Email Author Kelly Klaasmeyer

2012 Stories by Kelly Klaasmeyer

• Strange Sculptures and Endless Words

  published December 20, 2012

  Two solo shows at Devin Borden Gallery present work from established artists with very particular and ongoing fascinations. In "I like that... More >>

• Gilad Efrat's Images of Desolation

  published December 6, 2012

  In Gilad Efrat's "Negev," a new show at Inman Gallery, Israel's Negev desert and the lunar landscape vie as images of desolation. The... More >>

• An American Artist

  published November 22, 2012

  In 1872, 13-year-old Henry Ossawa Tanner was walking with his father in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park when he saw a man making a painting of a... More >>

• Asian American Portraits

  published November 22, 2012

  Grouping visual artists by ethnic identity is a tired curatorial tactic, but at least we get to see some great art in this one at the Asia Society... More >>

• Beauty in a Bottle Cap

  published November 8, 2012

  There's a lot of sculptural work around right now that is heavily reliant on piles of random crap, sometimes found, sometimes purchased.... More >>

• Keren Cytter's "Video Art Manual"

  published October 18, 2012

  I was introduced to Keren Cytter before the opening of her solo show, "Video Art Manual." She was standing on the loading front of... More >>

• In Plain Sight

  published October 4, 2012

  The 20th century saw a lot of hand-wringing about the "death of painting." Painting, however, didn't get the memo. It remains alive and well.... More >>

• Jane Alexander and the Dangers of Success

  published September 20, 2012

  South African artist Jane Alexander came to the attention of the art world decades ago with her 1985/86 sculpture The Butcher Boys. The... More >>

• Screaming "Silence"

  published August 16, 2012

  In the natural world, silence can mean all the other herd animals are frozen in fear and your oblivious grass-munching ass is about to get... More >>

• Maxwell Hendler's Rich Resin

  published August 2, 2012

  Maxwell Hendler's monochromatic paintings, on view at Texas Gallery, are riveting. There's something almost primal in the appeal of his... More >>

• Oscar Munoz Is Only Human

  published July 19, 2012

  Memories fade. People disappear. It happens in life, and it happens in Oscar Muñoz's art. "Oscar Muñoz" at Sicardi Gallery... More >>

• It Is What It Is. Or Is It?

  published June 21, 2012

  "It is what it is. Or is it?" at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is CAMH curator Dean Daderko's first show. It has Marcel Duchamp as... More >>

• Lawndale's Stellar Studio Show

  published May 31, 2012

  In 1980 Hurricane Allen hit Brownsville, traveled west and spawned tornadoes in San Antonio. If you search YouTube, you can find a clip of a... More >>

• Danny Lyon's Out of "This World"

  published May 17, 2012

  Danny Lyon was the first photographer for the 1960s civil rights group the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. He documented and joined the... More >>

• 60 Years of Russian Photography

  published April 26, 2012

  By most estimates, Joseph Stalin was responsible for the deaths of at least 20 million people; some put the number as high as 40 million or more.... More >>

• Back to the Classics

  published April 19, 2012

  I first met Olga Tobreluts in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1996 when I interviewed her for the St. Petersburg Times. Sixteen years later,... More >>

• Paintstick and Perception

  published March 22, 2012

  At 72, Richard Serra is a force to be reckoned with. You can still tell that this is a guy who started working in a steel mill at age 16 to earn... More >>

• Tut, Tut

  published March 8, 2012

  You may have already grown accustomed to the giant fiberglass statue of Anubis outside the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the jackal-headed... More >>

• Power Players

  published February 23, 2012

  The television news last Thursday featured a video clip of five male religious leaders testifying before a house "oversight" committee about the... More >>

• Forest "Dweller"

  published February 2, 2012

  Kent Dorn's paintings give us a natural world that feels unnatural: It's as grungy as a back alley and kinda icky. "Dweller," his show at... More >>

• Real eState

  published January 26, 2012

  In 21st century America, having kids means having a bunch of crap in your house. Stuffed animals start piling while they are still in utero;... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "New Formations: Czech Avant-Garde Art and Modern Glass from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection," "New Paintings: Geoff Hippenstiel," "Perspectives 177: McArthur Binion," "Peter Massing: Time After Time," "Sherrie Levine: Selected

  published January 26, 2012

  "New Formations: Czech Avant-Garde Art and Modern Glass from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection" Avant-garde Czech erotica, anyone? "New... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: Houston Permitting Center, "New Formations: Czech Avant-Garde Art and Modern Glass from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection," "Perspectives 177: McArthur Binion," "Peter Massing: Time After Time," "Reconstruction," "Sherrie Levine:

  published January 19, 2012

  Houston Permitting Center Some of the best artworks in Houston right now can't be found at a gallery or museum, but a government building.... More >>

• Reel Time

  published January 12, 2012

  When you walk into the main room at McClain Gallery, be sure to find the little, square, red button on the wall to your right. It activates the... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: Houston Permitting Center, "New Formations: Czech Avant-Garde Art and Modern Glass from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection," "Reconstruction," "Sherrie Levine: Selected Works"

  published January 12, 2012

  Houston Permitting Center Some of the best artworks in Houston right now can't be found at a gallery or museum, but a government building.... More >>