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Saturday, November 30, 2013
December News : Upcoming Exhibitions: Recontamination & New Surfaces
Thursday, November 7, 2013
November News
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Drone Ensemble Video Performance
Drone Ensemble Performance from AV Contamination : A Technical Name for Brain Surgery
Performed by the New Media Collective at UTSA
at Guadalupe Arts Center | Chavez Project Space | San Antonio, Texas
at Guadalupe Arts Center | Chavez Project Space | San Antonio, Texas
I play the Tibetan Bells, plastic tube and vocals.
Thursday, October 10, 2013
AV Contamination : The Technical Name for Brain Surgery : October 18
The New Media Art Collective, Mark McCoin,
& the Art and Art History Department at UTSA
In
partnership with
The Guadalupe
Cultural Arts Center
PRESENT
An evening of experimental multimedia, exhibition
& performance showcases
Friday, October 18th, 2013
at
the
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
Chavez Building
824 S. Brazos St.,
San Antonio, Texas 78207
6:30 – 10:30 p.m.
Admission
is free
Refreshments
will be available
AV Contamination will be the inaugural presentation in an
ongoing series of experimental multimedia, exhibition and performance showcases
produced by UTSA's New Media Art Collective.
AV Contamination will feature the creations of emerging interdisciplinary
artists, working with such new media practices as ritual, process, duration,
structure, and disruption. The show will start at 6:30 with an exhibition of installation
works, followed at 7:30 by a series of performance works that will include live
processed sound/video art, aesthetic noise, integrated performance arts with
technologies, and creative movement.
AV Contamination is intended for mature audiences
willing to explore innovative approaches in digital media and performance.
For more information please
contact:
Mark McCoin
mark.mccoin@utsa.edu
303 720 9073
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Consider All Things | Main Street Projects | October 6 - November 30
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| "All Things Considered" - acrylic, latex, duct tape, spit, ink, makrer canvas, 30" x 24", 2013 |
Main Street Projects
"Consider All Things"
October 3 - November 30,2013
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 3rd, 6 to 9pm
3617 Main Street | Houston, TX
Main Street Projects is pleased to present "Consider All Things," an exhibition of recent works by Texas artists Hiyme Brummett and Raul Gonzalez. Both artists, whose imagery is nuanced with pop-sensibility, create artwork that is rooted in their lived experience as well as in far-reaching, global symbols. Through their efforts, each artist respectively considers, assimilates, and re-contextualizes pre-existing visual vocabularies, using signs as an expression of that which is vital to human existence – communication.
Hiyme Brummett is an American artist currently working in Houston, Texas. Influenced by his love of African pottery and historic maps, Hiyme employs an ancient way of storytelling. He “paints memories, some dreamed up, others wished forgotten” – landscapes remembered and imagined.
Raul Gonzalez says of his artwork that it is a “blend of reality, fantasy and nostalgia… paintings that are created with acknowledgement of past and current movements in fine art” but that also take into account modern technologies and societal trends – often using evidence of these contemporary behaviors as medium, whether it be the availability of a multitude of new duct tape colors or video as an immediate mode of communication.¬
Consider All Things opens Thursday, October 3rd, 2013, in conjunction with Houston Mid Main’s October First Thursday, with an opening reception from 6:00 to 9:00 pm.
Main Street Projects is an alternative venue in Houston, Texas for site-specific installation featuring local, national and international artists. It is run by Galina Kurlat and Rahul Mitra, Theresa Escobedo, and Brandon Dimit with the support of building owners Bob and Lane Shultz and Pete Gordon.
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For my contribution to the show, I will show "Great Expectations", a series of "nu paintings", performance videos and installations."Great Expectations" spawned by reflecting on my own aspirations for success in my art career. I am constantly seeing and listening to athletes and hip hop artists talk about "doing it big" or "being the next king". My response is, I want the same damn thing. I realize that success, in any aspect of the word, requires hustle, determination and failure. Successes are often balanced with struggles and obstacles.
"Great Expectations" has two meanings. One, it's about wanting more than you already have. I grew up in a lower class family, where bills were rarely paid on time and for a period of time I only had one pair of shorts and maybe two pairs of jeans to choose from. My pursuit for success is grounded in the desire to be able to provide for my future family and any relative that needs any sort of financial help. Breaking the cycle is hard, but ambition can set you free.
Secondly, I have the desire to create something truly extraordinary in the history of fine art. I am constantly referring to past great artists who had strong impacts on the course of art's progression. While I respect and admire such artists, it's time to set the bar higher and create a body of work that has a voice in the history of art.
Alongside this body of work will be the introduction of the "Bull" print series, which is comprised of several new woodcut prints. This series was Inspired by the Houston Texans' "Bulls on Parade" defense line, Picasso's poster prints, bullshit and the upcoming "Running of the Bulls" in Houston.
