In his curatorial debut for the San Antonio Museum of Art, David Rubin, the Brown Foundation Curator of Contemporary Art, has regaled us with Chocolate: A Photography Exhibition, featuring images by Frederic Lebain (France), Priscilla Monge (Costa Rica), Vik Muniz (Brazil-USA), and Chuck Ramirez (San Antonio).
San Antonio Museum of Art. Main entrance.
The Photography Room at Artistic Endeavors Gallery in San Antonio’s historic La Villita takes top place so far, as the 2008 Festival’s smallest venue. Featuring the Texas Rock Art Panoramas exhibit, with images by Ansen Seale, the gallery draws a varied crowd of visitors that include tourists, art collectors and FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA patrons.
Artistic Endeavors Gallery in La Villita. Main entrance.
Bismarck Studios -easily the Northernmost San Antonio gallery participating in FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA 2008- is located on Proton, between Sonterra Boulevard and Loop 1604, nestled in an arboreal corner of an otherwise non-descript modern strip center. Christa Brothers, Bismarck Studios’ owner is providing a much needed art oasis for the new-money crowd out yonder. The exhibit, Night And Day, features large-scale canvas prints of nature images by Scott Martin.
Bismarck Studios. Main entrance.
Mandala Gallery, located on the Northwest corner of the Blanco-Fulton Roundabout, is a recent and lively addition to San Antonio’s art scene. Owned and managed by Pramod Goshai and his wife, it is a gift shop, gallery, performance space, and occasional Indian food diner. For FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA 2008, Mandala presents the Edge Of Image exhibit with work by local photographers Dianne Monroe and Altug Icilensu.
Mandala. Main entrance.
Two of the FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA 2008 Signature Exhibits (the Signature Exhibits present the work of artists selected by the festival) are hosted by Rendon Photography & Fine Art, featuring El Color Del Tiempo, a series of images by Jorge Pablo de Aguinaco, from Mexico City; and Cuba Land Of Spirit, a series of images by James Sparshatt, from London. Both artists are extensively published and were signing books at the opening receptions on September 4 and 5 (First Friday), late into the night.
Rendon Photography & Fine Art.
A close contestant for pride of place as the smallest exhibition space in the FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA 2008 Festival, is Keller-Rihn Studio, a one-room walk-up studio-gallery in the second floor of one of the Blue Star Complex buildings. The exhibit, Shadows, by Beata Gomola, was seen by a steady stream of First Friday crowds coming through the various galleries and studios in the area.
Keller-Rihn Studio. Entrance.
