John Singer Sargent: The Watercolors
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
March 2 - May 26, 2014
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Surface Tension
January 16 through March 10, 2014
Hunter Gather Project is an new alternative art space. The space’s second exhibition shows work by artists Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak, Jon Lee, Gwendolyn Plunkett, who all make art about layers.
Rick Guidotti: Positive Exposure; The Spirit of Difference
Last Chance - February 12 through March 12, 2014
These works premiered at the People’s Genome Celebration, June 2001, at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in DC. and is part of a city-wide film and arts festival dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories and artistic expressions of individuals with various disabilities.
Spike Johnson: Friends in Low Places
Last Chance - February 28 through March 12, 2014
A photographic project documenting the lives of a group of U.S. veterans who exist beneath Houston's downtown in a series of caves, tunnels and alcoves. The work is accompanied by audio interviews with the subjects. In conjunction with the FotoFest 2014 Biennial.
Tears and Politics: Works by Phil Collins and Christian Jankowski
Last Chance - January 17 through March 15, 2014
Soy mi madre by Phil Collins and Crying for the March of Humanity by Christian Jankowski both employ the format of the telenovela to talk about issues of immigration, class and race, and the relationship between arts, media and politics.
Anton Ginzburg: Terra Corpus
Last Chance - January 17 through March 15, 2014
For his museum debut in the United States, Ginzburg will present At the Back of the North Wind and Walking the Sea, part one and two of a trilogy of works in film, photography, sculpture and painting.
Dylan Roberts: Daddy
Last Chance - February 14 through March 15, 2014
Roberts is a Houston artist and will be presenting new paintings that combine figurative, abstract and sculptural elements. This will be his first show with Scott Charmin Gallery. And the first show for Scott Charmin, a new gallery that is named after, yes, two brands of toilet paper.
Jason Villegas and Michael Tedja: Salon Style
Last Chance - February 13 through March 15, 2014
The gallery will be installed salon-style with both artists filling all available wall space.
Games: Rafael Villarreal, Article, Dro & Astro
Last Chance - March 7 through 15, 2014
An exhibition of paintings by Rafael Villarreal and selected works from guest artists.
El Ultimo Grito: New Installation
Last Chance - January 23 through March 16, 2014
Spanish design studio, El Ultimo Grito will create a new site-specific installation. Based in London, the husband and wife team of Rosario Hurtado and Roberto Feo are winners of the 2012 London Design Medal and internationally known for creating an eclectic range of objects and installations.
CrossSection: Latino Artists in Texas
Houston Museum of African American Culture
Last Chance - January 24 through March 16, 2014
A sampling of contemporary art being created by younger Latino artists across the Lone Star State. Featuring: Margarita Cabrera, Adriana Corral, Rigoberto A. Gonzalez, Carlos Donjuan and Gabriel Martinez. Curated by Benito Huerta.
Elaine Bradford and Bari Ziperstein: Doppelgänger
February 20 through March 17, 2014
Bradford and Ziperstein met while attending graduate school at the California Institute of the Arts. Mutual interests in mid-century modern furniture, architectural tours, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer fueled their friendship. Both artists use traditional craft techniques to create new sculptural objects and photographs dealing with feminine philosophies.
Mitch Dobrowner: That Rare Land
January 18 through March 22, 2014
Photographs of the Nordic wilds of Iceland.
Not a Statistical Interstices: Marshall Harris, Sarah Sudhoff and Kyle Olson
February 22 through March 22, 2014
Three disparate artists working in media from pencil drawing to 3 dimensional objects. Curated by Techang, the work includes a special performance piece.
Particularly These: Lance McMahan, Roxanna Tuff, and Giovanni Valderas
February 22 through March 22, 2014
An exhibition in which the artists contemplate their personal histories.
Robert Jessup: New Paintings
February 22 through March 22, 2014
"These pictures are the result of intuitive, non-representational form-making-" Robert Jessup
Pat Colville: New Drawings and Sculpture
February 22 through March 22, 2014
This marks Colville's fifth exhibition at Moody and the first in which sculpture is featured.
