Blue Star 13: Inside the Loop

Blue Star 13: Inside the Loop

Jul 3–Aug 2, 1998

Blue Star 13: Inside the Loop was curated by Carla Stellweg and exhibited artworks from San Antonio artists Mike Addison and Justin Boyd, Philip Avila, Callida Borgnino and Chris Musgrave, Alba De León, Moses Gonzales, Yvonne Guerra, Scott Lifshutz, Michele Monseau, Jannette Morales, María Elena Botello Buchanan, Michelle Pedraza, Dario Robleto, Chris Sauter, and Patrick Yarrington. Stellweg wrote of the exhibition, “it is the purpose of Blue Star Art Space, by means of this exhibition, to encourage the problematic advancement of tradition and identity and, to openly free limitations in artistic vision and thought in our community. The main question this exhibit poses is the following: what characterizes the ‘contemporary’ aspects in contemporary art in San Antonio?” The exhibit developed from two main concerns: complex relations of body and psyche through the transformation of everyday household objects and experimentation propelled by the artists’ diverse intentions, as well as an overlap with issues of consumerism and communication.