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Ana Serrano’s Salon of BeautyDetail from Ana Serrano’s Salon of Beauty, all photos by Nash Baker “Vibrancy” — the first and too often the last word that comes up when considering Ana Serrano’s Salon of Beauty, installed at Rice University Art Gallery. The brightly-colored buildings that make up the slightly-smaller-than-life-size cityscape are indeed at first glance “playfully vibrant” as [...] |
10.11.11 | Art & Culture Reviews |
Why the Red Scarf, Pablo Ferro?Fernando Brave, Pablo Ferro, and Craig Minor Apparently, a whole army of people in Houston know who Pablo Ferro is and love his work. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston event (co-sponsored by the Rice Design Alliance and AIGA) was packed for the sold-out presentation of the title designer, movie director, animator and all around [...] |
10.04.11 | Reviews |
Incredible Interventions?Yasufumi Nakamori gave a talk at the Architecture Center Houston. Photo by Hank Hancock. On Wednesday, April 20, Yasufumi Nakamori, assistant curator of photography at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, spoke about his recent scholarship to an audience invited by the Houston Public Library and hosted by Architecture Center Houston (ArCH) downtown for their [...] |
05.04.11 | Architecture Reviews |
Cite 81 at the PressJoe Ross, designer with PH Design, holds up covers from Cite 81. A new issue of Cite is currently at the press. Subscribe or join now to get your copy. For the last few days, I have been conducting press checks with graphic designers. I find the process so fascinating I would like to share [...] |
03.23.10 | Reviews Unusual |
Houston’s First Pecha KuchaBrasil Cafe and Domy Books Courtyard [iPhone photo Kathryn Fosdick] Over one hundred thinkers, innovators, and intrigued intellectuals crowded into the back porch linking bastions of indie culture Domy Books and Cafe Brasil last Thursday to participate in Houston’s inaugural Pecha Kucha event. A mix of show-and-tell, open-mike night, and happy hour, Pecha Kucha has [...] |
11.24.09 | Design |
Honor the RailcarKCS Red on Green, Oil on Masonite [David Cobb] If you are intrigued by David Cobb’s art and reflections on rail, industry, and culture, check out the Cite Infrastructure Issue. I began painting the railcars or “rolling stock” back in my college years at the University of Houston as a project for my undergraduate studies. [...] |
10.15.09 | Art & Culture Infrastructure |
Graphic Intrigue at West AveSouthwest corner of Kirby and Westheimer [Photo Raj Mankad] Yesterday, I noticed a clever intervention at the site of the West Ave development. On the temporary wall along the construction perimeter of this soon-to-be “vibrant urban village” is a series of silhouetted images. Slim women in skirts drink wine, pick out party dresses, walk dogs, [...] |
09.30.09 | Design |
Design Entrepeneur: Steven HellerSelf-iconization by Steven Heller Steven Heller has been an art director and writer at the New York Times for over thirty years. He founded the M.F.A. “Designer as Author” program at the School of Visual Arts. He has also written or edited more than 100 books, including Iron Fists: Branding the 20-Century Totalitarian State and [...] |
03.31.09 | Design |
