Contemporary Austin Goings & Comings

Judith Sims retires, Deming sculpture Mystic Raven returns

"...permanent digs on the Clara Driscoll estate, a new sculpture was being installed on the corner of Eighth and..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Five Austin Museum Day Recommendations

Back, tyranny of choice! Back, we say!

"...Park. Filled, room after room, with the magnificent figurative sculpture of the brilliant Ney, who worked there until her..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

“Dana Younger: Contemporary Figurative Works” at the Elisabet Ney Museum

This show of new clay-based sculptures contrasts smartly with Elisabet Ney’s marble statuary, and its breadth of style is stunning

"...right now (and through Nov. 5) and see the sculpture that the Teutonic transplant wrought in the late 1800s,..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

“The People’s Gallery 2017” at Austin City Hall

This year's showing of work in Austin City Hall by a small army of local artists offers satisfaction on multiple levels

"...viewing Dameon Lester's Mass Balance, a large, angular plywood sculpture like a colorful geometric egg or galactic gem. Its..."

July 14, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Cinema, Vehicular

Green Screen Film Series returns to the Laguna Gloria Amphitheater

"...The Getaway) pairs organically with Road Angel, a mixed-media sculpture by the renowned polymath, and now, cinematic sommelier, Terry..."

July 7, 2017 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Anya Gallaccio: to see if time was there at Laguna Gloria

The artist's giant tree stump carved from limestone is a sign that we love ancient things and are part of nature, too

"...a Texas pill bug. Its whiteness also causes the sculpture to stand out, though not in an unnatural way,..."

June 23, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

“Mayhem, Method & Medium: Mike O’Brien” at Flatbed

Sculptures of striped tubes take on an uncanny life when photographed and reprinted by the artist

"...What we really have is a photograph of a sculpture, like a still life, of colored, striped tubes. The..."

Dec. 2, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Day Trips: Storybook Capital of Texas, Abilene

Whimsical sculptures of children's book characters enliven downtown Abilene

"...The Storybook Sculpture Project in downtown Abilene is the largest collection of..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

"Johnston Foster, Irena Jurek, and Jared Theis: Body Talk"

This show's three artists display creative, complex alternatives to the meat sacks we all share

"...Foster thing with ceramics, although his multipartite suite of sculpture might be construed as such a thing: so many..."

March 18, 2016 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Open Edition

PrintAustin enters its second year with startling growth in scale and scope

"...highbrow contemporary art; unique works on paper, editions, even sculpture. Viewers can expect to see a wide array of..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Arts Feature by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Estate Sale Roundup: October 17-19

The weather is perfect for rummaging

"...copper and walnut ewer, Murano glass bowl, glass modernist sculpture, original brass cactus sculpture, retro 70's dinette set, retro..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Three choreographers take Austin to the Scottish fest that's bigger than SXSW

"...a gift from the city of Austin, a stone sculpture of a star adorned with record albums, to a..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Art Lives Here

Jennifer Chenoweth's home embodies the essence of the East Austin Studio Tour

"...given over to the display of some drawing, painting, sculpture, print, or work of metal, and as your eyes..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

So Much Beginning Where Sixth Street Ends

The arts-heavy complex at 507 Calles defines creative synergy

"...If you're impressed by the sculpture suspended from the main dining room's ceiling at Mettle,..."

July 26, 2013 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Your Austin Artist

In a changing city, Michael Anthony García embraces the changing roles of the visual art maker

"...As a solo artist, García's mixed-media sculptures invite mundane objects to adopt new identities. The artist..."

June 28, 2013 Arts Feature by Caitlin Greenwood

The Art of Dining

Digestible Feats makes meaning out of meals

"...Two tea ceremonies, both held at the Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum, will highlight food's ritualistic purposes in..."

April 19, 2013 Food Feature by Amy Gentry

'Final Farewells'

The last works from the estate of master sculptor Charles Umlauf go up for sale

"...fashioned so many of the richly expressive and human sculptures for which he is remembered. Also like Ney's, Umlauf's..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Diana Al-Hadid

The artist's VAC installation creates an afterimage for the afterworld

"...The most startling aspect of Diana Al-Hadid's most recent sculpture Suspended After Image, now installed in the Vaulted Gallery..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Arts Feature by Andy Campbell

Collective Burgeoning

For the artists of Okay Mountain, it was a very good year

"...about TV is gonna be, whether it's video or sculpture or paintings...."

Sept. 17, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'David Bates Since 1982: From the Everyday to the Epic'

A great showing of nearly three decades in the evolution of this Texas artist

"...he is deservedly well-known, along with his forays into sculpture...."

Jan. 22, 2010 Arts Review by Madeline Irvine

Welcome to My Studio

The East Austin Studio Tour offers a rare chance to see where artists work and live

"...her delicately colored porcelain dinnerware, as well as a sculpture she is working on, intended for display at the..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Charles Umlauf: One last sale for the city's sculptor

More than 100 works from the estate of an artist who embodied Austin are being offered for sale by his family

"...tune with the character of the city. And his sculptures have been so prominently displayed in and around buildings..."

April 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Art for Healing

The stunning art collection of the Dell Children's Medical Center

"...Most of the moving parts of this walk-in-closet-size audio/kinetic sculpture by 83-year-old New York artist George Rhoads are contained..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Day Trips

Bearly Making It isn't your ordinary chain-saw sculpture operation

"...Bearly Making It isn't your ordinary chain-saw sculpture operation. Cam Dockery started the business despite living on..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Eeyore's Birthday: A statue where the party started

The Eastwoods Neighborhood Association is raising funds for a sculpture of Eeyore to commemorate the park's part in the launch of that Austin rite of spring, Eeyore's Birthday Party

"...in the launch of the local tradition with a sculpture of Eeyore to go on the path near the..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

From Stuff, Art

The 21st 'New American Talent' exhibition features a whopping 72 works of art, many of them created from everyday objects

"...Talent: The Twenty-First Exhibition" in conjunction with "Thing: New Sculpture From Los Angeles," a recent exhibition of sculpture she..."

July 14, 2006 Arts Feature by Amanda Douberley

Austin Green Art

"...Sawyer to transform Wooldridge Square into a giant Goldsworthy-esque sculpture, with bumps, lines, and circles made by volunteers using..."

March 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

American Fiesta makes the finals of a national new play award, the Rude Mechs get their Gun from Creative Capital, and Katalin Hausel lands the Umlauf Prize

"...this year's Umlauf Prize, given annually by the Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum to an outstanding grad student in..."

March 10, 2006 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Idea Man for the Future

Ian Cion is out to build a better world, through public art

"...and schools. This is a different mindset regarding public sculpture, a modern take in distinct opposition to the tradition..."

March 3, 2006 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Day Trips

The Lone Star Coffee Bar in Johnson City is a caffeine oasis among the peach stands

"...artist Benini, who has opened the Benini Foundation and Sculpture Ranch outside of town. "By far, the best cup..."

June 17, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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