Transient Vistas at FLATS, Houston
Amarie Cemone Gipson reviews the pushing of boundaries into immersive experiences found inTransient Vistas at FLATS, Houston.
Texas (9)
Sugar Babies and Black Diamonds: Marronage Age Daydreams in the Gulf South
Rian (Raven) Crane explores contemporary Black Trans Southern aesthetics in this month’s Mood Ring through cyanotypes, written narrative, and lineage tracing.
Angel Lartigue’s Exploration of Mutability
In this CRUSH theme feature, Valentin Diaconov contextualizes the forensic performance work of Houston-born artist Angel Lartigue.
Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow at Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
Park Myers weaves the sociocultural threads between Olivia Erlanger’s solo exhibition and the history of NASA’s Johnson Space Center at Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston.
And Lumber Would Season the Walls
Valentina Jager Lopezllera explores the fragmentation of Huntsville prisons and greenspace surrounding them in this month’s Mood Ring titled And Lumber Would Season the Walls.
Lubaina Himid: Make Do and Mend at The Contemporary Austin
Amarie Gipson reviews the visual and political strategies within British artist Lubaina Himid’s first major exhibition in the American South at The Contemporary Austin.
In Conversation with Natasha Bowdoin
Tara Escolin talks with Houston-based artist Natasha Bowdoin about animation, the artistic language of flowers, healing through nature.
Mel Chin Flows Free Again
In May’s Art21 x Burnaway feature, we reflect on Mel Chin’s genius and collaborative projects over the past decades.
In the Studio with Chayse Sampy
Amarie Gipson visits mixed-media artist Chayse Sampy in her shared studio in Downtown Houston to discuss living in the South, Afro-surrealism, and the color blue.
