Robert Boyd
This is the busiest weekend of the year as far as gallery and museum openings go. Below is a list of most of what's opening this weekend--33 exhibits by my count. Can one possibly see them all? I think so--and to make it a little easier for you, I've grouped them by geographic proximity, which should help the dedicated art trekker minimize her travel time.
THURSDAY
Thursday's relatively easy--three openings within a three-block radius.
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photo by Galina Kurlat
A Likeness by Main Street Projects. A group exhibition displaying recent contemporary works by Main Street Projects founders Brandon Dimit, Theresa Escobedo, Galina Kurlat, and Rahul Mitra.
Eduardo Portillo: New Work at The Gallery at HCC Central- Houston Community College , 5–7:30 pm. Somehow these HCC exhibits are related to the Texas Biennial, which sprawls over 80 participating institutions and is so diffuse in my mind that it doesn't really have an identity. I would expect some large rag dolls if this is a typical Eduardo Portillo show.
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Melanie Miller, Silk Road 5, 2013, acrylic on paper, 44"x30"
Melanie Millar: New Work at The Gallery at HCC Central- Houston Community College, 5–7 pm. Decoration informs Melanie Miller's work.
FRIDAY
For your Friday perambulations, there are two clusters and three singletons. First is the Isabella Court Galleries on Main (with Diverse Works one block south).
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Barry Stone, Bouquet 3487_1, 2013, archival digital print, 24 x 16 inches
Barry Stone: Look Near Into the Distance at Art Palace, 6 to 8 pm. Check out this beautiful on-line catalog. I like Barry Stone's photos so much that I bought one. I look forward to seeing the digitally distressed flowers like the one above.
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Wayne White, DUNNO, 2013, acrylic on offset lithograph, 25 1/2 x 45 1/2 inches
Wayne White: Dunnoat David Shelton Gallery, 6–8 pm. From his early comics to his Peewee Herman Show puppetry to his word paintings, I have loved Wayne White's work literally for decades. I think this is his first show in Houston since the amazing Big Lectric Fan installation.
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Todd Hebert, Goose With Glacier, 2013
Todd Hebert: Ebb and Flow at Devin Borden Gallery, 6–8 pm.
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Somehow, this appropriated press photo is part of Katrina Moorhead's exhibit
Katrina Moorhead: The Bird that Never Lands(cape) at Inman Gallery, 6–8 pm.
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Rachel Hecker, Eleventh Hour, 1992 acrylic on wood, 120 x 80 inches, (destroyed)
Then there are the galleries at 4411 Montrose...
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Katja Loher: Who Collects Clouds in the Sky? at Anya Tish Gallery, 6 to 8:30 pm.Katja Loher's kaleidoscopic videos are always fun to look at.
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Michael Crowder, Mariposa
Retro-spectacle: Michael Crowder at Wade Wilson Art, 6–8 pm.Michael Crowder produces delicate, surprisingly conceptual glass artwork.
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Lauren Kelley, Stills from “Brown Objects (Pink Head)” 2013
Lauren Kelley: Puce Parade at Zoya Tommy Contemporary, 6–8 pm.
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Gavin Perry, Untitled, 2013, Pigmented resin, vinyl on board, 72 x 96 inches
Finally, you'll have to drive hither and yon to see the three shows below.
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Dan Havel, Wall Burster
Dan Havel: Homewrecker – Disrupted Architecture at Avis Frank Gallery, 6-8 pm. -I'm very interested in seeing what Dan Havel does outside his Havel+Ruck partnership. The pair have forged such a distinct artistic identity that I can't quite imagine what one of them alone will be like!
Tom Marioni: The Act of Drinking Beer from Smart Museum of Art on Vimeo.
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This is the busiest weekend of the year as far as gallery and museum openings go. Below is a list of most of what's opening this weekend--33 exhibits by my count. Can one possibly see them all? I think so--and to make it a little easier for you, I've grouped them by geographic proximity, which should help the dedicated art trekker minimize her travel time.
THURSDAY
Thursday's relatively easy--three openings within a three-block radius.
photo by Galina Kurlat
A Likeness by Main Street Projects. A group exhibition displaying recent contemporary works by Main Street Projects founders Brandon Dimit, Theresa Escobedo, Galina Kurlat, and Rahul Mitra.
Eduardo Portillo: New Work at The Gallery at HCC Central- Houston Community College , 5–7:30 pm. Somehow these HCC exhibits are related to the Texas Biennial, which sprawls over 80 participating institutions and is so diffuse in my mind that it doesn't really have an identity. I would expect some large rag dolls if this is a typical Eduardo Portillo show.
.Melanie Miller, Silk Road 5, 2013, acrylic on paper, 44"x30"
Melanie Millar: New Work at The Gallery at HCC Central- Houston Community College, 5–7 pm. Decoration informs Melanie Miller's work.
FRIDAY
For your Friday perambulations, there are two clusters and three singletons. First is the Isabella Court Galleries on Main (with Diverse Works one block south).
Barry Stone, Bouquet 3487_1, 2013, archival digital print, 24 x 16 inches
Barry Stone: Look Near Into the Distance at Art Palace, 6 to 8 pm. Check out this beautiful on-line catalog. I like Barry Stone's photos so much that I bought one. I look forward to seeing the digitally distressed flowers like the one above.
Wayne White, DUNNO, 2013, acrylic on offset lithograph, 25 1/2 x 45 1/2 inches
Wayne White: Dunnoat David Shelton Gallery, 6–8 pm. From his early comics to his Peewee Herman Show puppetry to his word paintings, I have loved Wayne White's work literally for decades. I think this is his first show in Houston since the amazing Big Lectric Fan installation.
Todd Hebert, Goose With Glacier, 2013
Todd Hebert: Ebb and Flow at Devin Borden Gallery, 6–8 pm.
