A visual arts dialogue
A Collaboration Between The Contemporary and Waller Creek Conservancy written by Erika Huddleston A communal spirit emanates from the new temporary art installation of 1,200 bicycles at the Waller Delta along Lady Bird Lake. Forever Bicycles, by artist Ai Weiwei, is the second collaboration between The Contemporary and the Waller Creek Conservancy on the grassy … Continue reading Ai Weiwei at Waller Creek
John Peralta by Rachel Stephens There’s a strange but familiar object, outdated and broken Pushed far under a table in the stale vintage shop. I found it, sleeping under a pile of other unwanteds Counting the passage of time in dust. This tool, once so sturdy, now feels so fragile As I drag it from … Continue reading Mechanations
Terry Allen’s Road Angel by Veronica Ceci Road Angel was only beckoning in comparative softness towards inevitable raucous reality. Terry Allen’s new artwork on the grounds of The Contemporary Austin at Laguna Gloria was experienced by my ears before the rest of me. My eyes were busy with John Grade’s Canopy Tower, a nearby work, … Continue reading Raucous Reality
Being of Service by Rachel Koper [Hassin] wants her artworks to serve a purpose, one that is aesthetic, and also public, intellectual and speaking truth to power. I did a studio visit with Jenn Hassin to check on things since the birth of her daughter, Jade. She is blessed with agreeable little ones. I apologized … Continue reading Jenn Hassin
