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Pan Recommends for the week of December 13 to December 19
As we glide into Christmas, the number of shows and performances dwindles. Everybody is too busy shopping and drinking eggnog, I guess. Here are a few things on tap in Houston this week.FRIDAYCat...
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Going Nowhere, Fast
Robert BoydAs metaphors go, the hamster wheel is a good one. The idea of man being on a hamster wheel, endlessly, mindlessly running with no destination, a willing cog in the machinery of modern...
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Southern Fried
Robert BoydJamal Cyrus, Texas Fried Tenor, November 29, 2012, performanceI saw Jamal Cyrus perform Texas Fried Tenor a couple of weeks ago at CAMH. I don't want to pretend that I "understood" it. For...
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A Visit with Nathaniel Donnett
Virginia Billeaud AndersonThere must have been a good reason for the frustrating program schedule, but Nathaniel Donnett’s ZZzzzzzz exhibition closed just a few days after it opened at Art League. The...
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What Art Did You Like Best in Houston This Year?
Robert BoydOne thing for sure, when it came to art in Houston in 2012, we weren't starved for choice. There were tons of exhibits and performances--so many that I don't think anyone could have seen...
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Robert Boyd's Favorites of 2012
Robert BoydHere are some of my favorite exhibits and performances from 2012. I won't say "best." "Best" implies an Olympian certainty about my own tastes that I don't have. In fact, I'm continually...
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Continuum Live Art Series - Opening Night (part 2)
Dean Liscum...I wasn't that disillusioned. The holidays just got in the way. Here's part 2.Next up, in the evening was Kelly Alison assisted by Emily Sloan. Allison's piece started with her stating how...
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Pan Recommends for the week of December 27 to January 2
Robert BoydIt's the last weekend of the year, and there isn't a whole bunch going on artwise. So it's a good weekend to see some of those shows you've meant to see but haven't gotten around to yet....
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Art Criticism vs. the Art Market
Robert BoydIt's an old story--one we've covered before. Art critics exiting the field in disgust over the shenanigans of the art market. To me, this is all an inevitable side-effect of global...
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Pan Art Writing Contest
Robert BoydCalling all would be art-writers! We live in a world that is hostile to art writers. Artists simultaneously--schizophrenically--love to be written about and complain about how we fail to...
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Learning to Dance: A Closer Look at Emily Sloan
Virginia Billeaud AndersonEmily Sloan added a new biographical statement to her exhibition announcements. You can see it in the press release she issued for Funeral for the Living, her performance at...
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Against Artist Statements
 Ken Price, L Red, 1963, Ceramic painted with lacquer and acrylic on wood base, 13 ½ x 12 x 10 in.As far as I'm concerned, the explaining artist puts himself or herself in front of the work for the...
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Intensities: A Talk with Lynet McDonald
Virginia Billeaud AndersonLynet McDonald opens her solo exhibition Intensity at Redbud Gallery on January 5. We spoke together and she told me a few things about her art.Virginia Billeaud Anderson: How...
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Lost in Cyclea and I'm OK with that
Dean LiscumI don't know a lot of installations that have their own Facebook page, but Cyclea is one. The show is actually entitled Comeplay Comply Arraycycle and it encompasses more than just the work...
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What I'm Looking Forward to Seeing in 2013
Robert BoydForrest Bess, Untitled, 1947, oil on canvasForrest Bess: Seeing Things Invisible at the Menil Museum, April 19 to August 18, 2013. This is not a full-scale retrospective, apparently--the...
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A Tree Grows in Menil Park
Robert BoydA year and a month ago, some unknown person snapped the tree that the Art Guys had "married" and subsequently replanted in Menil Park. This was the culmination of a whole lot of craziness,...
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Last Day to Vote
I know it seems like 2012 was a thousand years ago, but we're still collecting votes for the Best of 2012. Please take the time to vote for your favorite art exhibits and performances from 2012. And...
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Eulogizing locally with Emily Sloan
Dean LiscumEmily Sloan is an artist, but she's also a facilitator, which is to say that she is a grand manipulator. If she sold used cars, I'd have 3 of them. If she needed someone to rob a bank for a...
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Go Get the Butter (NSFW)
Robert BoydClayton Porter, Trying Hard, 2012, multiple videos on three 32 in. TVs, time variableLet's get the dick out of the way right up front. In the big downstairs gallery at Lawndale where the...
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Tony Oursler Directs David Bowie
Robert Boyd"Where Are We Now?" is David Bowie's first new song in about a decade, and the video was directed by one of my favorite artists, Tony Oursler. And the great thing about the video is just how...
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