Monday, August 26, 2013
Art To The Power Of Ten 2013 - McNay Art Museum | September 6, 2013
McNay Art Museum
Celebrates Contemporary Art
with Art to the
Power of Ten Fundraiser
Friday, September 6, 2013 | 7:00 - 10:00pm
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| Raul Gonzalez - Bridge 2 (Connecting the Partion) acrylic, latex, canvas, wood, plastic, reflective tape, duct tape, plastic film, cardboard, light 18" x 62", 2013 |
McNay Art Museum
San Antonio, TX- The McNay Art Museum’s third-annual fundraising event, Art to the Power of Ten, brings together a fine selection of contemporary art galleries and dealers from across Texas for an evening of art, food, and cocktails. The one-night art fair and cocktail party takes place on Friday, September 6, from 7 to 10 PM. Galleries and dealers from San Antonio, Austin, and Marfa offer art for sale. The evening is complemented by the taste of signature cocktails and unique cuisine generously provided by culinary partner Bohanan’s Prime Steaks and Seafood.
AnArte
Gallery
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Okay
Mountain Gallery
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Bismarck
Studios
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Parchman
Stremmel Gallery
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Chris
Davila
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REM
Gallery
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Gallery
Nord
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Ruiz-Healy
Art
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Gravelmouth
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Unit
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The Lullwood Group
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Guest
have the opportunity to visit with dealers who feature a selection of
contemporary paintings, sculptures, drawings, and photographs for sale on
location.
Tickets are $50 per person and includes two door prize
tickets: one for a chance to win one of 11 works of art, and one for a
Bohanan’s gift certificate. All sponsorship and ticket proceeds
benefit the acquisition of contemporary art through the McNay Contemporary
Collectors Forum. Since the fundraising event launched in 2011, the McNay has
significantly increased funds available for the purchase of contemporary art. “Through
the efforts of Art to the Power of Ten,
the McNay has acquired major works by Radcliffe Bailey and Vik Muniz. Without
this fundraising event, such important acquisitions would be impossible” says
McNay Chief Curator René Paul Barilleaux.
In addition to exceptional food and cocktails
graciously provided by Bohanan’s, guests are entertained with music by Brent
Watkins/South Texas Jazz. In addition, John McBurney — winner of an Artist
Foundation of San Antonio design award —premieres costumes based on
contemporary art in the McNay’s collection as well as a designer gown
highlighting Bohanan’s. McBurney has been a freelance makeup artist for more
than 25 years. His credentials include working as a dresser for The Lion
King and Phantom of the Opera at the Majestic Theater.
Ticket info: Admission
is $50 per person and includes two door prize tickets: one for art and one for
a Bohanan’s gift certificate. For tickets or more information, call 210.805.1722
or visit mcnayart.org.
Catering generously provided by Bohanan’s Prime Steaks and
Seafood.
The McNay
Built by artist and educator Marion Kogler McNay in
the 1920s, the Spanish Colonial Revival residence opened as Texas’s first
museum of modern art in 1954. Today more than 100,000 visitors a year enjoy
works by modern masters including Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, Edward
Hopper, Georgia O’Keeffe, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, and Pierre-Auguste
Renoir. In June 2008, the museum opened the 45,000-square-foot Jane & Arthur
Stieren Center for Exhibitions designed by internationally renowned French
architect Jean-Paul Viguier. Nearly doubling the McNay’s exhibition space, the
Stieren Center includes outdoor sculpture galleries.
Hours
Tuesday–Friday, 10 am–4 pm; Thursday, 10 am–9 pm;
Saturday, 10 am–5 pm; Sunday, noon–5 pm.
The McNay is closed on Mondays, New Year’s Day,
Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
General Admission
McNay members, free; children 12 and under, free; adults,
$8; students 13 and over, seniors (65+), and active Military, $5.
An extra admission charge of $5 applies during
special exhibitions. There is no charge for general admission on Thursday
nights and on the first Sunday of the month. At these times, the extra
admission charge applies only for entrance to the special exhibition.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Inman Gallery | MENIL/FIESTA Project | August 23 - 24, 2013
| At Inman Gallery, 3901 Main Street, Houston, TX 77002 |
Special Gallery Event: Friday, August 23rd, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
The Menil/Fiesta Project is a two-day exhibition at Inman Gallery and will feature a selection of paintings created over the last 10 years by undergraduate Painting Majors in the School of Art at the University of Houston. The paintings are solutions to a project given by professors Aaron Parazette and Gael Stack in which the young artists were asked to visit both the Menil Collection and a Fiesta supermarket, gather information, images, and objects, and then synthesize their findings into a series of paintings. The project was conceived with the intention of directing the young artists' attention to questions of "high" and "low" culture, context, commerce, and visual strategies. The inventive and often surprising paintings that have resulted from the Menil/Fiesta project have been a delight and curiosity for both the young artists and their faculty mentors. We hope that the Houston arts community will be similarly intrigued as they consider anew the presence of the Menil Collection and Fiesta through the inventions of these young artists.
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| The exhibition will be on view August 23 & 24 |
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