Johnny From Beaumont

Ship of Fools

Fresh from the new MFAH show John Alexander: A Retrospective come these quips from a preview today:

from MFAH director Peter Marzio

"[John Alexander has] more friends than anyone I've ever met."

and the more questionable

"Most artists of John's generation never left Texas."

hmm... even with a few quick citations like Jim Love, that claim seems dubious at best.



Parade
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from curator Jane Livingston

"Jim Harithas encouraged Alexander to focus more on bodies than landscapes in the 70s."


Fish Dancing

John Alexander via ARTnews, January 2008

"One thing that has been consistant throughout my life is the images I draw from; the dark side of man, the glorious side of nature, and the destruction of them both."


Rock on.