May 3 - July 6, 2024
From Inman Gallery:
“Meanwhile offers a new suite of paintings exploring quiet intimacies: buckets of flowers in bodega entryways, dewy raindrops on plastic sheaths for bouquets, HEB greeting cards waiting to be purchased, and closeups of socks, implying a private moment at home. The exhibition marks a transition from the artist’s previous grittier cityscapes and construction sites towards a softer subject matter. The imagery is still “in the city” – grocery stores, bodegas, flower shop storefronts – but the gaze has shifted to capturing public places that speak to private expressions, and city spaces that hold whispers of intimacy.
By painting gifts and rituals that form around the in-between moments of life events – the “meanwhiles,” so to speak – Charis Ammon captures the physical ways we communicate care. In their depiction of gesture, the works capture the joys, humor, and tenderness of sharing a life with others. Ammon’s canvases occupy the same space as the bouquets and cards they depict—when words are unavailable or feel inadequate, a painting gestures towards the feelings we carry.
Charis Ammon (born 1992, Dallas, TX) paints images she encounters as she moves through her urban landscape, and the scenes she chooses to paint are often defined by flux: construction sites, urban development, and concrete. Ammon has said, “we sculpt the earth and space around us with our hands, machines, and ideas, and in turn, our environment shapes us and our behavior. I recognize myself in this flux.” The resultant paintings are fragments of Ammon’s lived experience, and they represent a marriage between her urban environment and her own inner mental and emotional landscape. Charis Ammon holds a BFA in Painting from Texas State University and an MFA in Painting from The University of Houston. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NYC.”
Reception: May 3, 2024 | 5–7 pm
3901 Main Street
Houston, 77002 TX
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