Outside the Lines and 65th Anniversary Celebration
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston - CAMH
October 31, 2013 through March 23, 2014
Outside the Lines is a six-part exhibition series conceived as a dialogue on contemporary abstraction. Director Bill Arning, curators Valerie Cassel Oliver and Dean Daderko will each organize two exhibitions. These six shows will be mounted in two rounds.
The Age of Impressionism
December 22, 2013 through March 23, 2014
The Museum is the final stop on a three-year, international tour of French paintings originally assembled by Singer sewing-machine heir Sterling Clark and his wife, Francine, and now part of the collection of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. The exhibition spans the 19th century and features Manet, Degas, Renoir, Monet and Morisot.
Black in the Abstract, Part 2: Hard Edges/Soft Curves
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston - CAMH
January 25 through March 23, 2014
A companion to Black in the Abstract, Part 1, this section chronicles the history of black artists whose work relies on restraint.
Painting: A Love Story
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston - CAMH
January 18 through March 23, 2014
By examining the surfaces of these works, one can reconstruct the painterly decisions that lead to the finished image.
Menil/Fiesta: Paintings by University of Houston Painting Majors
February 1 through March 23, 2014
A selection of paintings created by undergraduate painters at UofH, installed in the frozen food section of a Fiesta! The paintings are solutions to a project in which the artists were asked to visit both the Menil Collection and a Fiesta supermarket, gather information and create a series of paintings.
Always Plus One Day: Melinda Laszczynski
February 28 through March 28, 2014
A multimedia exhibition using a wide-range of materials including house paint, tape, and spray paint, photographs and discarded construction materials.
David A. Brown: Trying to find my way…
March 3 through 28, 2014
Brown presents single exposure images that capture the metropolitan landscape.
John Forse: Myn Welcome
University of Houston, 4th floor Projects Gallery
March 6 through 28, 2014
Drawing and sculpture by Forse, a 2014 MFA candidate. The exhibition explores the notion of the uncanny and satire while addressing cultural politics.
Remnants of Yesterday/Fragments of Tomorrow: Curtis Gannon
February 13 through March 29, 2014
Gannon creates collages, sculptures and installations that reference the language of Pop.
Nathan Green: Building Pictures
February 21 through March 29, 2014
In his fifth solo presentation with Art Palace, Green further explores the formal and structural qualities of abstract painting.
Believe What You Want... : Tony Day
February 21 through March 29, 2014
Day's recent work is inspired by an interest in thinking about freedom. His portraits are of prominent American religious leaders.
Haul: New Video and Paintings by Cheryl Donegan
February 21 through March 29, 2014
For her first solo exhibition in Houston, Donegan will debut a silent video projected onto a dress form wearing a plain-white, full skirt.
Matt Messinger: Stack and Clark Derbes: American Sculpture
February 21 through March 29, 2014
George O. Jackson de Llano
March 8 through 29, 2014
Jackson's series of photographs and Calaveras Resplandecientes focus on crystal skulls.
FOTOFEST 2014: Linarejos Moreno: Fragmented Past/Reconstructed Present and Amy Blakemore: More Pictures
February 28 through March 29, 2014
This will be Moreno's first exhibition and Blakemore's sixth solo exhibition with Inman.
What Time Is It?
September 28, 2013 through March 29, 2014
Blaffer Art Museum and the Houston Arts Alliance present a public art installation in collaboration with Musiqa.
Cyan Silhouettes: Anna Mavromatis & Thea Clark
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
January 31 through March 30, 2014
Through handmade books, jewelry, quilts, and clothing, Mavromatis and Clark use the cyanotype process to expose the memories and associations assigned to personal possessions. A participating space of the FotoFest 2014 Biennial
The City: Lori Nix
March 1 through 30, 2014
Nix imagines a post human, post mankind future with post apocalyptic dioramas. Presented in conjunction with FotoFest 2014
Border Land: Casey McGuire and Lindsay Palmer
Eastfield College- H100 Gallery
March 7 through April 4, 2014
Palmer and McGuire make work that explore hybrid narratives; touching on ideas of memory, home and gender.
