FOR ART’S SAKE | september 2010
ART PALACE
Where Art of the Young, Gifted and Talented-Many Speaks | Be Blown Away
ouston’s art scene is uniquely accessible – you can view art in world-class museums and galleries and even on public sidewalks during many acclaimed street festivals throughout the year. Yet, in the heart of Houston’s burgeoning Midtown District at 3913 Main Street [...]
FOR ART’S SAKE | august 2010
WILLIAM PERKINS | OF LLEJU PRODUCTIONS
After making his millions in energy trading in the Bayou City, Bill Perkins decided to invest in film. Two years later, Lleju Productions is in full swing, with a number of projects under their belt and several on the way just this year.
What was it that made you think you [...]
FOR ART’S SAKE | june 2010
BEST
IN SHOW
BEST IN SHOW
From music and culinary feats to Art Cars and contemporary exhibitions, Houston is on the cutting edge of the art world. Located on Main Street in the Museum District, the Lawndale Art Center is at the heart of it all. Among its four galleries and revolving exhibits of nearly 500 artists, the Center [...]
FOR ART’S SAKE | may 2010
ARTISTIC LICENSE
For all of his outstanding qualifications and experience in the contemporary art world, new CAMH director Bill Arning was still missing one important thing when he arrived in Houston from MIT’s List Visual Art Center: a driver’s license.
“Hey, I grew up in New York and then moved to Boston; both cities have excellent public transportation, [...]
FOR ART’S SAKE | april 2010
No
Mountain
NO MOUNTAIN – MOLLY GOCHMAN
Time is an important concept in your work – the layers of time and such. Being that our concept of ‘time’ is changing so rapidly because of the immediacy of everything in this day and age, how are you dealing with that – is that affecting your work?
Yes. I made one [...]
FOR ART’S SAKE | march 2010
The Curious Case of
Photographer David A. Brown
THE CURIOUS CASE OF PHOTOGRAPHER DAVID A. BROWN
When I walked into Catalina Coffee to meet David A. Brown on a Monday in January, I couldn’t reconcile the fact that the guy staring right at me was the same bespectacled man I’d seen in pictures. With a gruff beard [...]
FOR ART’S SAKE | february 2010
THE STARCK CHAIR PROJECT
www.starckchairproject.blogspot.com
Starting in 2008, native Houstonians Wendy Brown, Alexandra Gaisbauer and Stephanie Webb launched The Starck Chair Project, an art endeavor wherein they photographed three clear Philippe Starck chairs in various locales, including Menil Park and Jones Hall Plaza, with a large format style camera. The ladies themselves also appear in the photographs. [...]
FOR ART’S SAKE | january 2010
BERNAR VENET
Photo credit: 220.5˚ Arc x 24 | 2007 | Cor-ten steel |Height: 330 cm
Photo credit: Archives Bernar Venet, New York
Considering how massive some of his sculptures are, it’s amazing that Bernar Venet’s work hasn’t been a staple of the Texas landscape before. On the 23rd of this month, a 9-month exhibition of his sculptures [...]
FOR ART’S SAKE | december 2009
LIBBIE MASTERSON
A painter by trade, native Houstonian Libbie Masterson took a trip to Iceland several years back and just happened to bring her camera. After shooting the landscape there piqued her interest, she ran with it, and pursued photography as another of her art forms. Several icy landscapes later, she finally ended up shooting right [...]
FOR ART’S SAKE | november 2009
Tierney Malone’s Ode to Houston | Third Ward is My Harlem
nov. 7 – dec. 19, 2009 | opening reception: saturday, nov. 7, 2009, 6-8pm, diverseworks main gallery 1117 east freeway, houston, tx 77002 | 713.223.8346 | www.diverseworks.org
live musicians are scheduled to perform an original score on saturday, november 21, 2009, during art crawl.
Interview by Nadia [...]
