ART PUBLICATIONS & PROFESSIONAL WRITING

BY ERIN E. KEEVER

Articles and Reviews

2023

Oct. 10, 2023. “Cats & Cheez Doodles: An Interview with Sandy Skoglund.” Glasstire Magazine.

April 20, 2023. “Modern Meets Baroque in Lance Letscher Collages at Stephen L. Clark Gallery.” Sightlines Magazine.

March 3, 2023. “At the Blanton, the Exhibition ‘Day Jobs’ Reveals Stories of How Artists Work Beyond Their Artwork.” Sightlines Magazine.

February 2023. “A Gift of New Cutting: In the Studio with Lance Letscher.” TAI Modern Catalog: Lance Letscher, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Jan. 4, 2023. “‘Agents of Change’: On View at the Contemporary Austin, Women Artists Show New Ways of Being in the World.” Sightlines Magazine.

2022

Oct. 12, 2022. “McNay Exhibition Bridges Two Artists Across Generations: Benny Andrews and Deborah Roberts.” Sightlines Magazine.

Aug. 30, 2022. “‘At the Blanton, ‘Painted Cloth’ Presents More Than the Sumptuous Clothes of Colonial Latin America.” Sightlines Magazine.

Aug. 2, 2022. “‘Banksyland’ Capitalizes on Banksy’s Anti-Capitalist Message.” Sightlines Magazine.

July 10, 2022. “‘Adventures in Sound Art and Installation: Tarek Atoui’s ‘Whispered Pulses’ and Kate Newby’s ‘Feel Noise.’” Sightlines Magazine.

May 6, 2022. “Mexic-Arte’s Chicano/a Art, Movimiento y Más en Austin, Tejas 1960s to 1980s Offers an Important History Lesson.” Sightlines Magazine.

March 10, 2022. “Austin Does Austin at Gallery-Cum-Garage Goodluckhavefun.” Sightlines Magazine.

March 3, 2022. “Between Being and Nothingness: Oscar Muñoz at the Blanton Museum of Art.” Sightlines Magazine.

Jan. 27, 2022. “Neuroplastic Abstraction: Zoë Shulman’s Ketagons.” Sightlines Magazine.

2021

Dec. 23, 2021. “At the Menil, Niki de Saint Phalle’s Groundbreaking Embrace of Violence, Joy, and Women’s Empowerment.” Sightlines Magazine.

Nov. 18, 2021. “At UT’s Visual Arts Center, Two Shows Are Both Timely in Their Own Right.” Sightlines Magazine.

Nov. 12, 2021. “The Complicated Legacy of Daniel Johnston’s Art.” Sightlines Magazine.

Oct. 16, 2021. “The Black Index Upends the Impulse for Classification.” Sightlines Magazine.

Oct. 5, 2021. “In Highly Staged, Color-Saturated Tableaux, Denise Prince Bends Expectations.” Sightlines Magazine.

Sept. 18, 2021. “In This Texas Biennial, Texas Is the Protagonist.” Sightlines Magazine.

Sept. 2, 2021. “Review: ‘Fortune Teller’ at Ivester Contemporary.” Sightlines Magazine.

Aug. 16, 2021. “Bale Creek Allen Moves His Gallery — and Himself — to Fort Worth.” Sightlines Magazine.

June 19, 2021. “Interactive in San Antonio: Current Exhibitions at the McNay Art Museum, Ruiz-Healy Art and the Mexican Cultural Institute.” Sightlines Magazine.

June 21, 2021. “At Blue Star Contemporary, ‘The Sitter’ Gets a Voice.” Sightlines Magazine.

May 4, 2021. “Art Review: Shirin Neshat’s Land of Dreams.” Sightlines Magazine.

2020

Dec. 23, 2020. “Best in Show: The Blanton Museum’s Expanding Abstraction.” Sightlines Magazine.

Oct. 8, 2020. “Review: Shelli Tollman’s Delicate Disorders.” Sightlines Magazine.

Sept. 4, 2020. “Review: Two from Radius Books on Ellsworth Kelly and Sol LeWitt.” Sightlines Magazine.

Aug. 5, 2020. “At Icosa Collective, the Exhibition Strategy Is Nimble.” Sightlines Magazine.

June 15, 2020. “At the Stephen L. Clark Gallery, Remaining Resilient.” Sightlines Magazine.

April 28, 2020. “In Pease Park, Offer to Experience Mystic Raven Still Stands.” Sightlines Magazine.

April 19, 2020. “Speed Distancing.” Sightlines Magazine.

March 20, 2020. “Getting Prescient: Elizabeth Schwaiger’s Paintings Suggest Disaster …” Sightlines Magazine.

Feb. 6, 2020. “‘The Pleasure of Making’ Makes Viewing a Pleasure.” Sightlines Magazine.

