"His paintings and assemblages are simultaneously fey, charming and critically incisive." –Art Lies "Saavedra's work never relies on knee-jerk shock value or easy irony, but is instead animated by a spirit of gritty, thwarted romanticism." –San Antonio Current " ... An impassioned social theme ... an eye-seducing knack for elegant line, immersive palette and complex surface; a talent for likeness ... and an unassuming workmanlike vibe ... I was bowled over by the densely worked surfaces, the masterful but elusive technique of paint application." –Plaza de Armas "There's a rage almost in his work, and an edge. And when you meet him, he's very gentle and very kind. He has a soft heart, but his intellect is very sharp and his artistry is where he exerts his politics and his disappointment with the ways of the world." –San Antonio Express-News • Aguilar, Fernando, "Visiones de Texas plasmadas en tela," Diario Correo, 10/29/10 • Andrews, Scott, "Artifacts: Reclaiming our history (and local artists)," San Antonio Current, 11/16/11 • ibid, "SAMA keeps it personal with 'San Antonio Collects: Contemporary,” ibid, 6/13/12 • ibid, "Life in the Studios at South Flores and Lone Star," ibid, 5/1/13 • Ayo, Elaine, "Derby ritual builds pride," San Antonio Express-News, 7/23/08 • Bennett, Steve, "Silver Star: Art center's 25th anniversary exhibit looks forward" San Antonio Express-News, 2/28/10 • ibid, "CAM marches to a new tune," San Antonio Express-News, 3/4/10 • ibid, "Quirky, funny student works on display," San Antonio Express-News, 7/11/10 • ibid, "A who's who of S.A. artists gets back to fundamentals in McNay exhibit," San Antonio Express-News, 4/17/11 • ibid, "Franks and Franco! Yum!," San Antonio Express-News, 2/29/12 • ibid, "California artist Ed Ruscha the subject of McNay show," San Antonio Express-News, 01/27/15 • Bibbs, David, Interview, ARTS, KLRN-TV, 3/7/14 • ibid, Interview, ARTS, KLRN-TV, 3/20/14 • Blaylock, Cameron, "Ed Saavedra: Things Have Gone to Pieces," Art Lies: A Contemporary Art Journal, #69, 2011 • Block, Aaron, "Lame is as lame does," San Antonio Current, 7/7/05 • Chan, Lorne, "'Go Spurs Show' turns the Spurs into artwork," San Antonio Express-News, 11/07/14 • Cook-Monroe, Nancy, "Social Studies: Energy, art, food all in a week's (or so) fun," San Antonio Express-News, 11/27/11 • Delgado, Gabriel Diego, "One-Offs," NHome Texas, Nov/Dec 2014 • Enlow, Callie, "Ones2watch: Fl!ght Gallery," San Antonio Magazine, 1/10, p 32 • ibid, "Ones2watch: Ed Saavedra," San Antonio Magazine, 3/10, p 32 • Fisch, Sarah, "Things to do tonight," Curblog, 4/02/09 • ibid, "Neato Website Roundup," Curblog, 9/30/09 • ibid, "Aartvark: Do this here thing tonight," Curblog, 12/07/09 • ibid, "The Agenda Jan. 7," Plaza de Armas, 1/7/11 • ibid, "Luminaria: The un-Lamening?," Plaza de Armas, 1/11/11 • ibid, "Ed Saavedra: then, now and next," Plaza de Armas, 1/28/11 • ibid, "The Agenda Feb. 3," Plaza de Armas, 2/3/11 • ibid, "Texas Art Travel: San Antonio," Glasstire.com, 8/11/11 • ibid, "Nate Cassie's Regis Shephard f*cked up my sh*t," Glasstire, 9/07/11 • ibid, "YES (the river knows)," Glasstire, 06/1914 • Forland, Aaron Hans, "Two Wheels Good," San Antonio Current, 9/11/10, p 12 • Goddard, Dan, "Art off the beaten path has interesting offerings," Express-News, 7/06 • ibid, "South Flores Arts District upbeat, lively," San Antonio Express-News, 1/25/08 • ibid, "Second Saturday: ArtCessibility," San Antonio Express-News, 7/10/08 • ibid, "I'd Rather Get Fired Than Quit," Glasstire.com, 10/10 • ibid, "San Antonio Artists Pay Homage to Ed Ruscha's Pop Classic," San Antonio Current, 1/28/15 • Hamilton, Tracy Idell, "Artists push to limit: Derby is a fitting end to city's CAM," Express-News, 7/31/05, p 1B • Hancock, Hank, "Going to Pieces Over the Weekend at the Art Galleries," Art Attack, Houston Press, 4/04/11 • Hernandez, Johnny, "Local Artists take FL!GHT," La Prensa, 7/06 • Herrera, Jennifer, "Art Capades," San Antonio Current, 10/17/07, p 1B • Kegley, Tami, "Contemporary Art Month 2014," Rivard Report, 3/14 • ibid, "A Stimulating 'Seven Minutes in Heaven,'" Rivard Report, 03/11/14 • Kimura, Wendi, "Head to Head: Cruz Ortiz and Ed Saavedra," San Antonio Current, 7/3/03 • Liscum, Dean, "The ones that got away: Lyons, Saavedra, Perelli, Post," The Great God Pan Is Dead, 5/14/11 • Lloyd, Jennifer, "Coloring outside the lines," 210SA, 6/25/08, p 17 • Martin, Deborah, "Glowing Strong: Artists and the public have embraced Luminaria," San Antonio Express-News, 3/07/10 • ibid, "Luminaria Spotlights," San Antonio Express-News, 3/07/10, p 3G • ibid, "A night celebrating all manner of creativity," San Antonio Express-News, 3/14/10, p 10B 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Beat, 7/13/08 • ibid, "Ramirez recalled at appropriately over-the-top memorial," San Antonio Express-News, 11/11/10 • ibid, "The grotesque world of artist Lloyd Walsh," San Antonio Express-News, 2/3/12 • ibid, "Spotlight: 'San Antonio Collects'" San Antonio Express-News, 3/21/12 • ibid, "Exhibit features photos of geometrical, colorful disks," San Antonio Express-News, 10/2/12 • ibid, “South of Southtown: New galleries clustered in South Flores Arts District," San Antonio Express-News, 02/27/13 • ibid, “'Itch' celebrating FL!GHT's 11th year," San Antonio Express-News, 09/26/13 • ibid, “FL!GHT takes Roman holiday with Mondini-Ruiz," mysa.com, 11/05/13 • ibid, “FL!GHT and Clamp Light cross paths," San Antonio Express-News, 03/12/14 • ibid, “Take FL!GHT with Clamp Light," mySA.com, 03/13/14 • ibid, "Fl!ght soars into a new home," mySA.com, 05/01/14 • ibid, “Artist encourages healthy skepticism with 'Ain't Necessarily So,'" San Antonio Express-News, 07/29/14 • slut, ART, "Slideshow: The Very First Thursday & Friday of 2011," San Antonio Current, 1/9/11 • Steinberg, Kaitlin, "Ed Saavedra: Requiem for an English Major," San Antonio Current, 1/12/11 • staff, "Wrong Store presents Saavedra trunk show Friday,” Big Bend Sentinel, 4/19/13 • Teutsch III, Tucker, "Ofrendas and offerings," San Antonio Current, 10/31/02, p 14-15 • Walworth, Catherine, “Fl!ght promises to make history out of works that don't sell ...," Current, 10/06/05 • Wolff, Elaine, "CAM-A-LOT more," San Antonio Current, 7/7/05 • ibid, "Olmos like being there," San Antonio Current, 7/25/07