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Steef Crombach: Globalization and Searching for Symbols

Steef Crombach: Globalization and Searching for Symbols

We sat on a large porch in Zilker, a "safe distance" across from each other -- we had met for the first time on this same porch just under a year ago at an art show for Big Medium's West Austin Studio Tours (this was days before WEST 2020 became officially...

“M*A*S*H”: Alexis Mabry and Steef Crombach at Co-Lab Projects

“M*A*S*H”: Alexis Mabry and Steef Crombach at Co-Lab Projects

The acronym M.A.S.H. suggests two American cultural artifacts. Stylized as M*A*S*H, short for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, it’s the 1972-83 primetime TV drama-comedy about US army doctors in the Korean War (an eponymous film, based on an eponymous novel, preceded...

Steef Crombach- a Dutch woman in Austin

Steef Crombach- a Dutch woman in Austin

Drie jaar geleden ging de Nederlandse beeldend kunstenaar Steef Crombach naar Austin, vlak nadat zij in 2014 de Stroom aanmoedigingsprijs had gewonnen. Ze besloot die te gebruiken om op onderzoek te gaan in Texas naar het typische Amerika. Steef Crombach (Maastricht,...

Steef Crombach, Austin, and ‘Hacked’ Batik

Steef Crombach, Austin, and ‘Hacked’ Batik

Steef Crombach is an artist from the Netherlands. Batik is a wax-resist process for dyeing textiles that’s been practiced for centuries. Together, they complicate the boundaries of fine art with what the artist refers to as her “hacked batik”...

West Austin Studio Tour 2016

West Austin Studio Tour 2016

Installation piece by Steef Crombach at the South Austin home of Carson Nelsen, 2110 La Casa https://www.austinchronicle.com/photos/west-austin-studio-tour-2016/44/