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The show features ceramics, mixed media, and acrylic pieces organized around student creativity beyond the classroom, with “STICK” standing for South Texas Ink and Clay Club. The article highlights Alex Comminos’s repurposed kitsch approach and discusses multiple featured works, alongside contributions from other artists and an overall critique of the exhibition’s uneven installation and quality range.","Kitsch Construction l by Alexander Comminos  \nSURFACE TREATMENT  \nWhat: “STC’s fotowerks, STICK, and Friends”  \nWhere: Kika de la Garza Fine Arts Center, 921 E 12th Street, Mission  \nWhen: June 8 – July 6, 2019  \nHours: 10am to 6pm Tuesday to Friday, 10am-2pm Saturday  \nContact: (956) 583-2787  \nFree and open to the public  \nMix and Match  \nThis exhibition of current works by the South Texas College Ink and Clay Club is a laid-back gallery experience.  \nBY NANCY MOYER  \nSPECIAL TO THE MONITOR  \nThe portfolios of clay artists come to light this summer with four ceramics exhibitions currently happening in our mid-Valley area. Along with Alexis Ramos showing her inedible edibles in Weslaco, next week we’ll look at two more shows of this genre that just opened at STC. But for  \nnow, the STC Clay Club’s exhibition,“STC’s fotowerks, STICK, and Friends” at the Kika de la Garza Fine Arts Center, has our attention. This modest showing of thirty-eight pieces is comfortably spaced in the central part of the UVAL gallery for consideration and conversation. STICK stands for South Texas Ink and Clay Club, and under the responsible eye of Chris Leonard there are ceramics, mixed media, and acrylic works, but only two photographs. This is a loosely organized group of students who create work outside the classroom.  \nOverall the exhibit is flawed. Ten artists whose maturity/experience levels range from beginner to instructor create a deep chasm of inequality among the works, and there is no clear installation organization to help the viewer adjust to the visual variances. In seeking a sophistication level here, familiar Harlingen ceramist Alex Comminos comes to our aid.  \nDoing a complete flip from his standard clay work, which usually consists of solitary objects and experimental glazes, Comminos treats us to his foray into the world of repurposing kitsch.  \nKitsch is identified as trite subject matter that evokes sentimentality without relevant artistic expression. With four strong works and tongue planted firmly in cheek, Comminos offers a twist on that. Displaying a cavalier irreverence, he combines unrelated kitsch objects with wit; originally the kitsch parts were completely unrelated, but Comminos brings them together by repurposing them in unexpected relationships, using their previously trite identities to create new stories and fresh humor.  \n“Kitsch Construction lll” combines My Fair Lady with the Seven Dwarfs. Knowing the cultural references can evoke a whole new story in the viewer’s mind. And a very engaging one at that.“They didn’t have a whole run of the Seven Dwarfs, right?”, commented Comminos on the five dwarfs that made it into that work.“Kitsch Construction lV” combines Zeus’s daughters-the Three Graces-with the Dutch farm boy. The result appears to have spawned tiny pink figurines recalling the early 19th century European fashion.“Kitsch Construction l” reflects a wedding cake theme with a matador and a holy woman. Cherubs and cherub parts abound. To create each work, Comminos uses some pieces as he finds them, retouching and painting; sometimes he casts the parts he needs. Then in his words, he collides them.  \nAna Lourdes Hernandez offers interesting works including a ceramic pinhole camera; her “Lady Obscura” boasts an opening for an enclosed pinhole to capture light. Hernandez also shows other camera-inspired pieces and photographs.  \nAnother artist showing several pieces is Rick O Sullivan with ceramics, acrylic, and mixed media works. His strongest piece is the patriotic mixed media work,“United We stand”, featuring an American flag that had flown itself into tattered fabric. It is placed over the image of a landscape and treated to solidify its shape, suggesting the action of still functioning despite its wear.  \nThere are paintings and design works, but ceramics dominate this exhibit. In an exhibition of this nature, the quality range is maybe half the fun; there is aspiration without pretense.  \nNancy Moyer, Profe","cbCaiqSO6YxVa93S","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqSO6YxVa93S","pdf",857119,1,3,"English","en",105,"# SURFACE TREATMENT\n## Exhibition basics and visitor information\n## Gallery overview and critique\n## Featured artist: Alex Comminos\n## Other participating artists","[{\"question\":\"When and where is the “STC’s fotowerks, STICK, and Friends” exhibition held?