Ellen Tanner: Aesop’s Fables
Moody Gallery
December 7 - January 11, 2014
Houston ART EVENTS
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Patrick Palmer: An Odyssey
Rudolph Blume Fine Art | ArtScan Gallery
Last Chance - November 9 through December 12, 2013
This exhibition shows work from many phases of Palmer's career, exploring his focus on the human figure.
Madeleine Dietz: What Remains
Last Chance - November 9 through December 12, 2013
Dietz’s work explores earth in its various states.
Gerardo Rosales
Last Chance - November 8 through December 12, 2013
Rosales, a native of Venezuela, explores the topic of violence.
Anna Elise Johnson: Slantwise, Otherwise
Blaffer Museum's Window Into Houston
Last Chance - November 13 through December 12, 2013
Core Fellow Johnson closes the 2013 Window into Houston program with images of four political figures: Deng Xiaoping, Margaret Thatcher, Vladimir Lenin, and Ronald Reagan. The work is mounted on Plexiglas panels made to lean at an angle toward the street in an effort to frighten liberals and conservatives.
Houston vs Austin
Last Chance - November 8 through December 13, 2013
To commemorate the one year anniversary of the opening of BLUEorange, curator Mark Hougham has chosen a selection of artists from two different Texas metropolises.
Texas Bi 2013
Last Chance - September 7 through December 14, 2013
TX BI 2013 (not to be confused with the Texas BiENNIAL) seeks to share artwork of artists relating to both sexes and/or showing characteristics of both sexes and/or working through perspectives of sexual attraction to both men and women. Selected artists include: Vonetta Berry, Linda Cornflake, Ryan Hawk, Hogan Kimbrell, Koomah, Traci Matlock, Madsen Minax, Tish Stringer, Y.E. Torres, Stalina Villarreal and Julia Wallace Vonetta Berry will have a live performance during the opening reception, and Stephanie Saint Sanchez will provide topic relevant music.
Calaveras Mexicanas: The Art and Influence of José Guadalupe Posada
Last Chance - September 13 through December 15, 2013
The exhibition Calaveras Mexicanas: The Art and Influence of José Guadalupe Posada marks the 100th anniversary of the death of José Guadalupe Posada, whose prints of calaveras (skulls) and Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) imagery have become iconic. Calaveras Mexicanas includes some 50 prints, drawings and photographs, including works by Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Earl Staley and Trenton Doyle Hancock.
Texas Art Quilts, 1993–2011
Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts
Last Chance - August 23 through December 15, 2013
Texas Art Quilts presents 26 works by Texas artists, completed between 1993 and 2011. Embracing both abstraction and representation, these makers celebrate a variety of themes, including science, fantasy, political causes, and natural beauty. Employing color and pattern in painterly fashion, the artists in this exhibition demonstrate that contemporary quilt art in the Lone Star state represents a vital aspect of visual culture.
Chris Cascio: Color Sickness
Last Chance - November 14 through December 15, 2013
Cascio has been getting a lot of attention since his graduation from UH. He recently had a solo show at Cardoza Gallery and now he will squeeze into the tiny space at Rice. A lecture is to be announced.
Klein ISD Faculty Exhibition
Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts
Last Chance - November 26 through December 15, 2013
Lighthouse in the Sea of Time: Zineb Sedira
Last Chance - October 4 through December 17, 2013
Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston presents the first solo exhibition of Zineb Sedira in the United States, Lighthouse in the Sea of Time. The exhibition features a series of video installations and photographs documenting the artist's journeys to two lighthouses in Algeria: Cap Caxine just outside the capital city of Algiers and Cap Sigli in the more remote Berber region of Algeria called Kabylia.
Liliana Porter: The Square and other Early Works
November 7 through December 19, 2013
Featuring works made between 1968 and 1974, Porter's fifth solo exhibition presents works from her early period.. These works includes prints, photographs, and installations which reflect her move toward austerity and rigor.
Marco Maggi: Fanfold
November 7 through December 19, 2013
In his fourth solo exhibition Maggi presents work made from paper, convex mirrors, and Plexiglas. His stacks of paper and cutouts suggest ways in which information deflects understanding.
Danielle Frankenthal: Turbulence
November 1 through December 20, 2013
This solo exhibition is presented in conjunction with Frankenthal's participation in the Contemporary Art Museum of Houston’s group exhibition Outside the Lines.
A Soul’s Journey: Julie Willan
December 3 through 20, 2013
Willan’s work is known for vivid color, bold shapes and organic movement.
