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The Great God Pan Is Dead
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The Great God Pan is Dead is a blog where I discuss art. I focus on contemporary art and especially art I see in Houston, TX. That said, no topic related to art is off-limits. I take a lot of photos of art which are also featured on the blog.
- Added on: Oct 21st, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Robert Boyd
- Listed in: Arts Art History
- Tags: art painting sculpture graffiti gallery houston
Recent Posts
Comanche
Over on my other blog, I posted about Sig Byrd's Houston, a great collection of noirish newspaper columns from the 40s and 50s. It turns out that Houston cartoonist (and Lawndale alum) Scott Gilbert freely adapted one of the stories from Sig Byrd...
Jim Pirtle, Notsuoh, and No Zoning
I went to my company's Christmas party Friday night. It was downtown, and after I left, I was wandering down Main Street and stopped into Notsuoh. I saw that Jim Pirtle was there, so I introduced myself. I spoke about one of the performances of his t...
Bringing Art Collecting to the Masses
Everyone knows that part of the missions or museums, 1% for art programs, etc., is to bring art to ordinary people. And they do a great job. But sometimes folks want to own art, and they just can't afford it--at least not in the usual "walk into...
The Cage by Martin Vaughn-James
The Cage is a cult book in the classic sense. Fairly few people have seen it in English, as far as I know. (I believe that a French language edition remains in print.) Author Martin Vaughn-James (1943-2009) began work on The Cage in January, 1972, an...
You Are There by Jacques Tardi
You Are There by Jacques Tardi and Jean-Claude Forest Of all the comics published in 2009, none has deserved more acclaim yet faced more indifference (as far as I can tell) than You Are There. For reasons I don't understand, Jacques Tardi is tough f...
One of the Biggest Collectors in the World
So today I decided to stop by the new Deborah Colton Gallery location on North Blvd. near Rice Village. I walked into a huge gallery space with enormous pictures. A few moments later, a man walked up to me, shook my hand, and introduced himself as Le...
