Jack Ericksson: Isometric Solutions to Contemporary Economic Dilemmas
Lawndale Art Center
May 11 through June 16, 2012
Houston
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Earl Staley Paintings: Past & Present
Last Chance - April 13 through May 23, 2012
Ai Weiwei: Five Houses
Last Chance - April 19 through May 25, 2012
Models by Ai Weiwei in collaboration with Basel-based HHF architects interpret the concept of a residential building as a Gesamtkunstwerk—a complete work of art, just like Josef Hoffmann, Frank Lloyd Wright, or Gerrit Rietveld.
Ted Larsen: Waste Land
Last Chance - April 28 through May 25, 2012
Ted Larsen uses materials usually found in auto junkyards to create a new life through his carefully constructed sculptures.
Daniel Heimbinder: On Parade
Rudolph Blume Fine Art | ArtScan Gallery
Last Chance - April 21 through May 26, 2012
The Unending Horrible: Film Posters from the Collection of Matthew Brannon
Last Chance - April 21 through May 26, 2012
In conjunction with the gallery's Feast/Dream event, the Galveston Artist Residency is exhibiting horror film posters from the collection of NY artist Matthew Brannon. Sweet dreams!
Al Souza: Fundamentals
Last Chance - April 28 through May 26, 2012
New work by Al Souza, accompanied by a catalogue with essays by Raphael Rubenstein and Michael Bise which will be available for purchase.
Dan Burkholder: A Gold Standard
Last Chance - April 28 through May 26, 2012
Dan Burkholder originated the digital-negative process in the early 1990’s and went on to pioneer the use of platinum/palladium prints on vellum over 24k gold leaf.
Tagoci Presents...Guilded
Last Chance - May 12 through 26, 2012
A group show featuring Alex Barber, Robin Baker, Finijo, Mike Hernandez, Lizbeth Ortiz, David “Lowbrow” Pilgrim, Julia Salazar, Lee E. Wright and Julie Zarate.
FotoFence 2012
Last Chance - May 12 through 26, 2012
FotoFest's student exhibition highlighting student work created through the Literacy Through Photography program. Houston area schools present photographs, writing, collages, digital video projections and sculptures
Karin Broker: Wired, Nailed, Drawn and Printed
Last Chance - April 21 through May 27, 2012
Collaged retablos, vintage rhinestone jewelry wired to found objects, and new large-scale drawings of flowers on Formica panels.
Kelly Moran: Beg Borrow & Steal
Last Chance - April 28 through May 27, 2012
A zany mixed bag of happy urban myth and late American culture.
David Lindsay: Hocus Pocus
Last Chance - May 5 through 27, 2012
Lubbock painter David Lindsay's large scale shaped oil on canvas works in which architecture shoulders symbolic weight.
Kenneth E. Parris III: 104 Work Weeks: On Tour with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Last Chance - May 5 through 27, 2012
Brooklyn artist Kenneth Parris III accompanied the Merce Cunningham Dance Company on the road in order to document their final tour in drawings. Dancers Marcie Munnerlyn and Melissa Toogood will perform at the opening.
Deb Schwartzkopf: New Work
Last Chance - May 19 through 27, 2012
An outstanding ceramicist and art educator based in Seattle, Washington. Deb will also present a hands-on workshop, "Explorations in Form,” all day Friday-Sunday, May 18-20th. For info, call the gallery at 713-869-3099.
Elegance and Refinement: The Still-Life Paintings of Willem van Aelst
Last Chance - March 11 through May 28, 2012
25 paintings celebrate the exquisite work of a neglected Seventeenth-century Dutch master.
Charlie Jean Sartwelle: Conversations with Birds
Last Chance - May 5 through 28, 2012
Rob Wheeler: Social – Post Abstraction
Last Chance - May 2 through 29, 2012
Layers of paint and scraping in Wheeler’s oil on wood paintings.
Kristy Peet and Britt Ragsdale
March 31 through May 31, 2012
Peet’s exhibition will feature her series “How I Will Die,” a photographic exploration of hypochondria and mortality. Britt Ragsdale will exhibit, “Members” a show of photography and physical response.
Table Top
April 13 through May 31, 2012
Small sculpture by Sharon Engelstein, Nicholas Kersulis, Darryl Lauster, Matt Messinger, and Kaneem Smith.
George Hixson: Art Car Parade Retro 1986
MKT BAR at Phoenicia Specialty Foods Downtown
May 1 through 31, 2012
Relive the “New Music Parade,” the inspiration for Houston’s first art car parade, through the lens of photographer George Hixson. Fifty percent of the proceeds from art sales will benefit The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art.
