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(Re)Vision: An Experiment in Artmaking
Big Medium (formerly Bolm Studios)
Opens Saturday, September 4, 7-11 pm
Through September 30.
(512) 385-1670
The Texas Art Collectors of Austin and San Antonio bring together an exhibition of work by some of Austin's best contemporary talent in (Re)Vision. With this list of names, the show is sure to be a good one so miss your chance to see work by Sean Gaulager, Shadi Dunkin, Steve Dubov, Roi James, Terri Thomas, Heather Tolleson, Debra Broz, Laura Caffrey, Ethan Diehl, Amy Scofield, Michael Ablman, Jamie Panzer, Jana Swec, and Hank Waddell.
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Fotografica: Photography exhibit for Fotoseptiembre USA
La Peña
Opens Friday, September 3, 6–8 pm
Through October 2.
(512) 477-6007
La Peña presents Fotografica as a part of the Fotoseptiembre USA International Photography Festival, a unique forum for the exhibition and celebration of photography and photography-based art forms. This group exhibition includes almost twenty artists plus a musical performance by Azul during the opening!
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Fotografica: Photography exhibit for Fotoseptiembre USA
La Peña
Opens Friday, September 3, 6–8 pm
Through October 2.
(512) 477-6007
La Peña presents Fotografica as a part of the Fotoseptiembre USA International Photography Festival, a unique forum for the exhibition and celebration of photography and photography-based art forms. This group exhibition includes almost twenty artists plus a musical performance by Azul during the opening!
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(Re)Vision: An Experiment in Artmaking
Big Medium (formerly Bolm Studios)
Opens Saturday, September 4, 7-11 pm
Through September 30.
(512) 385-1670
The Texas Art Collectors of Austin and San Antonio bring together an exhibition of work by some of Austin's best contemporary talent in (Re)Vision. With this list of names, the show is sure to be a good one so miss your chance to see work by Sean Gaulager, Shadi Dunkin, Steve Dubov, Roi James, Terri Thomas, Heather Tolleson, Debra Broz, Laura Caffrey, Ethan Diehl, Amy Scofield, Michael Ablman, Jamie Panzer, Jana Swec, and Hank Waddell.
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Dana Brown: The Fiction
Diaz Gallery
Opens Saturday, September 4, 7-9 pm
Through October 9.
512-444-0013
Diaz Gallery presents an exhibition of works by Austin artist Dana Brown. In The Fiction, two separate bodies of work are presented together where Brown's’s bright and colorful paintings are set against his systematic collages.
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Jack King: Brain: Flawed/Fun
The Artpost
Opens Saturday, September 4, 7-11 pm, Contact Jack King at jack.king@mail.utexas.edu for viewing during September
Through September 30.
817-944-9954
Jack King's work is influenced by psychology and in his new exhibition, Brain: Flawed/Functioning, he mixes interactive, sculptural, and 2-D pieces at The Artpost.
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Bill Miller: New Work In Vintage Linoleum
Yard Dog Gallery
Opens Saturday, September 4, 7-9 pm
Through September 26.
512-912-1613
Bill Miller's collages made from salvaged vintage linoleum create the effect of stained glass and incorporate the pattern and color of the material. Miller began working with reclaimed materials as a founding member of Pittsburgh's Industrial Arts Co-op, constructing large scale sculptures made of scrap materials in abandoned industrial sites. September marks the 15th Anniversary of Yard Dog so be sure to stop by for the celebration!
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Leslie Sealey
Wally Workman Gallery
Opens Saturday, September 11, 6-8 pm
Through September 29.
(512) 472-7428
Wally Workman Gallery opens a solo show with painter Leslie Sealey for her second solo show at the gallery. By emphasizing geometric shapes, Sealey draws attention to the abstract nature of a cityscape.
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PAPER 2: Craig, Dudley, Kunc, Lehrer, and Samsel
Gallery Shoal Creek
On view Thursday, September 2, Reception Friday, September 17, 6-8 pm
Through October 2.
512-454-6671
Gallery Shoal Creek presents the exhibition PAPER 2, a group show featuring Melissa Jay Craig, Catherine Dudley, Karen Kunc, Leonard Lehrer, and Francesca Samsel. The exhibition explores the process of five artists whose work incorporates printmaking, collages, and sculptural works of hand-made paper.
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PAINTED LIGHT: Photoworks by KATE BREAKEY
The Wittliff Collections
On view Thursday, August 26, Reception and book launch November 6, 7-9:30 pm, FREE! RSVP to thewittliffcollections@txstate.edu
Through February 4.
