "Timothy Greenfield-Sanders: Injured Soldiers and Marines," "Tony Smith: Drawings"

  published February 24, 2011

  "California Cool" Peel Gallery is offering up some "California Cool" in its current show of artists and designers who channel the 20th... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "flickerlounge: Short Films by John Herschend, Ben Peters and Lily Sparks," "A Matter of Wit," "Plenitude," "Pteridomania," "Timothy Greenfield-Sanders: Injured Soldiers and Marines," "Tony Smith: Drawings"

  published February 17, 2011

  "flickerlounge: Short Films by John Herschend, Ben Peters and Lily Sparks" Art of Painting 3, by Lily Sparks, is a four-minute 30-second... More >>