Blue Star Contemporary Opens Summer Exhibitions in Offsite Space

Despite a temporary closure for a facelift that entails a new front staircase, large glass doors and an extended awning, this is turning out to be a big summer for Blue Star Contemporary, which recently received a $100,000 grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to support exhibitions over the next two years. Operating out of a satellite space formerly occupied by Joan Grona Gallery, BSC welcomes August with a pair of shows conceptually grounded in architecture. The culmination of Thomas Cummins’ experience as a Blue Star Contemporary Berlin Resident at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, “Broken Lens” sees the local artist exploring “how individuals begin to define themselves throughout surrounding social structures” via photographs created through a broken camera lens. Marking New Hampshire-based sculptor and printmaker Kirsten Reynolds’ first solo show in Texas, “Splitsplice” throws an odd wrench in the works through a site-specific installation of “remnants from architectural structures of unknown origin.” Free, 6-9pm Thu-Fri, 112 Blue Star, (210) 227-6960, bluestarart.org.