Artist Sarah Fox has organized an exhibition at Blue Star after a fallout with the McNay over sexually explicit artwork.
An exhibition originally planned for eight local artists at the McNay Art Museum is now moving to a vacant space at the Blue Star Arts Complex.An exhibition initially planned by the McNay Art Museum has found a new home after a fallout over sexually explicit artwork.
Meanwhile, the museum has gone ahead with an amended version of its show, with a new title and a shift in focus. The McNay exhibition is now calledA McNay publication previews theCourtesy / McNay Art MuseumAfter learning of the situation, arts leader Ethel Shipton approached Blue Star Arts Complex owner James Lifshutz, who offered Fox the free use of a vacant space formerly occupied by Terminal 136, an art gallery extension of the University of Texas at San Antonio arts program.
The artists and several community supporters, including attorney and contemporary arts advocate Lewis Tarver, formed a loose coalition called Contemporary Art for San Antonio and mounted a show titledChadbourne participated in the revived show, recalling that he and fellow artists helped clean out the raw warehouse space, build walls and hang the art.