continued... In the spirit of expanding the Texas Biennial beyond venues in austin to include organizations and activities across the state, we offer a complementary set of discursive coordinates. we have edited a special edition: a set of Biennial texts disseminated via art Lies’ website reflecting on the range of artistic production occurring under the banner “Texas” — as a community, a geography, a history, a culture, a curatorial (or other) conceit or simply an address, however temporary. we hope to enrich the critical dialogue surrounding this most current roundup by contextualizing the Biennial project in terms of trends both unique to Texas and pertinent to contemporary art at large, to map out a sense of where “Texas art” has been and where it might go.
— Kurt Mueller, Interim Editor, Art Lies, and virginia Rutledge,
Curator, 2011 Texas Biennial