Trudy Askew: Pretense
May 5 through 31, 2012
Paintings portray the surreal human circus at Houston's oldest co-op gallery.
Stephanie Toppin: Self Portrait
March 13 through June 1, 2012
A soft-sculpture installation in the front window of Char Bar, alongside Market Square park.
David Best: Prayer Wheels
May 19 through June 1, 2012
Art car models created by Victoria ISD students.
Nelda Gilliam
April 27 through June 2, 2012
Each piece in this exhibition is a write-up of some of Gilliam's thoughts and feelings from memories of childhood when angry and wounding words were said to her.
Matthew Bourbon: Tender Pioneers
May 11 through June 2, 2012
Bourbon uses the framework of narrative painting as a place to think about the pinball effect of interacting images and the inevitability of storytelling.
Steven J. Miller: Transporting
May 11 through June 2, 2012
Dallas painter Miller's first solo show in Houston.
Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics: The Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection
March 4 through June 3, 2012
In 2007, the MFAH acquired the Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection of some 475 ceramic artworks, one of the most important contemporary ceramic collections in the world. About half of them will be on display.
Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals
March 3 through June 3, 2012
The Houston Arts Alliance brings Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's monumental installation Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads to Houston's Hermann Park, near the southeast corner of McGovern Lake. Better go look: it cost us $180,000 to get them here!
Art of Contemporary Shibari
March 16 through June 3, 2012
Artistic Japanese rope bondage by 14 world class shibari riggers, photographers and their models. There will be a live shibari performance during the opening, and during a special event on Saturday March 17.
Sticks and Stones Art Show
May 18 through June 3, 2012
New paintings by Nicky Davis and Jessica Rice, two artists from the Houston area.
The Graphic Arts of Hans Erni
February 23 through June 9, 2012
40 large scale posters dating from WWII to the present, it's the first major retrospective of Erni's work to be presented in the United States. Erni will celebrate his 103rd birthday in February 2012. Presented in partnership with Nespresso and the Consulate of Switzerland in Houston
HJ Bott: Rhythm & Rhetoric: New Works Celebrating 40 Years of the DoV System
May 12 through June 9, 2012
HJ Bott celebrates the 40th anniversary of his DoV System with recent paintings.
Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective
March 2 through June 10, 2012
The first-ever critical overview of Serra's drawings is the first major one-person exhibition organized by the Menil Drawing Institute and Study Center. Don't miss it: not flashy, but persistently interesting, Serra's work has changed the practice of drawing, just as it has sculpture and video, and everything else. Co-curated by Bernice Rose, of the Menil Drawing Institute; Menil curator Michelle White; and Gary Garrels of SFMOMA.
Utopia/Dystopia: Construction and Destruction in Photography and Collage
March 11 through June 10, 2012
Photos, photocollages, photomontages, and moving images project a political, social, or cultural state of utopia or dystopia collected for Fotofest.
Chris Hedrick: Implied Utility
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
April 14 through June 10, 2012
Amazingly accurate reproductions of everyday objects in exotic woods.
Weekly Read/Write Club Led by John Pluecker
May 5 through June 13, 2012
In association with his installation Antena books/Libros Antena at PRH, John Pluecker will host a participatory Read/Write club on Wednesday nights at 2515 Holman. Schedule here.
Stuck Up: A Poster Show for the Poster Movie
May 4 through June 14, 2012
New work by Houston street artists featured in the movie Stick Em Up!, including Give Up, DUAL, Eyesore, Cutthroat, 2:12, Shreddi, Garro, Vote Right, GONZO247, Ack!, Michael C. Rodriguez, and GhostTown
GIVE UP: Omens
May 5 through June 16, 2012
A solo gallery show by renowned Houston Street artist GIVE UP, featuring new and recent works, poster prints, fine art pieces, photos, etc, all available for purchase.
Source Material: Works by Brian Dupont and Chris Rusak
May 17 through June 16, 2012
Brian Dupont (Brooklyn, NY) and Chris Rusak (San Francisco, CA) share an interest in the aesthetic possibilities for language and text in contemporary painting.
Leslie Mutchler: TrendFACTORY
May 11 through June 16, 2012
Mutchler explores issues of hand(craft), labor and the repetition of memes in the virtual world. Hand-manufactured objects focus on ways in which a controlled community, limited to specific materials, can participate in the creation of objects.
Travis McCarra & Michael Gonzales: #everyoneisanartist
May 11 through June 16, 2012
Twitter hashtags allow artists to populate the exhibition space with work via Twitter.
Jack Ericksson: Isometric Solutions to Contemporary Economic Dilemmas
May 11 through June 16, 2012
An installation populated with 2D and 3D representations of economic data. It will show how vulnerable graphics are to unwelcome interpretation based on misguided geometry, Masonic lore and common sense.