Jan. 2, 2020. “Monster-Making at the Blanton Is Not All Fun and Games.” Sightlines Magazine.

2019

Dec. 4, 2019. “WORK PLAY MONEY LOVE: At Northern-Southern.” Sightlines Magazine.

Oct. 1, 2019. “Andy Coolquitt’s Latest Exhibition Adds Welcome Kink.” Sightlines Magazine.

Aug. 8, 2019. “‘Lily Cox-Richard’: Recasting the Blanton’s Battle Casts.” Sightlines Magazine.

June 28, 2019. “The Babe Cave: Jennifer Ling Datchuk’s Truth Before Flowers.” Sightlines Magazine.

April 30, 2019. “Why Is Impressionist Artist Berthe Morisot Not Well Known Today?” Sightlines Magazine.

Feb. 16, 2019. “Extreme Facilitator: Flatbed Press’ Katherine Brimberry.” Sightlines Magazine.

2018

Nov. 28, 2018. “The Fiction of Image Making: Sarah Canright Transcends Subject.” Sightlines Magazine.

Oct. 8, 2018. “Looking Not Entirely Like Anything: Huma Bhabha’s Other Forms of Life.” Sightlines Magazine.

Aug. 28, 2018. “Parking Lots, Pools and Palm Trees: From Ed Ruscha’s Archive ….” Sightlines Magazine.

July 7, 2018. “In Fort Worth from Murakami to Meta-ish.” Sightlines Magazine.

June 14, 2018. “Today’s Australian Aboriginal Artists Uproot Ancestral Stories.” Sightlines Magazine.

May 22, 2018. “Sydney Yeager: A Willingness to Take What Is Immediately Given.” Sightlines Magazine.

March 29, 2018. “Weaving Light: In Her Newest Work, Elizabeth Chiles Embraces Serenity.” Sightlines Magazine.

2015

Spring/Summer 2015. “Three Blocks Away but Move Up for Co-Lab.” Aether Magazine.

2014

Fall/Winter 2014. “Sydney Yeager: From Deconstruction, Transformation.” Aether Magazine.

Spring/Summer 2014. “Call for Austin Community College Art Gallery.” Aether Magazine.

January 2014. “International Printmakers: Crossing Boundaries, Making Connections.” Aether Magazine, Special Edition.

2013

“Landscape Perspectives / Jerry Ruthven + Kirk Tatom.” Review for fyi/Art.

Spring/Summer 2013. “Award Recipient James Surls and His New Model.” Aether Magazine.

2012

Fall/Winter 2012. “Collecting with a Social Conscience: Ricardo and Harriett Romo.” Aether Magazine.

Spring/Summer 2012. “Leonard Lehrer: Artist, Educator, Advocate.” Aether Magazine.

Spring/Summer 2012. “In Review: Gary Webernick: Bots, Gizmos, Thingamajigs, Whatchamacallits and Other Phenomena” at Kramer Gallery, Austin Community College. Aether Magazine.

2011

Fall/Winter 2011. “Marc Burckhardt: A Personal Conversation.” Aether Magazine.

Fall/Winter 2011. “Shawn Camp: A Review” (Shawn Camp: Sum of All Parts at Gallery Shoal Creek). Aether Magazine.

2009

Sept. 2009. “Annual Austin Museum Guide.” Austin American-Statesman, insert.

Jan. 2009. “Community Colleges Affordable Option.” Austin American-Statesman, Education Special Section insert.

2008

Feb. 14, 2008. “Weekend in Waco: Enjoy Parks, Museums, Shops and Eats.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT insert.

Aug. 28, 2008. “Coffee with Ben and Murph Willcott.” Austin American-Statesman, Life & Arts section.

May 29, 2008. “Artist Finds Connections at New Center.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (Benito Huerta at Mexican American Cultural Center.)

Nov. 2008. “Marble Falls Get Outta Town Guide.” Austin American-Statesman, special insert.

2007

Jan. 11, 2007. “Exhibit Captures Art of the Islands.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (Christopher Schade: Islands at D. Berman Gallery.)

Aug. 2007. “Consignment Store Guide.” Austin American-Statesman, shopping insert.

Oct. 4, 2007. “Coffee with David Everett.” Austin American-Statesman, Life & Arts section.

Nov. 19, 2007. “Jonathan Marshall: The Book of Lenny at Art Palace.” Austin American-Statesman, Austin 360.com.

2006

Jan. 26, 2006. “Gabbiani Pulls Pieces Together.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (Francesca Gabbiani: Wonderland at Lora Reynolds Gallery.)

March 2, 2006. “Leñero Casts Art History Net.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (Red: Alberto Castro Leñero at Mexic-Arte Museum.)

