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EXU has arrived
Robert BoydEXU cover by Ike MorganI've written about it and talked about it, but now it's really here. EXU is a 48 pages tabloid magazine that I have published featuring art, photography, prose and...
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My Favorite Comics of 2015
Robert BoydThe list below is a personal list of my favorite comics for the year. It's not really a "best of" list. For one thing, it excludes all the possibly great comics I didn't read this year. But...
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Betsy Huete’s Top Ten of 2015
Betsy HueteWhat can I say? I like to keep it super specific. Without further ado, here are my top ten pieces exhibited in Houston in 2015: 10. Paul Krainak, Rural Phase at the Emergency Room Gallery,...
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Robert Boyd's Favorite 2015 Art Books
Robert BoydThis will be a bit similar to my "best comics" list in that it reflects my favorites among those books I read that were published in 2015. And reading art books is a bit different from...
View ArticleI Like That
Robert BoydIn his blog, I Like That, R.J. Casey wrote about a different artist every week. They were short personal essays--Casey is writing about an artist, but he (she?) is writing about his personal...
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Art's Greatest Whoremonger
Robert BoydWilliam N. Copley is the subject of a major retrospective the Menil Museum called William N. Copley: The World According to CPLY curated by Toby Kamps.In Linda Nochlin's classic essay "Why...
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RIP Jed Foronda
Robert BoydOne of Houston's most interesting young artists just passed away. Jed Foronda was only 30 years old. I first saw his work in 2009, right about the time I started this blog. He had two pieces...
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George Sugarman Sighting
Robert BoydHey Pan fans--you might remember a post I wrote six years ago about corporate sculpture. One of the things I wrote about at the time was how a large sculpture from 1971 by George Sugarman,...
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The Jailing of Rokudenashiko for Making Art from her Pussy
Robert BoydRokudenashiko and her manko kayak (photo by Eigo Shimojo)Last year, there was a flurryofnews about Rokudenashiko (the pen-name of Megumi Igarahi) who had made a vagina-shaped kayak and found...
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Rokudenashiko Found Guilty
Robert Boyd As I mentioned last post, Rokudenashiko was to be judged shortly on whether or not she had distributed obscene materials by distributing electronic three-dimensional files of her genitalia...
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Who Doesn’t Like Penises: A Few Questions for Tod Bailey
Virginia Billeaud Anderson Tod Bailey, Redneck Disco, 2014, Oil on Canvas, 48x60To promote its exhibition of oil paintings by Tod Bailey, the Ted Casablanca Gallery in Palm Springs “borrowed” a few...
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Dribs and Drabs
Robert BoydDream About Mark FloodI dreamed that Mark Flood had made two animated automata, one a homunculus (specifically one identical to Tejadora by Liliana Porter) and one life size. For some...
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A Kingly Gift to the Menil
Robert BoydREVISED June 14.Thursday night, a show of artwork from the art collection of Stephanie Smither and the late John Smither called As Essential as Dreams opened at the Menil. This is the second...
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Morally Compromised Comics Reviews
Robert BoydI've known Matt Madden and Bob Fingerman for many years. An issue I often have is how do you write about people with whom you have a personal relationship. That's become an issue writing art...
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Cary Reeder at Optical Project
Robert BoydBeen a while since I wrote some art reviews. Here is a short one.Cary ReederLimes, Twigs, and Digitsat Optical Project On view through September 4, 2016Cary Reeder, Entangled, 2016, Acrylic...
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Various Writings
Robert BoydI have been writing a lot lately, but mostly for other publications. Here are some links for the writing I have been doing.I visited Houston artist Trenton Doyle Hancock at his studio and...
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Auction Night
by Robert BoydI went to the Lewis & Maese auction last night. It was a big auction for them--270 lots. I got there just as it was starting. I picked up my catalog and my number (with which I would...
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True Artist Tales at the Galveston Artist Residency
by Robert BoydI've been sitting on this until we got the official press release written, but now all can be revealed. I am curating an exhibit of 130+ pieces of art by Scott Gilbert at the Galveston...
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True Artist Tales Talk
by Robert BoydOn November 20, I gave a lecture on Scott Gilbert with PowerPoint slides at Zinefest. I'm curating an exhibit of art by Scott Gilbert at the Galveston Artist Residency, which opens...
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Zinefest
by Robert BoydZinefest made a move from the Museum of Printing History to Lawndale Art Center this year. The reason apparently was that the Museum of Printing History had a fire and is still being...
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