Melissa Thorne: A Wall Around a Window
October 4 through December 21, 2013
In her current exhibition A Wall Around a Window, Melissa Thorne explores memory, familiarity, history and transformation in an ambitious installation encompassing wall painting, individual paintings, and works on paper.
Raychael Stine: a little ways away from everywhere
November 1 through December 21, 2013
In Stine's first solo exhibition at Art Palace, her work slips between traditional representation and abstract gesture.
James Smolleck: Sweat Bath with Saturn
November 1 through December 21, 2013
Borrowing elements from classical mythology, numerology, occult science and sacred geometry, these collage works, drawings and paintings are parables about the practice of self-discovery.
Latin American Group Exhibition: Gustavo Díaz, Marcelo Grosman, Fernando Pareja and Leidy Chavez
November 9 through December 21, 2013
A group show featuring objects and installations by Latin American artists.
David Row: Elements
November 21 through December 21, 2013
Row is known for his approach to non-representational geometric abstraction.
Medrano + Anderson: Siamese
December 7 through 29, 2013
For over a decade Katy Anderson and Patrick Medrano have collaborated as photographer and painter/sculptor.
Re•Western: Felice House and Dana Younger
December 7 through 29, 2013
House and Younger reevaluate archetypes, mythology and values of “The West."
Perry House: Explosions
Contemporary Art Gallery, Houston Baptist University
November 9 through December 31, 2013
House has been living and working in Houston for the last 30 years. As Houston's art scene came of age, he was an early proponent of abstract painting. This exhibition is curated by Jim Edwards.
Alonzo Gallery: Grand Opening
December 5 through 31, 2013
Juan Pablo Alonzo has directed El Rincon Social and Alonzo Gallery is an extension of ERS’ Eastside base. Artworks from emerging local artists will be featured.
The Jew Who Loves Christmas
December 6, 2013 through January 3, 2014
A new multi-media installation by artist and writer, Abby Koenig. Her gilded wonderland chronicles the conflicting emotions that many experience during the holiday season. Eggnog and Christmas treats at 6 p.m., with a performance by the artist at 7p.m.
Lokalkolorit (local color)
November 1, 2013 through January 4, 2014
This show grew out of a visit to Leipzig, one of Houston's official sister cities (Karachi in Pakistan is one too!) by Kerry Inman and Lea Weingarten. These artists share a studio address and many studied with Neo Rauch. Sounds like a perfectly reasonable premise for a show.
Everyday Grace: Sedrick Huckaby
November 22, 2013 through January 4, 2014
This will be Huckaby's his first solo show in Houston and features a selection of impasto quilt paintings and portraits as well as a series of drawings which explore spirituality, family, and the artist’s African-American heritage. Artist talk from 6:30-7 p.m.
FALLING: Monica Vidal
November 22, 2013 through January 4, 2014
Vidal presents the third installment of her interactive HIVE series. The exhibition features a large freestanding installation of blue fabric pieces fitted atop tent poles and a selection of drawings and paintings.
Trim: Pedro Cruz
December 7, 2013 through January 4, 2014
The drawings and collages in this show come from Greece, Portugal, and Toronto and address the idea of decoration and beautification.
Daniel Anguilu & Aaron Parazette: Skywriting
March 15, 2013 through January 11, 2014
The third phase of the rotating mural at Lawndale is a collaboration between artists Daniel Anguilu and Aaron Parazette.
Regina Agu: Nerve Endings
November 22, 2013 through January 11, 2014
Agu's recent work focuses on collective and personal histories. Her work consists of works on paper, installation and performance.
Melinda Laszczynski and Jessica Ninci: This End Up
November 22, 2013 through January 11, 2014
Both artists possess an interest in materiality, the object-like qualities in painting and the seemingly banal. Laszczynski creates assemblages that reference painting while Ninci actually creates paintings.
Superficial Outgrowths: Sang-Mi Yoo
November 22, 2013 through January 11, 2014
An installation focusing on the ideal home through prints, laser cut wool felt and their three-dimensional conversions.
Michael Guidry: Future Perfect
December 7, 2013 through January 11, 2014
New paintings and works on paper that explore Guidry's fascination with futuristic landscapes.
Ellen Tanner: Aesop's Fables
December 7, 2013 through January 11, 2014
This is Tanner's first solo exhibition at the gallery and consists of paintings inspired by fables in which she has reinterpreted the narratives in meticulous oil-on-panel paintings.
Robert Pruitt: First Contact
December 7, 2013 through January 11, 2014
Hometown hero Pruitt returns to his H-town stomping grounds hot on the heels of a solo show at The Studio Museum Harlem.
