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Blanton — and Texas — make good with AICA noms
The Blanton Museum of Art has done good when it comes to getting nominations for 2006-2007 AICA-USA Awards, the annual kudos passed out by the International Association of Art Critics - USA Section
Two Blanton exhibits have nabbed noms. “The Geometry of Hope: Latin American Abstract Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection,” curated Gabriel Perez-Barreiro, is up for “Best Thematic Museum Show Nationally” while “Luca Cambiaso, 1527-1585,” gets to try out for “Best Historical Show.” Curator Jonathan Bober was the Blanton’s rep on the international curatorial team for that show.
The Blanton is one of two museums in “fly-over land” — i.e., somewheres not on the East or West Coast — to receive more one nomination from the admittedly New York-centric critics group. (Although, as a long-time AICA-USA member, Texas-based yours truly gets to nominate for the annual awards.)
The Museum of Fine Arts-Houston gets two noms too: “Singular Multiples: The Peter Blum Edition Archive 1980-1994” is up for “Best Thematic Museum Show Nationally” while “Helio Oiticica: The Body of Color” competes for “Best Monographic Museum Show Nationally.”
In fact, Texas, and Austin, faired well with this year’s AICA-USA nominations.
Arthouse’s Daniel Bozhkov: Recent Works/ Cantata for Twelve Choirs and Several Salamanders is up for “Best Exhibition of Time Based Art.” So is “Miguel Angel Rios: Aqui” by the Univ. of Houston’s Blaffer Gallery.
Getting a shout out for “Best Show in a Commercial Gallery Nationally” is Austin’s Lora Reynolds Gallery for “Tom Molloy: Lone Star,” and Houston’s Texas Gallery for “Hamish Fulton: Geronimo Homeland.”
Up in Dallas, the Jennifer Steinkamp-Jimmy Johnson collaborative video and sound permanent installation “Ring of Fire” in Victory Park was nominated for “Best Show in a Public Space.”
GO TEXAS!!
“Lone Star,” (detail), by Tom Molloy. Courtesy Lora Reynolds Gallery.
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