Pan Recommends for the week of October 4 through October 10

Here's what looks good this week. Let us know if we overlooked something special!

FRIDAY

Paperwork, a group show at Darke Gallery, October 5, 2012 from 6–9 pm. Works on paper by Wendy Wagner, Lillian Warren, Lovie Olivia, Rabéa Ballin, Kia Nell, Steven J. Miller and John Adelman. This is especially notable because it features Wendy Wagner's first new work since her brain surgery in May.

Joey Fauerso: Interior at David Shelton Gallery on October 5, 2012 from 6–8 pm. Fauerso did a funny naked video last year at Box 13, and it looks like the nakedness will continue at David Shelton Gallery. Excellent.

 SATURDAY

Zinefest at Super Happy Fun Land on October 6th, 2012 from 3pm - 8pm. I thought the internet had pretty much killed zines, but I guess their are people who prefer physical objects over electrons and protons. You can meet a bunch of them at Zinefest!

Daniel McFarlane: In Industry at the Galveston Arts Center on October 6, 2012 from 5–9 pm. Tough call! Lots of interesting stuff happening in Houston Saturday night, but this Daniel McFarlane exhibit in Galveston is sure to be a winner. I hate it when that happens.

Winter Street and Spring Street Studios Fall Artist Exhibition at the Winter Street Studios on October 6, 2012 from 5–10 pm. 110 artists will be there showing off their stuff, including the uncategorizable Solomon Kane (the artist, not the vampire-fighting Puritan).

Ariane Roesch: Simple Machines and Simple Dreams at Redbud Gallery on October 6, 2012 from 6–9 pm. Looks like more glowy artwork from Ariane Roesch. And we love glowy art.

 

Too Many Dicks on the Dance Floor

by Robert Boyd

I was at Box 13 last night and one impression I got was that there were a lot of dicks in this show. For example, all the pieces by Joey Fauerso featured a naked guy in a landscape, as in this video, The Clearing.

 
Joey Fauerso, still from The Clearing, video

Then in a show called #notmethough, curated by Cameron Blaylock and Steven J. Thomson, Jonatan Lopez produced this self-portrait, #godmethough.html, where the viewer sees Lopez's body through a bunch of tiny embedded YouTube videos, including one of his junk.


Jonatan Lopez, #godmethough.html, social media and html, 2011

Well, everything thesis has its antithesis, and as far as dicks go, Cody Ledvina's performance eschewed them, as this disclaimer implies:

Cody Ledvina, Gawd parents: I am real poster (detail), 2011

 As a board member of Box 13, I am pretty much required to take responsibility for any dicks in any piece of art we exhibit. If you were offended by the numerous dicks in this show, I sincerely want to hear from you. Write me at: Robert Boyd, c/o Santa Claus, Santa's Workshop, North Pole.