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 [...]
FOR ART’S SAKE | october 2009
ANNA ATAEVA
Anna’s paintings are on display at Rice University’s Media Center Project Gallery until October 30.
How do you feel about exhibiting a series of your work in respect to what side of you it shows as an artist? Human Condition, for example, shows a completely different side of your vision than does the Koi series. [...]
