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Testsite launches ‘Just Because’ series, and more
The energetic, inventive indy micro-gallery testsite is gearing up for a new a exhibit series.
‘Just Because’ is a new series of solo shows slated for the gallery cum Central Austin residence.
Opening the series on Sunday is ‘Elizabeth Chiles: Book of Praise.” The reception is from 3 to 5 p.m. The exhibit continues through March 28.
‘Karl Marx says that the problem with beauty is that it doesn’t talk back; that is its strength in fact. Its silence reminds us about grace,’ says the Austin-based Chiles whose work is included in FotoFest 2010 and has been exhibited here at Okay Mountain.
Continuing the ‘Just Because’ series June 6 to 27 will be ‘Ben Ruggiero: After Icebergs With A Painter,’ featuring the new photographic work by the Texas State University art professor that riffs on the 19th-century Hudson River School group of painters.
Before the Ruggiero exhibit though, look to testsite for what promises to by a slyly smart project by Jay Sanders and the irrepressible Michael Smith. Opening in conjunction with the Fusebox Festival, Sanders and Smith will transform testsite into their version of fraternity.
We can wait for Sanders’ and Smith’s kegger.
Image: ‘Aboo,’ 2009 .Elizabeth Chiles. Courtesy the artist and testsite.
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