May 3 - July 6, 2024
From Inman Gallery:
“Inman Gallery is pleased to open two new solo exhibitions, Alexis Pye: The Melancholic Girls Brigade: The Lovers, The Dreamers, and Me and Charis Ammon: Meanwhile, on view May 3 – July 6, 2024.
The opening reception will take place on Friday, May 3 from 5–7pm, and an artist talk on Saturday, May 4 at 1pm with Charis Ammon in conversation with Reid Sharpless. Programming to accompany Alexis Pye’s exhibition will follow in the coming weeks.
Alexis Pye: The Melancholic Girls Brigade: The Lovers, The Dreamers, and Me offers a portrait of young adulthood exploring the transition between one’s late twenties and early thirties. A meditation on the artist’s own life stage, Pye paints female figures, often alone and content in their own company. Her protagonists exist in rich public spaces –bars, cafes, and other cityscapes– while being absorbed internally, perhaps as melancholic lovers or dreamers as the title suggests. Showcasing both paintings and works on paper, the exhibition embodies emotional undertones of navigating breakups, interpersonal relationships, and balancing pragmatism with romanticism.
Charis Ammon: 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. In their depiction of gesture, Ammon’s works capture the joys, humor, and tenderness of sharing a life with others.”
Conversation: June 4, 2024 | 6–7 pm
Alexis Pye and Dr. Anita Bateman
3901 Main Street
Houston, 77002 TX
(713) 526-7800
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