Prospectors: Seth Mittag, David Politzer & Anne J. Regan
May 11 through June 16, 2012
Seth Mittag, David Politzer and Anne J. Regan present work produced during their residency at Lawndale
Grandalism featuring ARTICLE
April 28 through June 17, 2012
DiverseWorks' rotating series of large-scale works by Houston street artists features Phillip Orlando Perez (aka) Article, curated by Aerosol Warfare's Gonzo247.
Stephen Kwok: Walled Garden
Spacetaker Gallery @ Winter Street Studios
May 19 through June 22, 2012
Stephen Kwok’s installation-based multi-media exhibition challenges the relevance of physical items in today’s increasingly digital society.
Nancy LeVine: Senior Dogs Across America
Houston Center for Photography
May 4 through June 23, 2012
Nancy LeVine began traveling the United States to photograph senior dogs eight years ago.
Collaborations IX: Aging
Houston Center for Photography
May 4 through June 23, 2012
Work by students from nine Houston-area high schools who participated in HCP's Collaborations IX program, and who chose to explore issues such as childhood, maturity, decay, and expiration.
David Politzer: When You’re Out There
Houston Center for Photography
May 4 through June 23, 2012
A series of photographs that explores nature with a sense of humor and a sense of longing. The other half of this larger project is on view now at the Lawndale Arts Center.
Isa Leshko: Elderly Animals
Houston Center for Photography
May 4 through June 23, 2012
Through travels to animal sanctuaries across the US, Leshko explores animals at or near the end of their lives.
William Betts: Recognition
May 12 through June 23, 2012
Frozen screenshots from video surveillance recordings executed as computer-numeric-controlled dots of acrylic paint.
Bo Joseph: Empire of Spoils
May 12 through June 23, 2012
New York-based Bo Joseph uses culturally loaded found imagery in his ambitious paintings.
Miao Jiaxin: Chinaman's Suitcase
May 19 through June 23, 2012
A Chinese born NY artist constructs situations in which his mother laboriously hauls his naked body in a suitcase through the streets of Shanghai or he himself hauls smoked ducks through Manhattan and, after spray-painting them in bold colors, offers them for sale in a China Town market.
Radu Runcanu & William Witte: Palinka & Lone Star
May 19 through June 23, 2012
Two artists from two different cultures influencing one another. Curated by Emily Peacock.
Britt Ragsdale: Breathe
May 19 through June 23, 2012
Lens Capsule truck impresario Britt Ragsdale exhibits looped stop-animation videos are combined to create an installation that draws attention to the human breath and the power it has over our physical, mental and emotional states.
Project Rowhouses: Round 36
March 31 through June 24, 2012
Seven new art projects in the historic shotgun houses on Holman St., featuring artists Manuel Acevedo, Monie Henderson and Marc Newsome of Our Image Film and Arts, Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, John Pluecker, Phillip Pyle II, Beth Secor, and Irvin Tepper.
Yasuaki Onishi: Reverse of Volume RG
April 13 through June 24, 2012
Onishi uses translucent plastic sheeting, strings of black glue, and fishing line to create monumental forms that resemble mountains or clouds floating in space. Photo: Nash Baker
Kallinen Contemporary Grand Opening: Space Zombie Mayan Apocalyptic Human Sacrifice Uplift Mofo Party Plan Spring Break 2012
March 30 through June 30, 2012
Singer/Song/Artist writer Daniel Johnston will autograph his first comic; Gonzo247 will be creating a 10 foot by 8 foot mural, and a lot more.
Visual Arts Alliance 29th Juried Open Exhibition
May 11 through June 30, 2012
Houston gallerist Wade Wilson has juried a show of 76 varied artworks from 483 submitted to the VAA's annual competition. 1600 Smith Street (formerly Continental Center I) on the concourse level.
The Rule and Its Exception
May 9 through June 30, 2012
Artists from the Middle East draw from traditions of miniature painting, ornamentation, figuration and calligraphy to speak to contemporary realities. Featuring Shiva Ahmadi, Soody Sharifi, Roya Akhavan, Khosrow Hassanzadeh, Ayad Alkadhi, Reza Derakshani, Kezban Arca Batibeki, Pouran Junchi, Negar Ahkami, Ghasem Hajizadeh, Afsoon, Farideh Lashai, Shoja Azari, and Shahram Karimi.
The Allure of Fabergé: Selections from The Dorothy & Artie McFerrin Collection
J. Wayne Stark Galleries, Texas A&M
April 21 through July 1, 2012
80 hand crafted pieces of the renowned 19th century jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé.