Proof: Studio Enertia: Lisa E. Harris & Alisha B. Wormsley
February 28 through April 5, 2014
A multimedia exhibition by Studio Enertia: a collaborative project by Houston performer and composer Lisa E. Harris, and Pittsburg-based artist Alisha B. Wormsley. The exhibition features sculptural installation, performance art, video and photography that which represent an ongoing interest in themes of the African Diaspora.
The Function of Attention: curated by Emily Peacock
February 28 through April 5, 2014
A three person exhibition featuring work by three emerging Texas-based artists: Matt McEver, Shawn Mayer and Daniela Galindo. In conjunction with the FotoFest 2014 Biennial, the exhibition features a selection of photographs that explore the creative purpose of boredom as a form of attention.
Love Letters in a Tree: Otis Ike & Ivete Lucas
February 28 through April 12, 2014
Ike and Lucas use documentary photography and filmmaking to explore encounters with niche segments of society. This recent project consists of a photographically recorded exchange of letters between two anonymous correspondents hidden inside a dying tree in Houston. In conjunction with the FotoFest 2014 Biennial.
Safe Distance: Galina Kurlat
February 28 through April 12, 2014
An exhibition of large format photographs using Polaroid positive/negative black and white film. Kurlat manipulates the negatives, allowing some to degrade. In conjunction with the FotoFest 2014 Biennial
Curb Appeal: Krista Birnbaum
February 28 through April 12, 2014
Using artificial plants and computer generated photographs to stand in for living foliage, this installation simulates the maintenance of a year-round growing season in minimalist forms. In conjunction with the FotoFest 2014 Biennial.
Internal Dialogue: Grant Cox
March 8 through April 12, 2014
Cox's exhibition questions the idea that machines are more productive and efficient than human labor.
Scott Eastwood: They Never Die They Just Go To Sleep One Day
March 8 through April 12, 2014
Eastwood's multimedia installation invites the viewer to investigate meaning and complexities by focusing on images that mirror and echo one another.
Ultraviolet Masterworks: Michael Stovall
March 8 through April 12, 2014
J. Michael Stovall curates an exhibition that allows the participating artists to explore how the use of ultraviolet paint effects their work.
Avert your gaze and you will lose your love!: Katie Wynne
March 8 through April 12, 2014
Wynne presents objects that gain value not by their inherent worth but through the absurd determination of their existence.
Mike Osborne and Haden Garrett: Monopoly
March 1 through April 14, 2014
Osborne and Garrett’s exhibition revolves around the iconic board game and its historical connection to the Atlantic City street grid that served as its template. The exhibition includes 16 color prints and artist’s book from Osborne and furniture from Garrett.
Ranch Gates of the Southwest: Manifestations of Individualism
February 20 through April 17, 2014
An exhibition featuring photographs by Daneil M. Olsen and Henk Van Assen, highlighting the letter forms and typography of ranch gates, while also emphasizing their cultural significance as part of a changing American identity. The exhibition is based on a book by Van Assen and Olsen.
Diamond Leaves: Printing in Progress
February 20 through April 17, 2014
Booklyn Artists Alliance and the Printing Museum present the American premiere of this international artist’s book exhibition first curated by Marshall Weber and Xu Bing at the Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum in Beijing. This version shows 24 artist’s book created by more than 30 international artists.
Green is the Colour: Melanie Smith
February 27 through April 19, 2014
The first exhibition of work by Mexico City-based Smith includes new paintings and video. the exhibition focuses on the color green, drawing from the artist's recent trips to the Amazon.
Hillerbrand+Magsamen: Home Improvement
March 8 through April 20, 2014
The collaborative husband and wife visual team draws upon the Fluxus tradition of incorporating humor, performance, video art and everyday objects. They create a conversation about family dynamics, suburban life and American consumer excess which they call “suburban fluxus”.