March 6, 2006. “Mexico in Black and White.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (Faustinus Deraet in Pulse at F8 Fine Art Gallery.)

April 12, 2006. “Flato’s New Works a Pixel Party.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (Malou Flato, Barely Still Lifes at Davis Gallery.)

April 20, 2006. “Superspace Feels a Bit Chaotic.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (Hana Hillerova: Superspaceat Women and Their Work.)

May 11, 2006. “No One Place You Might Recognize.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (No One Place: Jimmy Jalapeño at D. Berman Gallery.)

May 25, 2006. “Studio 107 Fleshes Out Fine New Art.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (Slick, Furry, Lush, Line: Candace M. Briceño, Miguel Cortez, Young-Min Kang and Jeongmee Yoon at Studio 107 Art Gallery.)

July 27, 2006. “Few Highlights at UT Show.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (Making It Alone at Creative Research Laboratory.)

Aug. 4, 2006. “Wild & Bushy at Volitant Gallery.” Issue 74 of … Might Be Good, a project of Fluent Collaborative.

Aug. 15, 2006. “Bove’s Blanton Works Look Dated for a Reason.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (WorkSpace: Carol Bove: Setting for A. Pomodoro at the Blanton Museum of Art.)

Sept. 25, 2006. “A Closer Look at Architecture.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (“Sean Perry: Transitory,” Stephen L. Clark Gallery.)

Nov. 20, 2006. “Installation Art Fails to Take Flight.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (Workspace: Cristián Silva’s Black Sun: Green Flamingo at the Blanton Museum of Art.)

2005

Jan. 20, 2005. “Open in This House Means Obvious.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (Michelle Mayer: Open House at Women and Their Work.)

Feb. 3, 2005. “Works from a Beautiful Era.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (Works from the Belle Epoque at Russell Collection of Fine Art.)

Feb. 10, 2005. “Album, Poster Art Worth the Escape.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (William Schaff and Mark Pedini: New Works at Escapist Bookstore.)

Feb. 17, 2005. “Bozarth Finds Audience for Whimsy.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (William Bozarth: Pretty Pictures at TR Rodriquez Gallery.)

March 3, 2005. “Pocket Leaves Need to Feel.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (Susan Whyne: Pocket Full of Posey at D. Berman Gallery.)

March 24, 2005. “From Drab to Dreamy in Watercolor.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (Christopher St. Leger: Light to Dark at Davis Gallery.)

March 31, 2005. “Livefeed Unfolds Layers of Meaning.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (Jeff Shore and Jon Fisher: Live Feed at Texas State University Galleries, Joann Cole Mitte Building.)

April 7, 2005. “Art Looks at the Spiritual Side of Nature.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (Stella Alesi and Connie Arismendi: Sky Above-Earth Below at 2040 Gallery.)

April 21, 2005. “Something Fresh Without Motif.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (Wheeler Brothers: Now Even Fresher at Flatbed Press.)

May 5, 2005. “At Umlauf, a Lighter Side of Schatz.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (Mark Schatz: Umlauf Sculpture Award Exhibition at Sculpture Garden and Museum.)

May 26, 2005. “Work, Like Its Exhibit Space, a Collaboration.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (Tex-Mex Casserole from Brandon Petree and Dennis Hodges at Flux.)

June 2, 2005. “Urban Roots Gallery Joins West End Scene.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (Cinematic Collection, E. Moses Diaz at Urban Roots Gallery.)

Aug. 2, 2005. “Interview with Zoe Nauman About Her Latest Series: The Lower Bottoms.” Glasstire: Texas Visual Art Online.

Aug. 4, 2005. “A Clever Collage of Clutter at Camp Fig.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (Four Collaborative Collage at Camp Fig.)

Sept. 22, 2005. “Tiretreads Rolls in Unexpectedly.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (Tumbleweeds and Tiretreads: New Work by Bale Creek Allen at D. Berman Gallery.)

Oct. 27, 2005. “In the Beginning, We’re Lost.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (Suspended Narratives at Lora Reynolds Gallery.)

Dec. 1, 2005. “You Won’t Believe Jack Spencer’s Photos.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (Jack Spencer: New Works, Mixed Media at Stephen L. Clark Gallery.)

2004

July 8, 2004. “Photos Illuminate Dillo Daze.” Austin American-Statesman. (Burton Wilson: Photographs at Threadgill’s.)

July 22, 2004. “In Black and White and Color at F8.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (Summertime Hues: Jennifer Balkan and Nathan Jensen at F8 Gallery.)

Aug. 5, 2004. “Yard Dog Keeps It Weird.” Austin American-Statesman. (Mr. Hooper and Kevin Titzer at Yard Dog.)

Aug. 26, 2004. “D. Berman Fills Seasonal Gap.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (Hillevi Baar and Beverly Penn at D. Berman Gallery.)

