There is a real seriousness to Jimmy James Canales’s playfulness. His videos, object mutations, installations, and endurance performances put on airs of self-deprecation, but Canales’ work knocks over masculine…
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Despite its melancholy overtones and references to “bad memories” and a relationship that never was, the dreary Smiths classic “Back to the Old House”…
Canales’ playful and brilliant show, Para Chrome, cleverly finds the patterned bridge of the vanity of male fantasia, one that spans science fiction and south Texas…
To call local artist Jimmy James Canales a “wildcard” might distract from the conceptual depth and technical mastery of his work, but it accurately alludes to the fact that he’s…
Rainey Knudson and Christina Rees on death row last suppers, how to stage a massive video show, and sex in Fort Worth.
#4 Jimmy James Canales: Para Chrome, presented by Presa House Gallery @FL!GHT (San Antonio), October 6 – October 29, 2017