Delilah Montoya: Mi Amor me ha dada recuerdos para tí / My Love has given me memories for you
March 7 through April 25, 2014
This exhibition, based of Montoya’s book of the same title, was “designed as a cathartic gesture to ease and bring closure to a personal relationship.”
The Art Guys: Scattershot
January 25 through April 30, 2014
An exhibition of new and not so new things.
Patrick Renner: Funnel Tunnel
August 9, 2013 through May 4, 2014
Renner's colorful, twisting roadside attraction occupies the median in Montrose Blvd. across from Art League Houston for nine months— drive on by!
Antena
January 16 through May 10, 2014
Antena is a language experimentation collaborative founded by Jen Hofer and John Pluecker, both of whom are writers and artists. Antena will be in residence at Blaffer, where they will think about how views on language can help rearticulate expereince.There will be books for sale from independent presses and DIY endeavors throughout the U.S. and Latin America focusing on writing by women, people of color, queer communities, and others.
Lee Bontecou: Drawn Worlds
January 30 through May 11, 2014
Throughout her career, Bontecou has created drawings as a component of her artistic practice, in relation to the sculptures for which she is renowned, and as independent works of art. The exhibition spans the years 1958 through 2012 with 76 works.
Dark Light: The Micaceous Ceramics Of Christine Nofchissey Mchorse
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
February 7 through May 11, 2014
Working from traditional materials and techniques, McHorse’s vessel-based art blends pottery and sculpture. This is the Navajo artist’s first traveling exhibition.
Georges Braque: A Retrospective
February 13 through May 11, 2014
Braque was a leading figure of the Paris avant-garde in the first decades of the 20th century. Together with Picasso, he pioneered the innovations of Cubism. A selection of 78 works, including 25 of his cubist works.
Amita Bhatt
February 22 through May 15, 2014
Bhatt states. "My work is anchored in the historic and global phenomenon of geographic and identity politics…."
Beyond Craft: Decorative Arts from the Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection
February 23 through May 26, 2014
Based in Potomac, Maryland, the Eagles have been collecting decorative arts since the 1960s. Their early focus was on contemporary ceramics; today the collection also encompasses fiber art, furniture, glass, jewelry and works on paper dating from the 1940s to the present.
John Singer Sargent: The Watercolors
March 2 through May 26, 2014
This exhibition of nearly 100 works, painted between 1902 and 1911, provides an opportunity to view a broad range of the Sargent's watercolors. It brings together watercolors holdings from the Brooklyn Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Trailer: Jeff Shore and Jon Fisher
February 6 through May 31, 2014
The second solo presentation of Shore and Fisher's installations in Houston. Their work bring togethers combined backgrounds in painting, electronics, and music.
Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary 1926–1938
February 14 through June 1, 2014
The first major museum exhibition to focus on the breakthrough surrealist years of René Magritte, tracing strategies and themes from an important period in his career. Bringing together eighty paintings, collages, and objects, along with a selection of photographs, periodicals, and early commercial work, the exhibition offers new insight into Magritte’s identity as a modern painter and surrealist artist.
Memories of a Voyage: The Late Work of René Magritte
February 14 through July 13, 2014
Continuing its exploration beyond René Magritte’s years leading up to World War II, the Menil presents a selection of works beginning in 1941 and concluding with the artist's death in 1967. In conjunction with Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary, 1926-1938.
The People's Plate with Otabenga Jones & Associates: Lawndale 2014 mural
February 28, 2014 through January 10, 2015
The 2014 mural at Lawndale Art Center will feature Otabenga Jones & Associates. This project will be the fourth mural at Lawndale Art Center. In addition to the mural at Lawndale there will be a series of adjacent programs, kicking off a year-long commitment to health education. Programs will include cooking classes, a foraging workshop, an urban gardening workshop and a line of mass produced lunchboxes that will be made available to the public.
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