Sept. 16, 2004. “Art and Science Mix with Fashion.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (Health Matters: Prints by Eric Avery at Slugfest Gallery.)

Sept. 18, 2004. “Ups and Downs at Guadalupe and Dougherty Shows.” Austin American-Statesman, Life & Arts section. (Three: Honora Jacob, Jill Alo, and Amy Lindsay-Joynt at Guadalupe Arts Center.)

Sept. 18, 2004. “Ups and Downs at Guadalupe and Dougherty Shows.” Austin American-Statesman. (Multiple Originals IX at the Julia C. Butridge Gallery, Dougherty Arts Center.)

Oct. 3, 2004. “Wood, Old and New at Davis Gallery.” Austin American-Statesman, Life & Arts section. (Caprice Pierucci and David Hefner: Wood: Rhythm and Grain at Davis Gallery.)

Oct. 3, 2004. “Wood, Old and New at Davis Gallery.” Austin American-Statesman, Life & Arts section. (Testsite 04.4: A Collaboration between Artist Annette Lawrence and Writer Annette Carlozzi at Testsite.)

Oct. 28, 2004. “Midcentury Pioneer’s Work Recalled at Fort Worth Modern Art Museum.” Austin American-Statesman. (Robert Motherwell: From the Collection 1941–1990, Fort Worth Modern.)

Nov. 7, 2004. “O2’s Uplift Feels Fresher than B-Side.” Austin American-Statesman. (B-Sides Faculty Show at Creative Research Laboratory, The University of Texas at Austin.)

Nov. 7, 2004. “O2’s Uplift Feels Fresher than B-Side.” Austin American-Statesman. (Uplift and Rotation by Cassandra James at O2 Gallery.)

Nov. 11, 2004. “In New Braunfels, What’s the Ulterior Motif? Texas Art With an Attitude.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (Wheeler Brothers: Ulterior Motifs No. 8A at New Braunfels Museum of Art.)

Nov. 11, 2004. “Aztlan Fills the Stage with Love.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (Noches de Amores by Aztlan Dance Company at Santa Cruz Center for Culture.)

Dec. 2, 2004. “Maturity Has Taught Artist to Relax.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (Contrasting Views: Jerry Ruthven and Tony Saladino at Gallery Shoal Creek.)

Dec. 9, 2004. “Mo Scollan’s Artful Trip to Taos.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (Mo Scollan: Paintings at 2040 Gallery.)

Dec. 23, 2004. “Animal Planet in Art Form.” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT. (Jayne Hinds Bidaut: Animalerie at Wittliff Gallery, Texas State University, San Marcos.)

1999

Aug. 7, 1999. “Palter Brushes Up on Sophistication.” Austin American-Statesman, Life & Arts section. (Chromatic: Adam Finch Palter at Austin Java Company.)

Aug. 7, 1999. “Gallery Watch.” Austin American-Statesman, Life & Arts section. (Pools: Photos by Shelley Wood at City Municipal Building.)

Oct. 2, 1999. “Painter’s Work Piques Morbid Curiosity.” Austin American-Statesman, Life & Arts section. (Francis Bacon: A Retrospective at Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.)

Books and Catalogs

Perry, Eugenia. Contributor. Free Within Ourselves: African American Artists in the Collection of the National Museum of American Art. Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, in association with Pomegranate ArtBooks, 1992.

Powers, John, and Deborah. Contributor. Texas Painters, Sculptors & Graphic Artists: A Biographical Dictionary of Artists in Texas Before 1942. Austin, Texas: Woodmont Books, 2000.

Keever, Erin, Robert Renfro, Deborah Roberts, and Susan Morehead. Artistic Triumph Amid Darkness: The Creative Odyssey of Nancy Renfro, 1937–1993. 2014.

Bonfitto, Peter. Contributor. World Architecture and Society: From Angkor Wat to One World Trade. ABC-CLIO, 2020.

Keever, Erin. “The Gift of Cutting: In the Studio with Lance Letscher.” Exhibition catalog essay. TAI Modern, 2023.

Keever, Erin. International Printmakers. Exhibition catalog. Gallery Shoal Creek, January 2014.

Keever, Erin. From El Manantial: An Exhibition of Work by Rene Alvarado. Catalog for exhibition organized by Instituto de México en San Antonio, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Unit of Cultural Affairs, 2004.

Keever, Erin. Going West. Exhibition catalog. Arthouse at the Jones Center, Jan. 23–March 7, 2004.

Newsletters

Homework Helpline Newsletter, Austin American-Statesman. Editor and contributor, 1998–2000.

Community Outreach Newsletter, Austin American-Statesman. Contributor, 1998–2000.

ArtsNews, Arthouse. Editor and writer, 2000–2005.