The first attempt at a real Texas Biennial in a dozen years (Nobody's ever done a second bi.) opened across central Austin in early March, 2005 with many peculiarities and odd statistics, including no jurors from Dallas or Fort Worth or Denton, 36 accepted artists selected by 15 jurors with a total of 12 votes, and a disproportionate number of Austin artists selected by a heavily Austin weighted jury from the 670 artists entering statewide from 99 Texas cities — and plenty of amazing new work by Texas artists.
Annie Simpson - Since There Are No More Stars - oil on canvas
DARts now has 7 pages of coverage on this important statewide show, written by J R Compton with able help from both Biennial founders, Arturo Palacios and Jon Lawrence, as well as @rt, Anna Palmer and others. Thanks, friends.
Young Min Kang - Interstate Junction - digital prints installation