\",\"answer\":\"It runs from June 8 to July 6, 2019 at the Kika de la Garza Fine Arts Center, 921 E 12th Street, Mission.\"},{\"question\":\"What kinds of artworks are included in the exhibition?\",\"answer\":\"The show includes ceramics, mixed media, and acrylic works, with only two photographs, and it is presented as a laid-back gallery experience.\"},{\"question\":\"How does Alex Comminos’s work interpret “kitsch”?\",\"answer\":\"Comminos repurposes trite kitsch objects and combines unrelated items with wit, creating unexpected relationships, fresh humor, and new story potential for viewers.\"}]","STICK-and-Friends - Kitsch Construction Exhibition Info | PDF",1787711472,5,{"code":4,"msg":31,"data":32},"ok",{"site_id":24,"language":23,"slug":33,"title":13,"keywords":34,"description":14,"schema_data":35,"social_meta":85,"head_meta":87,"extra_data":89,"updated_unix":28},"stick-and-friends-kitsch-construction-exhibition-info","",{"@graph":36,"@context":84},[37,53,67],{"@type":38,"itemListElement":39},"BreadcrumbList",[40,44,48,50],{"item":41,"name":42,"@type":43,"position":20},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":45,"name":46,"@type":43,"position":47},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/","Document",2,{"item":49,"name":12,"@type":43,"position":21},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/lifestyle/",{"item":51,"name":13,"@type":43,"position":52},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/stick-and-friends-kitsch-construction-exhibition-info/144889/",4,{"url":51,"name":13,"@type":54,"author":55,"headline":13,"publisher":57,"fileFormat":60,"inLanguage":23,"description":14,"dateModified":61,"datePublished":61,"encodingFormat":60,"isAccessibleForFree":62,"interactionStatistic":63},"DigitalDocument",{"name":9,"@type":56},"Person",{"url":41,"name":58,"@type":59},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-08-26",true,{"@type":64,"interactionType":65,"userInteractionCount":4},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":66},"ViewAction",{"@type":68,"mainEntity":69},"FAQPage",[70,76,80],{"name":71,"@type":72,"acceptedAnswer":73},"When and where is the “STC’s fotowerks, STICK, and Friends” exhibition held?","Question",{"text":74,"@type":75},"It runs from June 8 to July 6, 2019 at the Kika de la Garza Fine Arts Center, 921 E 12th Street, Mission.","Answer",{"name":77,"@type":72,"acceptedAnswer":78},"What kinds of artworks are included in the exhibition?",{"text":79,"@type":75},"The show includes ceramics, mixed media, and acrylic works, with only two photographs, and it is presented as a laid-back gallery experience.",{"name":81,"@type":72,"acceptedAnswer":82},"How does Alex Comminos’s work interpret “kitsch”?",{"text":83,"@type":75},"Comminos repurposes trite kitsch objects and combines unrelated items with wit, creating unexpected relationships, fresh humor, and new story potential for viewers.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":51,"og:type":86,"og:title":13,"og:site_name":58,"og:description":14},"article",{"robots":88,"canonical":51},"index,follow",{"doc_id":7,"site_id":24},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":91},[92,96,100,104,108,113,118,123,128,131,133],{"id":20,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":93,"show_sort_weight":94,"slug":95},"Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":47,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":97,"show_sort_weight":98,"slug":99},"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":52,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":101,"show_sort_weight":102,"slug":103},"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":29,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":105,"show_sort_weight":106,"slug":107},"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":109,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":110,"show_sort_weight":111,"slug":112},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":114,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":115,"show_sort_weight":116,"slug":117},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":119,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":120,"show_sort_weight":121,"slug":122},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":124,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":125,"show_sort_weight":126,"slug":127},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":126,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":129,"show_sort_weight":126,"slug":130},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":11,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":12,"show_sort_weight":11,"slug":132},"lifestyle",{"id":134,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":135,"show_sort_weight":29,"slug":136},19,"General","general"]