December 20 - February 10, 2024
From Art League Houston:
“Art League Houston (ALH) is pleased to present Inhaling the Spore, an exhibition of new sculptures and drawings by San Antonio-based artist Chris Sauter. Using imagery pulled from parasitology and internet memes, the work touches on the role neurotransmitters and hormones play in the development of belief and how beliefs relate to notions of self and national identity. The exhibition is built around a suite of small drawings of cordyceps-infected ants with the protruding fungus replaced with neurotransmitter molecules. Memes espousing problematic ideologies are reproduced using cordyceps extract, while others are printed onto panels and then cut up to make objects. A greatly enlarged stress hormone is sewn from material cut from US flags, and TikTok trends flicker on the opposite side of a brain hemisphere. This exhibition is a culmination of a larger body of work reflecting on the current political climate in the US and is funded in part by a grant from the San Antonio Office of Arts and Culture.”
Reception: December 15, 2023 | 6–8 pm
1953 Montrose Boulevard
Houston, 77006 TX
(713) 523-9530
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