Earth Matters: Journey Through and Ellen Orseck
December 7, 2013 through January 11, 2014
Deck the Walls
December 7, 2013 through January 11, 2014
An annual group exhibition with a variety of artists, prices ranges, styles, and photographic mediums
Forget-me-nots: Gael Stack
December 7, 2013 through January 11, 2014
New work by Gael Stack. This series consists of paintings and drawings.
Words and Things: Buddhist Texts and Ritual Objects from Japan
October 20, 2013 through January 12, 2014
Words and Things: Buddhist Texts and Ritual Objects from Japan comprises nearly 50 objects from the private collection of Boston-based literature scholars Sylvan Barnet and William Burto.
Learning Curve 7
Houston Center for Photography
November 8, 2013 through January 12, 2014
This year’s exhibition annual exhibition of selected works made by HCP’s students from the past year is juried by Allison Pappas, Museum of Fine Arts Houston Curatorial Assistant of Photography.
See Food
Houston Center for Photography
November 22, 2013 through January 12, 2014
Natalie Zelt curates 11 artists who focus on food and its impact on society. Photographers include Corey Arnold, Jonathan Blaustein, Christin Boggs, Damaris Booth, Nolan Calisch, Andrezej Maciejewski, Mark Menjivar, Emily Peacock, Emily Sloan, David Welch and Jody Horton.
Beth Secor: The Significance of "Material"
November 22, 2013 through January 12, 2014
Secor's installation is in honor of her mother, using her mother's sewing patterns, sewing machines, thread and fabric designs as inspiration.
The Story… featuring Troy Woods
November 30, 2013 through January 12, 2014
Woods creates sculpture out of wood and steel that create a dialog and tell a story. Curator Clint Willour will lead a gallery talk with the artist beginning at 6:30 pm during ArtWalk.
Speak: Lee Littlefield
Julia Ideson Building - Houston Public Library
November 20, 2013 through January 18, 2014
Houston Arts Alliance presents an exhibition of the late Littlefield’s whimsical sculptures. Littlefield made sculpture in Houston for over 15 years. His “….sculptures testify to his... persona: rangy, appealing and a bit subversive,” wrote Diana Roberts in this month’s Sculpture Magazine.
Revisiting the Lizard Cult: Lee Baxter Davis, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Robyn O'Neil, Georganne Deen, Gary Panter
December 6, 2013 through January 18, 2014
This exhibition reveals the influential vocabulary of Lee Baxter Davis that appears in the contemporary work of Trenton Doyle, Robyn O’Neil, Georganne Deen and Gary Panter.
Jimmy Peña: Fleshed Out
December 7, 2013 through January 18, 2014
Peña creates humorous but sometimes somber charcoal drawings on found wood panels. This is the first Houston exhibition for Corpus Christi artist Jimmy Peña in 5 years. Artist talk at 4 p.m.
Detritus
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
November 15, 2013 through January 26, 2014
Kat Cole, Laritza Garcia, Tara Locklear and Chesley Williams construct objects of adornment that use found elements and other non-precious materials.
Kudditji Kngwarreye: Landscapes in the Family Tradition
November 16, 2013 through January 31, 2014
The first U.S. solo exhibition of paintings by the Aboriginal painter. The eighty-four-year-old Kngwarreye,has been called the “Rothko” of Australia.
Elvira Sarmiento: Alludere Posada
November 7, 2013 through February 1, 2014
Yet another unique homage Jose Guadalupe Posada.
Antonio Berni: Juanito and Ramona
November 10, 2013 through February 2, 2014
In the mid-1950s, motivated by social distress and poverty, Argentinian artist Berni abandoned painting for assemblage. Juanito Laguna and Ramona Montiel are two fictitious characters he constructed from trash, machine parts and other discarded objects.
The Gun Show: Ninth Annual Open Call Exhibition
December 7, 2013 through February 21, 2014
The annual open call exhibition in which any and all artists (up to 100 total) are invited to contribute a single work of art on a designated topic. This year the topic is the gun.
Project Row Houses Round 39: Looking Back, Moving Forward
October 5, 2013 through March 2, 2014
Project Row Houses Anniversary will be launched on Saturday with a Block Party that will be a big thank you to the community and organizations they have worked with over the years. Inspired by Andy Warhol’s 1969 exhibition Raid the Icebox, curator Ryan N. Dennis asked five artists to go through the PRH Archive and use it as a springboard to create a site-specific installation based on their findings. Include the work of Houston based artists Jamal Cyrus in collaboration with Ray Carrington Jr., Troy Gooden, Lovie Olivia, and New York based artists Valerie Piraino and Jessica Vaughn.
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.
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.
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!
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