Issue 8 : Anxiety
Exhibition + Catalog Release: Saturday, August 29, 2009, 7-10PM
You
can’t tune out talk of crisis, meltdown, bail out. Anxiety marks the
current zeitgeist as we collectively hold our breath. What does it
look like to confront this anxiety or escape from it all together? Anxiety, Cantanker
magazine's third annual summer catalog and exhibition explores this
theme. Juried by Austin Museum of Art's assistant curator Andrea
Mellard, Anxiety brings together the work of 19 artists from
Texas and beyond. Please join us Saturday, August 29 from 7-10 pm at
Pump Project Art Complex for the opening of the Anxiety exhibition and catalog release.
Featured Artists:
Bunnyphonic, Darryl Lauster, El Franco Lee II, Gretchen Bettes, James
Van Arsdale, James Michael Starr, Keri Oldham, Kevin Curry, Kia Neill,
Matthew J Winters, Mike Whiting, Peter Leighton, Sandy Carson,
Sarah Roberts, Shawn Camp, Stephanie Martz, Susan Kemner Reed, Terri Thomas, Yen-Hua Lee.
Pump Project
702 Shady Lane
Austin, TX 78702
www.pumpproject.org
> About Cantanker Magazine
Cantanker
Magazine, is a non-profit 501(c)3 visual art publication that gives
much-needed exposure to emerging and established artists through the
unique design and smart, critical writing of its print magazine and its
organization and promotion of art events in the Austin area. Cantanker
is a spiky, artist-driven, non-award winning publication whose
innovative design, artist’s projects, and editorial content provide a
place for Austin’s creative community to connect with the public in a
way that avoids the exclusionist art-speak of other visual art
publications. Cantanker
is committed to producing a visual art magazine that is a piece of art
in itself, beautifully designed and inventive in its concept and
structure. Our mission is to encourage a dialogue about art through
written profiles, interviews, reviews and opinion pieces, and to
introduce artists to the public by giving them an open venue, Project
Space, to create innovative and experimental work.
Why become a Cantanker sponsor? By supporting Cantanker
you are supporting Austin artists, strengthening the local visual art
scene, and enriching the vibrant creative culture that makes Austin
unique. Our diverse readership includes artists, art professionals,
designers and academics and is supported by institutions like AMOA and
The Blanton.
This project is funded and supported in part by the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division and by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts,which believes that a great nation deserves great art.