William Sarradet talks with Nick Barbee about his artwork, his founding of the Galveston Art Lending Library, and why he decided to settle in the city.
"Nick Barbee"
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Barbara Purcell reviews Nick Barbee's solo exhibition at the Galveston Arts Center. This is the first solo show by the artist in Galveston in the ten years he has lived and worked there.
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From the Galveston Arts Center: “Galveston Arts Center (GAC) presents Undeniable, a ten-year survey of Galveston-based artist Nick Barbee on view January 15 through April 17, 2022. The exhibition will open in conjunction…
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“Believers- Old and New is representations of people that have removed themselves from society and the places they inhabit. The images and objects are made with security envelopes and vary…
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A solo exhibition featuring work by Nick Barbee. “Barbee’s new work uses security envelopes to create cut paper pieces.”
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“Culti is the third exhibition at Closed—Languages. Featuring works by Galveston-based artist, Nick Barbee, Culti revisits the installation of Ask Forgiveness (2015), a maquette museum of memory, alongside a supplemental,…
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News
Lawndale Art Center & Nick Barbee Announce New Art Lending Library
by Brandon Zechby Brandon ZechThe Lawndale Art Center in Houston has announced that it is partnering with Galveston-based artist Nick Barbee to create the Lawndale Lending Library, an art library that will be comprised of artworks included…
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An exhibition of works by Galveston-based artist Nick Barbee. Using Thomas Jefferson and Donald Judd as starting points, this show explores space, memory, history, and landscape.
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An exhibition of paintings by artist Nick Barbee. The works aim to reexamine history to produce a “continual reevaluation of historical meaning.”
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A solo exhibition by artist Nick Barbee. For this show, Barbee has created miniature versions of museum rooms as he remembers them from his childhood. Additionally, he has recreated works from those…
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Galveston-based Nick Barbee and Dallas-based CJ Davis share an aesthetic sensibility “rooted in material exploration, a grandmother, a visual vocabulary based in humor and everyday objects, big butts and prominent…
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Galveston Arts Center‘s pop up show of work from Nick Barbee‘s Galveston Artist Residency is at 4411 Montrose through today, Saturday, September 15. It’s in the former Peel Gallery space…
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Barbee’s discovery of the wonderfully weird island of Galveston, a mosquito infested sandbar home to rich histories, and an inventive, resourceful population.
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Barbee’s first Dallas solo exhibition will feature new framed drawings of himself and his wife in domestic settings, cast plaster geometric solids on hand-knit fabric bases, abstract paintings, plaster casts…
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An artist talk followed by an opening reception for Barbee’s show at Rice University’s Emergency Room project space.
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The Galveston Artist Residency announces an open call for its 2023-2024 ten-month residency program.
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This week: Pop gets political in Austin, an annual juried LGBTQIA+ exhibition in Dallas, transborder art in El Paso & more.
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From the Amarillo Museum of Art: “AMoA BIENNIAL 600: Justice•Equality•Race•Identity is the ninth in an ongoing series of juried biennial exhibitions exploring specific areas of artistic practice, material, and content. The…