(512) 245-2313
Kate Breakey's large-scale, richly hand-colored photographs are now on view in her new exhibition at Texas State University's Wittliff Collections. Painted Light is the first career retrospective of Breakey's work with over 130 selections from nine suites of photographs. The show encompasses a quarter-century of her work, including Small Deaths, her acclaimed portrait series of birds, flowers, animals, and insects. This exhibition is part of FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA and a second book in the Wittliff’s Southwestern & Mexican Photography Series is available, published October 2010 by UT Press.
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Karen Mahaffy: Persistence of Moment
Women & Their Work
Opens Thursday, July 22, 6-8 pm, "The Phenomena of Place", Artist Panel with Karen Mahaffy Thursday, August 12, 7 pm
Through September 2.
(512) 477-1064
Karen Mahaffy creates video, sculptural and drawn works in her new exhibition, Persistence of Moment, at Women and Their Work. Mahaffy's ephemeral time-based video works will be on view as well as several sculptures which were inspired by Mahaffy’s recent Research Fulbright to Estonia. An artist panel entitled, The Phenomena of Place, takes place Thursday, August 12 at 7 pm with a conversation between Karen Mahaffy, Megan Crigger, Austin's Public Art Administrator, author Chris Oglesby, artist Chris Sauter and other guest artists.
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CONSENSUS OF TASTE
Mexic-Arte Museum
Opens Friday, July 16, 6–9 pm, $5 General Public / Free for Members, Live Performance Art by Jesus Benavente and Jennifer Remenchik, Music by DJ Andrew Alter
Through September 3.
(512) 480-9373
The 15th Young Latino Artists Exhibition is now on view at the Mexic-Arte Museum! Consensus of Taste is curated by Claudia Zapata who, according to the press release, utilizes Clement Greenberg's concept that suggests there is a “consensus of taste” in which disputed taste eventually is agreed upon by all parties. Featured artists include Jesus Benavente, Candace M. Briceño, Margarita Cabrera, Bobby Dixon, Santiago Forero, Eduardo Xavier Garcia, Ivete Lucas, Randy Muniz, Cruz Ortiz, Matthew Rodriguez, Carlos Rosales-Silva, Abel Saucedo, Vargas-Suarez Universal, David “Shek” Vega, and Jason Villegas!!! The Serie Print Project XVII exhibition is also on view with serigraphy from this Austin-based studio.
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Cordy Ryman: Scrapple
Lora Reynolds Gallery
Opens Saturday, July 17, 6-8 pm, Conversation between the artist and Sue Graze, Executive Director of Arthouse at the Jones Center, begins at 7 pm
Through September 4.
(512) 215-4965
Lora Reynolds Gallery announces the first solo exhibition of new works by New York based artist, Cordy Ryman, entitled Scrapple. Rooted loosely in minimalism and abstraction, Ryman’s paintings and sculptures address elements of architecture with rich texture and a unique color palette.
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30th Anniversary Show
Wally Workman Gallery
Opens Saturday, August 7, 6-8 pm
Through September 4.
(512) 472-7428
Wally Workman Gallery celebrates its 30th anniversary this year with a new summer summer exhibition! Starting in only two small rooms within a 100 year old historic home on West Sixth Street, the gallery has gradually expanded to occupy the whole house. With a roster of 50 artists who work in diverse mediums and subject matter, the anniversary show includes works by every single one of their artists!
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Just Because 10.3 ~ Michael Krumenacker: Your Hair Is Mine
Testsite
Opens Sunday, July 25, 3 pm
Through September 5.
(512) 453-3199
Your Hair Is Mine is an exhibition of new works by Michael Krumenacker at testsite. Through his functional and non-functional sculptures, Krumenacker investigates the ways "in which visual culture creates and reinforces structures of power and class", states the press release. By replacing and augmenting the existing furniture from found and available materials, he explores relationships between real and imagined spaces. Krumenacker currently lives in Austin after having worked in various carpentry jobs in Brooklyn for eight years. It is from these jobs that he draws much of the material for his sculptures.
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88, organized by Andy Coolquitt
Domy Books Austin
Opens Saturday, August 7, 7-10 pm
Through September 9.
(512) 476-DOMY (3669)
Domy Books, in association with Okay Mountain presents the exhibition 88, organized by Andy Coolquitt. Featured artists include Jamie Panzer, Jill Thrasher, Kal Spelletich, Nic Maffei, Regina Vater, Sheelah Murthy, Steve Jones, Teresa Hubbard, Theresa Houston, Lance Letscher, Bob Anderson, Bogdan Perzynski, Carolee Schneemann, Elisa Jimenez, Luke Savisky, Peter Glassford, Sawad Brooks, Julia Maffei, Bill Lundberg, Ethyl Shipton, Angela Berkson, Ted Laredo, Penny Van Horn, Teresa Hubbard/Alexander Birchler, Scott Van Horn, Bart Farrar and more... this is going to be a good one so don't miss this your chance to check it out before September 9!
