In the series “Reclamation”, Kurlat captures “the integration of man-made structures with the slow tenuous forces of nature” using Polaroid Positive/ Negative Black and white film. In “Inherent Traits” she…
September 2011
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Rick Lowe and Ashley Hunt give the second talk of Communograph: Mapping Through Creative Action, a series of public programs co-curated by Bree Edwards and Ashley Clemmer Hoffman as part…
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Houston native and internationally known artist Mel Chin gives the opening talk of Communograph: Mapping Through Creative Action, a series of public programs co-curated by Bree Edwards and Ashley Clemmer…
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Photos by Bill Daniel & Dottie Love, drawings by William S. Burroughs, paintings by Hector Alonzo Benavides, letterpress prints by Dirk Fowler, all emphasizing the grotesque, mysterious, barbarous & desolate.
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Lauster dissects the geographical micro-histories of the American South using fictional texts, maps, and popular images. Lauster’s subjective documentation probes the artifice of all historical narrative. He also serves as…
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Taylor’s photographs depict the borderland between El Paso/Juarez and Tijuana/San Diego as a region where guns, governments, dogs, border patrol agents, drug smugglers, and illegal immigrants collide.
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According to G Gallery, Bill Hailey is old enough to know better, was raised by missionaries, but gleefully embraces the notion that beauty and the devil are the same thing.…
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An old furniture factory scheduled for demolition has become the home of 75 art studios bursting with over 90 artists. The reception evening on Saturday from 5-9pm includes open studios,…
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Jennifer Caine’s cut-paper installation organized, she says, from memories: “Spaces that appear to crystallize on the verge of dissolving, suggesting the persistent yet slippery quality of memory.” She got a…
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In celebration of the centennial of Texas painter Forrest Bess (1911-1977), Kirk Hopper Fine Art brings together a collection of the artist’s visionary paintings and homages from Andrew Masullo, Chris…
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Archway Gallery, an artist-owned collaborative gallery, is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year and in honor of this milestone has organized a special 35th Anniversary Retrospective exhibition, featuring 30+ former…
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Self-taught Houston artist Jimmy Houston tells stories of monkeys, robots, tough girls, tin men and cartoon varmints that serve as guides to a forgotten existence, often poking fun at the…
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Interdisciplinary artist Jonatan Lopez has made an arduous examination of his physical attraction towards “Beefy Men” by selecting a few bulls from the herd, incessantly pursuing them without their knowledge,…
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The much-anticipated new Dean Ruck/Dan Havel house-intervention piece, Fifth Ward Jam, opens on October 1st at 3705 Lyons Ave. It’s architecture turned into sculpture: a run-down bungalow transformed into a…
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Three carvers of animals: Peter Grieves (France), Isaac Smith (USA), and J.L. Nippers (USA). Taking a cue from many North African artists, Peter Grieve carves animals in wood and then…
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An exhibit of works by James Surls and Charmaine Locke. “During our time together, beginning in 1976, we have danced over, under, and through grand moments of living. The context…
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Artificial plant forms. When Krista Brinbaum moved to Houston, she was struck by the carefully shaped plants and hedges fitting neatly inside fences or trimmed to enhance a brick wall.…
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Through installation, sculpture and 2D works, Foronda and Link articulate shared cultural apprehensions in tandem.
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Norman Rockwell worked from staged photographs to create his magazine covers (gasp!) These photographs are on view alongside his paintings, drawings, and related tear sheets. Organized by the Norman Rockwell…