Thursday, October 28, 2010

This Weekend: Oct 29th - Oct 31st

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Point-and-Shoot Yourself @ Pale Horse - Participate by becoming part of the exhibit at Pale Horse Design by posing with scary figures and jo...
Wednesday, October 27, 2010

2011 TED Prize goes to Guerrilla Artist J R

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His work is illegal. The street is his canvas, but he is a photographer guerrilla artist. He is fiercely independent and has no sponsors. Hi...
Thursday, October 21, 2010

Two American Impressionist Shows: A Golden Opportunity.

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According to surveys, Impressionism is the favorite art movement of  80% of American museum-goers. Coincidentally, we have two shows of Am...

This Weekend, Oct 22nd - 24th

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Spoken Word/Open Mic @ Cafe Bohemia and Cafe Hey - Cafe Bohemia's laid-back open mic night is Thursday, Oct 21st, at 937 Central Ave, St...
Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Imperial Tectonics: Transformations I & II @ Mindy Solomon Gallery and The Morean Arts Center. Part III.

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Transformations I consists of work by Theo Wujcik and Wanxin Zhang at the Morean Arts Center on the same complex theme as that previously ad...
Saturday, October 16, 2010

Imperial Tectonics: Transformations I & II @ Mindy Solomon Gallery and The Morean Arts Center. Part I (of Three).

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On Sept 4th, 476, Germanic tribes toppled the Roman Empire. They conquered the weakened prize, beating the once-greatest army in the Western...

Refractory @ Tampa Armature Works

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The Old Trolley Barn, where Tampa trolleys were maintained is on the banks of the Hillsbrough River, across from Blake High School. It's...
Friday, October 15, 2010

Imperial Tectonics: Transformations I & II @ Mindy Solomon Gallery and The Morean Arts Center. Part II (of three).

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There is a suite of four exquisite paintings in the Mindy Solomon Gallery by Diane Ding. In three of the four paintings (I will treat the o...
Thursday, October 14, 2010

This Weekend: Oct 15th - 17th

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The Refractory Show - A one-of-a-kind multimedia Art Party. With Kurt Piazza, Robert Chambers, Michael Lemieux, Genesis Orridge, Bryan Taylo...
Monday, October 11, 2010

Midtown Through Our Eyes: Journeys In Journalism.

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[Normally, Journalism is not the province of Art Taco, but in this case, I'm making an exception. The Journeys in Journalism Program sum...
Sunday, October 10, 2010

Sapience @ C. Emerson Fine Arts

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Sapience, the theme and title of the current show at C. Emerson Fine Arts (CEFA) gallery, means wisdom/intelligence. Consequently, wisdom me...
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Thursday, October 7, 2010

This Weekend: Oct. 8th - 10th

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Transformations, Part II @ The Morean Arts Center - Mindy Solomon is the guest curator at the Morean for this show, which is tied to the sho...
Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Congratulations to Folkfest 2010

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Folkfest is the annual street festival and sidewalk art show put on by Creative Clay on the 1100-1300 block section of Central Avenue, St Pe...

Take Two @ Station Number Three

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When I reported on opening night at Station Number Three (S#3), I noted that there were no tags on the work being displayed and that I would...
Saturday, October 2, 2010

Up Close and Personal. Hi Res Scans of Masterpieces from the Uffizi gallery

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High-Resolution scans of six masterpiece paintings from the Uffizi gallery in Florence are now available for public viewing. The 28 billion ...
Friday, October 1, 2010

Submerged Cathedral Artist Yolyanko Arguelles & Art Basel Miami

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I was asked a while back if Yolyanko Arguelles, the artist whose work, currently at Collective gallery (601 Central Ave St Petersburg) would...
Thursday, September 30, 2010

This Weekend, Sept. 30th - Oct. 2nd

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Transformative Influences Part II @ Mindy Solomon - Theo Wujcik, Master Printer, drawer and painter from Tamarind studios, Graphic Studio, U...
Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Fill The Jugs @ Cafe Hey

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Last Saturday, Cafe Hey held a fundraiser for the Susan G. Komen Foundation. As usual at the cafe, Door Stop productions, headed by Nyssa Ha...
Friday, September 24, 2010

Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Mic @ Cafe Hey

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 Spoken-word performances convey an immediate, intense vitality and connection between those onstage and in the audience. At Cafe Hey, a sig...
Thursday, September 23, 2010

This Weekend: Sept 24th-26th

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Sapience @ C. Emerson Gallery - C. Emerson Fine Arts  opens " Sapience", a conceptual theme-less show nucleated around multiple po...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Max Ehrman Eon 75 @ Collective Tattoo Gallery

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Dozens of cans of spray paint plus special nozzles equals tagging, right?  Not always. Max Ehrman has a degree in architecture. He told me i...
Monday, September 20, 2010

It's No One You Know @ Donna Gordon Gallery

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Some people think  of portraits as things to own because they depict you or your loved ones, a kind of mnemonic fetish, similar to a snapsho...
Friday, September 17, 2010

Thursday Open Mic @ Cafe Hey

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Last night I had the pleasure of attending Cafe Hey's Open Mic night. Doorstop Productions hosts this event, with poetess Nyssa Hanger a...

Congratulations to Best of The Bay and Reader's Award Winners

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The following friends of Art Taco have been recognized by Creative Loafing in their Best of The Bay issue:  Best Falafel - Cafe Bohemia. I...

Cathedral Submerged @ Collective Tattoo Gallery

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In 1910, Claude Debussy composed a prelude titled "La Cathedral Engloutie" (The Sunken Cathedral). It is based on a Breton Legend...
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Thursday, September 16, 2010

This Weekend: 16th - 18th

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The Habit, @ Silver Meteor Gallery - A play about a religiously devout woman at a turning point in her life. By Wilson Loria. Silver Mete...
Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Personal Notes III: Deep Carnivale

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For Sunday, the Deep Carnivale moved from the Ybor HCC Performing Arts complex over to a small, intimate venue: The Silver Meteor Gallery, w...

It's a Gallery! Station Number Three is Born.

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St. Petersburg real estate mogul-ette and owner of Times Square property company, Maryann Lynch, has turned what used to be Fire Station Num...
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Monday, September 13, 2010

Personal Notes II: Deep Carnivale

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  Saturday we met with friend Brian for a late breakfast, and went back to Deep Carnivale. I noticed from the guest sign-in at the gallery ...

Road Tripping: Landscapes and Memories @ Kahwah Cafe South

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The American Road Trip is a long-standing tradition among photographers, from Jackson, O'Sullivan and others to Ryan McGinley and  Rober...