Lorena Morales: Shadows Ephemeral Realities Hanging Gardens
May 5 through July 1, 2012
Along with works by Tania Botelho, Ruben Bello, Bill Brenza, Veronica, Dyer, Jerrie Gast, Raquel Kreipe, Maryam Lavaf, David Lloyd, Jane Ewen, Kelyne Reis, James Myres ,Susan Spjut & Sally Worthington.
Heavy Hitters
May 17 through July 7, 2012
A Survey of Contemporary American Printmaking, curated by Ryan O'Malley, a printmaker and Assistant Professor of Art at Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi.
Perspectives 178: CINEPLEX
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston - CAMH
April 13 through July 8, 2012
An evolving exhibition celebrating creative translations and transformations of movie culture. Weekly screenings and events every Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m. at CAMH. Schedule here.
Drawings by Rembrandt, his Students, and Circle from the Maida and George Abrams Collection
April 15 through July 8, 2012
Nine works by Rembrandt as well as nearly fifty sheets by his pupils and followers, organized by the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut.
It is what it is. Or is it?
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston - CAMH
May 12 through July 8, 2012
Curator Dean Daderko's debut at the CAMH is a dialogue with the readymade as an art form, featuring 18 artists including Rachel Hecker and William Cordova.
Artifactual Realities
Station Museum of Contemporary Art
March 17 through July 15, 2012
Photography, spanish and otherwise, featuring works by Linarejos Moreno, and 10 other artists/photographers who, each in their own way, are concerned, with issues of revolution, spirituality and memory.
Jayne Duryea: Nature, Our Greatest Teacher & The Blue Pearl
April 28 through July 19, 2012
Painting, Sculpture and Glass Work by Jayne Duryea, Division Chair of Fine Arts and Kinesiology at Coastal Bend College in Beeville, Texas.
Tribute to a Texas River: Prints of the Colorado By Margie Crisp
May 11 through July 28, 2012
Prints included in Crisp's new publication, River of Contrasts: The Texas Colorado. Exhibition Events and Dates: Exhibition runs May 11 – July 28, 2012
The Texas Aesthetic V: The Fifth Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Texas Regionalism
May 11 through July 28, 2012
14 of the gallery’s Contemporary Texas Regionalists present the vibrant landscape of the Lone Star State and larger than life Texas culture Houstonians and Texans love.
Danny Lyon: This World Is Not My Home
March 30 through July 29, 2012
54 images from 1962 to the present trace the wide-ranging evolution of a leading figure in the American street photography movement of the 1960s.
Returning: The Art of Samuel Bak
February 17 through August 12, 2012
50 of Bak's paintings, studies and sketches bear personal testimony to the trauma of surviving.
Contemporary Asian Art: Texas Connections
April 14 through September 16, 2012
The Asia Society Texas Center's inaugural exhibition showcases work by Asian and Asian American artists with Texas connections, guest-curated by Kimberly Davenport of Rice Art Gallery. Artists include Siah Armajani, Mel Chin, Shao Fan, Simeen Ishaque Farhat, Priya Kambli, Yayoi Kusama, Surasi Kusolwong, Dinh Q. Le, Yasumasa Morimura, Yoshitomo Nara, Shahzia Sikander, and Rirkrit Tiravanija.
Treasures of Asian Art: A Rockefeller Legacy
April 14 through September 16, 2012
60 masterpieces from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection. Korean artist Lee Ufan’s first commissioned piece for a public institution in the United States inaugurates the Center’s Allen Sculpture Garden.
Recents Posts
Summer exhibitions at Box 13 ArtSpace
Box 13 ArtSpace on the east side of Houston just opened their first set of summer exhibitions featuring a roster of artists from around the world. At a time when most places have stopped doing exhibitions of international artists, it is encouraging to see an artist-run space still fostering art as an global conversation, budget [...]
Sustainable Practice: Sasha Dela
Sasha Dela moved to Houston about seven years ago as a fellow in the MFAH Core Program and quickly became an important part of the Houston art scene as a founder of SKYDIVE Art Space and regional editor of Temporary Art Review, where she recently wrote an insightful take on our city that recognized the [...]
Found Art: Serbian Groom Trolls for Bride
The image above and those below were pasted in a document that opened with the following (loosely translated) text: “To all unmarried ones who would like to spend their life by my side and within all the beauties of my home. Please look below at all the magic of my home that I have decorated [...]
Town and Gown: U of H and Rice Exhibitions
Houston’s universities are important incubators of artistic talent, with many artists in the city having taught at and/or graduated from either the University of Houston or Rice University. But the thing with incubators is that they can be a bit isolating, which is why it is refreshing to see both schools putting forth greater efforts [...]
