Corral, MOSAS and FineTunerz – a perfect cocktail of art and music

Corral, MOSAS and FineTunerz – a perfect cocktail of art and music

artist’s portrait: Adriana Corral. Image ©Julya Jara “My installations, performances, and sculptures embody universal themes of loss, injustice, concealment, and memory. The title of the installation, Sous Rature ‘Under Erasure’  (Artpace) signifies the absence of presence and the presence of absence.” (A. Corral) Adriana Corral and her installation Sous Rature ‘Under Erasure’. Image ©Julya Jara Adriana, being the inquisitive author that she is, continued her artistic search after the installation has been officially introduced to the public. When she shared some of her thoughts with Suhail Arastu (MBAW’s Director of Development &...

Artist Louis Vega Treviño, photo dossier

Artist Louis Vega Treviño, photo dossier

A question for the Artist: If you only had three words to describe your work at this moment in time, what would they be? transcendent, infinite, spectral all images © Julya Jara ‘Trapezoid Series – Musical’, oil on canvas, 2016, 48″ X 103″ ‘Steaming Leaves’, oil on canvas, 2015, 59″ X 68″ ‘Northern Lights’ exhibit by Louis Vega Treviño is on view at MBAW Gallery through August 12. Opening Reception and more...

From Moussor to Tignon: The Evolution of the Head-tie

From Moussor to Tignon: The Evolution of the Head-tie

Photographs by Juliana Kasumu From Moussor to Tignon is a collection of works completed by Juliana Kasumu during her summer residency with the Olaju Art Group in New Orleans, LA. Through this photo-essay, she explores the evolution of the headwrap worn by women of color as a means for cultural reclamation during the 18th century. Kasumu’s focus is the cultural exchange between Creoles in Louisiana and signares in Senegal, who wore this style as a form of social protest against oppressive tactics from colonial powers. The headwrap has since become notorious for symbolizing a variety of movements related to African-American culture...

FinetunerZ | Personal Impression: Victor Prieto and his Trio at Blue Star Contemporary

FinetunerZ | Personal Impression: Victor Prieto and his Trio at Blue Star Contemporary

by James Dykman, photography by Natalia Sun Socializing with incredible people. Immersing yourself in phenomenal music. Binding together the threads of local and international relations. No better things in life and it is thanks to the FineTunerz for such an opportunity. Before I talk more about the event, it’s important to start with the space. Blue Star Contemporary Arts, the first and longest-running venue for contemporary art in San Antonio, is housed at the epicenter of San Antonio’s Southtown art district. A place where culture thrives and energy electrifies, the gallery provides a space inside the maelstrom of sensation in which not...

Unfolding Dimensions – About Sandy Whitby & Lauren Browning

Unfolding Dimensions – About Sandy Whitby & Lauren Browning

My work is an attempt to communicate how I observe, think and feel through my personal perception of beauty. I’m fascinated by the relationships between lines and surfaces, the intersections of seemingly disparate forms, and the way light transforms them all. The individual shapes, materials and textures used in my abstract sculptures should be familiar to the viewer, yet I’ve arranged them in ways that are uniquely my own. A common theme in my work is the dueling effects of fluidity and points of tension — a combination that I believe produces the greatest interest and strongest overall sense of movement in abstract forms. Because I...

About Robert Michaelson (Silent World – Fotoseptiembre 2014)

About Robert Michaelson (Silent World – Fotoseptiembre 2014)

Every time I put on my dive gear I enter a world of enchantment. A virgin underwater world untouched by humans just yet, filled with unimaginable colors and shapes. It is quiet; all I can hear is my own breathing from my regulator. I am transported to another realm of existence; I am a passive observer mesmerized by an utterly foreign universe going about its daily chores. I use photography as a means to document the world around me and share it with others. I admire every little detail of the smallest creature and am trying to highlight it in my pictures. I want people to be aware and appreciate the astonishing variety of life in the...

About Jim Sparkman (Silent World – Fotoseptiembre 2014)

About Jim Sparkman (Silent World – Fotoseptiembre 2014)

My journey into underwater photography was first fueled by my desire to share the awe inspiring sights of the undersea world to non-diving friends and new divers. This evolved into a quest to take my underwater photography to another level and has since become my greatest passion as I travel and dive around the world. I have seen many wondrous things in our underwater world along with a vast array of unique and varied sea creatures. In my travels I explored pristine reef systems with many varieties of beautiful hard and soft corals. Unfortunately I have seen reef systems damaged through carelessness and chemicals washed into the sea....

Art Show Preview

Art Show Preview

Unfolding Dimensions Artists Lauren Browning & Sandy Whitby Opening Friday, February 13th, 6:00-8:00 pm Read Artist statements and bios Near Shore Patagonian Onyx on Steel 17” x 7” x 17”   Heritage Persian Travertine on Texas Granite 12” x 12” x 20”   Mermaid Bronze on Italian Limestone 17” x 13” x 9” Blue – 66” X 60” Mixed Media on Canvas   Infinity – 63” X 75” Mixed Media on Canvas   Step Through – 63” X 84” Mixed Media on...