Best of SA 2012
Best Local Curator
BRYAN RINDFUSS
Published: April 25, 2012
1. Alex Rubio
R Gallery, 110 E Lachapelle, (210) 793-8899, Facebook.com/RGalleryTx
Even through dark glasses, curator Alex Rubio makes exciting discoveries. An accomplished contemporary artist in his own right (his large-scale painting The Four Horsemen is among the local treasures in the SAMA exhibition "San Antonio Collects: Contemporary"), Rubio is possibly best recognized as the black-clad leader of Blue Star Contemporary Art Center's outreach umbrella MOSAIC, a vital program that "takes art into the streets, focusing on collaborative exchanges and promoting visual literacy and expression in the community." A true champion of emerging talent, Rubio's given many an artist their first opportunity to show work through his annual Contemporary Art Month exhibition "Nueva Generación." Similarly, exhibitions at the year-old R Gallery he runs (with fellow Best of SA winner Roland "Nightrocker" Fuentes, above) showcase newcomers like recent college graduate Hugo Yebra, an artist Rubio met while guest judging a student exhibition at University of the Incarnate Word.
2. David Rubin
San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W Jones,
(210) 978-8100, samuseum.org
3. Sean FitzGibbons
LoneStar Studios, 107 Lone Star,
(210) 821-6006, 107lonestar.com
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