Unhinging the Distant exhibition at CSAW
On view through December 28by appointment Kathryn Kelley kkelley@houston.rr.com Commerce Street Artists Warehouse, 2315 Commerce Street, Houston, TX 77002 The show, Unhinging the Distant, includes recent MFA graduates and soon to graduate emerging artists, Doug Cason, Woody Golden, Leslie Magdaleno... Read More0
Defense mechanisms of self enclosure
In thinking about critic and curator Okwui Enwezor’s lecture at MFAH. Intimacy. Fear. Proximity. Disturbing nearness. Loss of shallow distance. Contamination. Enclosure. Enclusion. Exclusion. Exception. Empire of Secrets. Endless waiting. Out of place. Out of time. Out of tune. Profound... Read More0
diverted and cutoff
rebellion is not rebellion at all.it is a cultural norm. it ensures conformity.0
consumption
consumptionreplaces REVOLUTION consumptionreplaces REDEMPTION consumptionreplaces THE RELATIONAL consumptionreplaces THE REAL impotenceacrylic, charcoalon cardboard48″ x 96″0
The Shadowlands installation
Installation at the Blaffer GalleryHouston, TexasApril 20060
I hate the idea of surrender
Surrender.This infers war.Am I at war? War with whom? Myself? God? Other? Surrender to whom? Surrender to what? 102 blocks, ~2’x6′,4″x4″x5″ each blocktar, plaster, wooden shelf20060
I love my husband; why can’t I be nice
Black paintingtriptych, 2’x6′ eachfound boards, tarfound rope, tar20060
Consciousness empties itself of its content; I just keep talking
Black painting triptych, 2’x6′ each tar, tires on board 20060
The Shadowlands
Black paintingtriptych, 2×6 eachnails, tar, rust on boardtires, tar on boardtar, rust, rope on board White painting2’x2′ eachsatin (from 1950s)paint chips July 20050
I am dysfunction; I function. br> My own darkness pierces me
3’x5’x7′.Steel ring, tar, tree, cinder blocks, wire.20050
Goods control
I allow myself to be DIVERTEDvia consumptive patternswhich in turn neutralizes meas a factor in self and social changeI AM IMPOTENTwith an increasing senseof my own powerlessnessmy attitude of ENTITLEMENTbecomes all the more overwhelmingconsequently leading me backto the acquisition ofadditional... Read More0