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Distinguished Artist Veterans
Access Gallery
On view Sunday, August 9, Opens Saturday, August 21, 6-8 pm
Through September 17.
(512) 323-6626
This year VSA Texas Access Gallery once again launches the Distinguished Artist Veterans exhibition at Access Gallery. This show features new work by twelve disabled American veterans from Texas, including some that were in last year’s show plus a few new artists are also included.
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Michael Long: Argentina Expressions
L. Nowlin Gallery
On view Tuesday, August 17, Opens Saturday, August 21, 6-8 pm & September 2, 6-8 pm
Through September 18.
(512) 626-9301
Shot with color negative film during a five week adventure to Argentina, the series Argentina Expressions is now being featured at L. Nowlin Gallery. Michael Long's work is greatly influenced by painting and works to eliminate distinctions between realism and abstraction by shifting camera positions, the use of selective focus, and subject motion.
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Fired Up! The Art of Ceramics Glass & Steel
Pump Project Art Complex
Opens Saturday, August 28, 7-10 pm
Through September 18.
(512) 351-8571
Check out the exhibition at the Pump Project Art Complex featuring sculptural and functional work by Austin artists Ryan McKerley, Edmund Martinez, Sharon Smith, James Tisdale, Jennifer Prichard, Micah Evans, Morgan Graff, Sun McColgin, Mike Merritt, Jared Thies, Flo Vasquez, Rebecca Cole, Glenda Kronke, Colin McIntyre, Croix Williamson, Claire Montgomery, and Mandy Sue Springer.
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Joseph Phillips and Shawn Smith
d berman gallery
Opens Thursday, August 26, 6–8 pm, Artist talks Saturday, September 11, 1 pm
Through October 9.
(512) 477-8877
d berman gallery pairs together Austin artists Joseph Phillips and Shawn Smith for two solo exhibitions in which both artists examine human interaction with the natural world. Joseph Phillips' gouache works on paper depict pre-fabricated land units that look as though they could be dropped into a suburban sprawl. Shawn Smith’s sculptures of pixelated, abstracted forms, explore society's increasing reliance on digital media as an alternative to the natural world.
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From Process to Print: Graphic Works by Romare Bearden
Austin Museum of Art (downtown)
On view Saturday, August 28
Through November 14.
(512) 495-9224
The new exhibition at the Austin Museum of Art, From Process to Print: Graphic Works by Romare Bearden, investigates the ways that preeminent American artist, Romare Bearden (1911-1988), mastered the medium of printmaking. Seventy-five prints created over thirty years are on view and the exhibition is organized by Landau Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles, with the help of the Romare Bearden Foundation. The works in the exhibition show Bearden’s literary, biblical, mythological, popular culture and western and non-western themes that were informed by his African American cultural experiences.
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CORMAC McCARTHY: Selections from the Permanent Collection
The Wittliff Collections
On view Monday, August 23, Opens October 28, 6-7 pm, Program features Peter Josyph, author of Adventures in Reading Cormac McCarthy, FREE! RSVP to southwesternwriters@txstate.edu
Through December 12.
(512) 245-2313
One of America’s most critically acclaimed writers, Cormac McCarthy is the author of some of the finest novels of our time, including All the Pretty Horses, Blood Meridian, No Country for Old Men, and The Road, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in 2007. CORMAC McCARTHY: Selections from the Permanent Collection features McCarthy’s literary papers and related materials which are held at Texas State University’s Wittliff Collections. This is the first large-scale public exhibition showcasing the notes, handwritten and typed drafts, unpublished pieces, correspondence, and other items that lend insight into McCarthy’s career and writing process!
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Repartee: 19th-Century Prints and Drawings from The Blanton
Blanton Museum of Art
On view Saturday, August 14
Through January 16.
(512) 471-7324
The Blanton Museum of Art features an exhibition of over 125 works exploring the artists and ideas introduced in the 19th century working in the mediums of printmaking and drawing. Repartee: 19th-Century Prints and Drawings from The Blanton Collection examines the social and theoretical frameworks for nineteenth-century art making. Featured in the exhibition are works by John Constable, William Blake, Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, Auguste Renoir, Berthe Morisot, J.A.M Whistler, Paul Gauguin, Paul Cézanne and Toulouse-Lautrec to name just a few.
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