gallery night at studio 5

after my sweetie spent most of the day at, um, the gaylord texan discharging her duties as an obama delegate, we headed to jesse sierra hernandez's new spot for gallery night festivities. jesse had four new pieces on display, including one he'd finished just a few hours earlier. to my eyes, the politically-themed now swim back (inspahrd by anti-immigration legislation in farmer's branch) was _the one_ -- rich in detail, bursting out with life, the expressions on its figures speaking volumes. the betrayal of christ (after caravaggio) updated the italian master's example to carry an iraq war theme, with a christ figure based on jesse's cohort in crime, photog christopher blay. chris had new photo assemblages on display, as well as an interactive time machine that i might have tried if i'd had the $5 to cover the cost of the ride. after digging the art, lotsa folks we know headed off to see either shotgun messenger at the aardvark or ph7/darth vato downstairs at competition music, but we headed back for la casa to rest up for the big day tom'w (gardening and work respectively before dengue fever/ph7 at lola's in the evening time).