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ISSUE Submission Guidelines and Disclaimer 720 Franklin, Beaumont, TX 77701 ISSUE solicits and publishes the work of local authors. Poetry, short ficor e-mail: tion, scholarly works and opinion pieces may be submitted for review. All works artstudio@artstudio.org must be typed or submitted on a disk (using approved word processing software), or may be sent to TASI by e-mail. All works are subject for review by our editor, and may be rejected or edited on the basis of grammar, spelling or conAuthors must submit a daytime telephone number along with all submistent. sions. Pen names are acceptable, but authors must supply real names for veriThe opinions expressed in “Thoughtcrime� do not necessarily reflect the fication. All submitted works become property of TASI, and whether rejected or The piece consists of an automatic tennis serveaccepted, theareballs hit the wall and bounce randomly away as a exans have their “Twang,�opinions the disof TASI, its Board of Directors, ISSUE’s editorial staff, or donors to not returned to the author. ISSUE does not notify of rejection by machine that fires a series of balls (each labeled museum tinctive vocal style that distinTASI. Send typed works to: mail or telephone. guard chased after them. This viewing
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guishes them from people from other states. “Twang� also refers to the guitar sounds of Texas R&B and country. At the Art Museum of 0O 5IF #BDL 1PSDI 8F 4BU Southeast 5BMLJOH PG /PUIJOH .VDI Texas, “Twang� is a group show of contemporary Texas sculpture featuring work by 5IF CPZ MPPLJOH VOFBTZ a dozen artists. )JT DPMPST TIJGUJOH FWFSZ TIBEF Texas is both Western and i)FZ NBO XIBU T XSPOH u cotton and cowboys, and Southern, a multitude of clashing cultures. If -PPLJOH BU UIJT IFBE TXFBU JU NBEF there is one thing that defines Texas, it is its indefinability. i+VTU CF RVJFU u 4BJE IJT GSJFOE “Twang,� like the state that i%P ZPV XBOU B ESJOL u 4BJE * links these artists, incorporates a i8IBU T UIF NBUUFS XJUI IJN plethora of styles and forms. u i* UIJOL IF JT SFBMMZ IJHI u Among the strongest pieces on display is “LoveJoey,� a study of friendship, loneliness and loss by Michael Powers. 4JMFODF GJMMFE UIF OJHIU BJS 8F XFSF MFGU KVTU UP TUBSF )F CFHBO UP MBVHI BHBJO Among the works "T JG IF EJEO U DBSF featured in “TWANG: i8IBU XBT UIBU BCPVU u 4BJE * Contemporary )F TNJMFE TIFFQJTIMZ Sculpture from Texas,� * UIPVHIU * XBT HPJOH UP EJF on display through Sept. 26 5IF TFRVFODF JT SFQFBUFE at the Art /JHIU BGUFS OJHIU Museum of * TJU BOE UIJOL BCPVU JU OPX Southeast Texas, "OE MBVHI BMM OJHIU are, clockwise from left, “E.B.� by "NBOEB .BDL Erick Swenson, “Museum Bench� by Chris Sauter, “Two Paintings on a Rock� by Bill Davenport %VNCBTT %SFBN and “Sell Me Something CSJOH NF QBJO XJUI NZ XJOF Brown� * N TUJMM TNJMJOH QBSU PG UIF UJNF by Franco %JE ZPV LOPX Mondini-Ruiz. TPNFPOF TFOET NF GMPXFST FWFSZEBZ /PU SFBMMZ CVU * MM ESFBN PO JU BOZXBZ +VTU MJLF NF $BO U ZPV TFF UIF CSJHIU TJEF Review and 0O CPUI TJEFT PG UIF CBUUMF MJOFT photos by /P XFMM * ESFBN PG JU BOZXBZ
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“Joey�) against a wall on which is a large Argyle pattern that may or may not be a net. The machine is labeled “Playmate� and the balls are fired with monotonous regularity, with the gallery walls echoing-JWJOH a repetitive thud thud thud, like the Dada soundtracks of Kurt Schwitters. The “Joey� of the title refers to Joey 5P GJMM BO FNQUZ WPJE Mussacchio, a childhood friend of the artist who is 5P GJOE B TIFMUFSFE TPVM now dead. 5P FYQMPSF B OFX CFHJOOJOH Does the lifeless “Playmate� long for someone 5P QMBZ BO VOUBQQFE SPMF with whom to play? It seems to connect with the quintessentially American past-time — a simple 5P SFBDI CFZPOE PVS NFBOT game of catch. 5P USBWFM GVSUIFS UIBO CFGPSF Visitors to the opening witnessed the balls 5P PQFOMZ TIBSF PVS ESFBNT bouncing off two walls and back into the machine, 5P USVTU B MJUUMF NPSF completing a never-ending solitary game of catch. 5P TFFL DPNGPSU JO UIF TBNF The piece had a melancholy quality that reflected 5P EJTDPWFS BOPUIFS XBZ both the loss of a childhood friend and of childhood 5P HJWF JO UP UFNQUBUJPO itself. 5P IBWF TPNFUIJOH TUSPOH UP TBZ However, visitors at a later date may have seen
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emphasized a sense of “play,� with the machine, like a rambunctious child, teasing its reluctant “playmate.� The same piece, but two games and, therefore, two different pieces. 3IZNF GPS 4QSJOH Even though the “Playmate� is inanimate, Powers has created a performance piece reminiscent 5IFSF JT B UJNF of the 1960s Fluxus group, whose creations existed in GPS KPZ the reactions of theB UJNF viewer. UP EBODF Powers plays with our emotions and delicately BOE UP TJOH balances the the joys of childhood with the loss of innocence. PG UIF MJGF Another piece that demands viewer participation is Justin Kidd’s “In and Out Box.� 5IFSF JT B UJNF Consisting of a crudely constructed mailbox GPS DPSBM hanging on the wall, visitors to the exhibit are invitUIJT TUPOF PG TFB ed to “mail� a postcard from the Czech Republic " UJNF GPS MPWF See TWANG on page 11 GPS ZPV BOE NF
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