That Sunnyside Pride
For the debut feature of our Twang theme series, Amarie Cemone Gipson profiles the work of Houston artist Irene Antonia Diane Reece and her documentation of the city’s Sunnyside neighborhood.
Texas (9)
Tomashi Jackson Renders History’s Defining Moments in Halftone Lines
As the 2024 election season concludes, Jasmine Weber considers the stories of voter disenfranchisement and intergenerational struggles found in the abstract color paintings of Houston-born artist Tomashi Jackson.
Autumn Knight’s NOTHING#15: a bar at Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
Ella Ray details Houston-born artist Autumn Knight’s NOTHING#15: a bar at the Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, a performance that leans into desire, play, choice, and absurdity.
Transient Vistas at FLATS, Houston
Amarie Cemone Gipson reviews the pushing of boundaries into immersive experiences found inTransient Vistas at FLATS, Houston.
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.
