Our pal El Tocadiscos will not be able to attend to blogging duties for the next couple of weeks, so our new pal Richardson Heights will be taking over until Discos' return. RH is planning some new stuff for you as well, so look forward to being offended by that too. Here we go (SR)

THURSDAY

Lost/Found - A Collection of Visual Fragments (Reel FX Creative Studios)
Opening Thursday, July 10, 7-10 pm
Artwork and interactive installations from Dallas artists Danny DelPurgatorio (good web site) and Limbert Fabian (out of date website with potential to be good).

FRIDAY

Lisa Nersesova and Ma Teresa Gomez-Martorell
(The Fort Worth Community Arts Center)
Opening Friday, July 11, 6-9 pm
I saw Lisa Nersesova's stuff for the first time a few weeks back in a group show at Brooke Berman. The paintings were super colorful and vibrant, kind of reminiscent of Chad Hopper at his most abstract, minus the social commentary. She also included a really neurotic set of ink drawings she evidently did in the car while commuting between Dallas and Denton. However, is that really her name? Anyone?

Shane Pennington (HCG Gallery)
Reception Friday, July 11, 6-9 pm
This is a dual exhibit with Michael Ledoux that half-opened last week. I have an explicit quote via email that this is "going to be good". Evidently Shane is an artist with artwork, but his site runs solely on Flash and has some long-ass introduction, and I had important things to do today, or something.

There's some show Friday night at Goss Michael Foundation featuring UK artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster that looks potentially interesting, but seriously. I refuse to look at another artist or gallery site that runs solely on Flash. Get the word out. At least do your basic navigation in html.

SATURDAY

Jack Kilby: The Eye of Genius (Meadows Museum)
I've always been more of a Gordon Teal fan, but evidently the guy who invented the integrated circuit was also an avid photographer, leaving behind over 18,000 negatives when he died. Quote from the curator via the D.M.N.: "He eagerly captured people at work, cityscapes and industrial landscapes, and he also used various photographic processes to experiment with abstraction. In particular, he took a keen interest in laborers and their occupations, and photographed them from many trades and locations." Holy crap, you can also donate money towards a giant bronze statue of Jack Kilby handing a little boy a microchip in Great Bend, Kansas.

BAD ARTIST STATEMENT EXCERPT OF THE WEEK
[game points are in bold]

"Who am I? I deny that I am a photographer or even an artist. The fact that I would even attempt an artist statement is an odd paradigm for me. Despite the fact that I deny being an artist I can not deny the fact that I indeed create works of art. I do not know what it is that drives me to create. What I create comes from deep within my soul, that which yearns to escape."

Score: 4.5 points (an extra .5 for denying being an artist twice)

Respect to El Tocadiscos.

Photo courtesy of Lisa Nersesova