Somehow, this appropriated press photo is part of Katrina Moorhead's exhibit
Katrina Moorhead: The Bird that Never Lands(cape) at Inman Gallery, 6–8 pm.
Rachel Hecker, Eleventh Hour, 1992 acrylic on wood, 120 x 80 inches, (destroyed)
The Eleventh Hour featuring Elia Arce, Eric Avery, Johannes Birringer, Mel Chin, Ben DeSoto, Karen Finley, Michael Galbreath, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, the Gorilla Girls/Houston, Deborah Hay, Sharon Hayes, Rachel Hecker, Zhang Huan, Infernal Bridegroom Productions, Rhodessa Jones, William Pope.L, Annie Sprinkle, Mary Ellen Strom, and many others at DiverseWorks, 7–9 pm. I'm not sure what to expect, but this exhibit seems to be about the history of Diverse Works itself. Presumably the above painting will not be included, alas.
Then there are the galleries at 4411 Montrose...
Michael Crowder, MariposaRetro-spectacle: Michael Crowder at Wade Wilson Art, 6–8 pm.Michael Crowder produces delicate, surprisingly conceptual glass artwork.
Lauren Kelley, Stills from “Brown Objects (Pink Head)” 2013
Lauren Kelley: Puce Parade at Zoya Tommy Contemporary, 6–8 pm.
Gavin Perry, Untitled, 2013, Pigmented resin, vinyl on board, 72 x 96 inches
Gavin Perry: End of the Line at Barbara Davis Gallery, 6:30–8:30 pm.
Finally, you'll have to drive hither and yon to see the three shows below.
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Dan Havel, Wall Burster
Tom Marioni: The Act of Drinking Beer from Smart Museum of Art on Vimeo.
Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art including art, documentary materials, and new public projects by Marina Abramović and Ulay, Sonja Alhäuser, Miguel Amat, Mary Ellen Carroll, Mary Evans, Fallen Fruit, Theaster Gates, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, InCUBATE, The Italian Futurists, Mella Jaarsma, Alison Knowles, Suzanne Lacy, Gabriel Martinez, Lynne McCabe, Lee Mingwei, Laura Letinsky, Tom Marioni, Gordon Matta-Clark, Mildred’s Lane, Julio César Morales and Max La Rivière-Hedrick, motiroti, National Bitter Melon Council, Ana Prvacki, Sudsiri Pui-Ock, Michael Rakowitz, Ayman Ramadan, Red76, David Robbins, Allen Ruppersberg, Bonnie Sherk, Barbara T. Smith, Daniel Spoerri, and Rirkrit Tiravanija at theBlaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston, 7:00 pm. This is the kind of show where even if the work in it is not so good, at least there will be something to eat, right? The Art Guys will apparently be among the bartenders at The Act of Drinking Beer With Friend is the Highest Form of Art by Tom Marioni.
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It's not performance art without naked guys--Josh Urban Davis
It's not performance art without naked guys--Josh Urban DavisSubmission featuring performances by Joshua Yates, Unna Bettie, Ryan Hawk, Daniel Bertalot, Patrick Doyle, Karen Mazzu, Renee Cosette Pedersen, Josh Urban Davis, Hilary Scullane, Raindawg, Jana Whatley, Neil Ellis Orts, Y. E. Torres, Koomah, Tina McPherson & Sandy Ewen, Evan McCarley, Julia Wallace, Jonatan Lopez, Chris Meadows and Emmanuel Nuno Arambula at Summer Street Studios, 9 pm – 12 am.If you aren't completely exhausted from looking at art, you can go check out some performance in the vast spaces of Summer Street.
SATURDAY
The big cluster here is Colquitt St., home to many galleries having openings this week.
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Anna Ferrer, Rain Flower Trench Coat
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Michael Bise, Life on the List comics pages
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Randall Reid, Crime Fighters, found printed metal object w/ printed and painted metal parts, on wood and steel box construction, 6.75" x 7"x 2" y. 2013
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Rachel Phillips, Blue Smoke Rising, Wet transfer pigment print on vintage envelope
Rachel Phillips: Field Notesat Catherine Couturier Gallery, 6-8 p.m. I'm unfamiliar with Rachel Phillips, but the work looks intriguing--and looks like it will go well with the Ward Sanders art shown next door at Hooks-Epstein.
Then up in the Heights there is the two-gallery cluster on 11th Street...
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art by Jon Read
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b. moody, o this crushing burden - these sins of my fathers what fetid weight this melancholy we call the deep south surely the day of reckoning is upon this land of cotton for behold: the conversion of St. Stonewall on the road to Damascus, Georgia
An American Family: b. Moody at Redbud Gallery, 6–9 pm.
But after that, you are going to have to drive all over the inner Loop to see the art opening tonight.
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work by Perla Krauze
Perla Krauze: Suspended Blues at Gallery Sonja Roesch, 5–7 pm.
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Stephanie Reid
Stephanie Reid: Hidden Places at the Jung Center, 5–7 pm.
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Miguel Angel Ríos, Untitled (from the series The Ghost of Modernity, 2012. Single-channel video, 3:11 min.
Miguel Angel Ríos: Folding Borders at Sicardi Gallery, 6–8 pm.
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James Ciosek, Unknown Soldier, found corrugated tin patterned by buckshot, found corrugated fiberglass, red plexiglass, fluorescent lights with red lenses, cement, 29 by 54 by 14 inches
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Hogan Kimbrell, Athelete
The big cluster here is Colquitt St., home to many galleries having openings this week.
Anna Ferrer, Rain Flower Trench Coat
Red Hot by Anna Ferrer at Nicole Longnecker Gallery, 5–7 pm.
Michael Bise, Life on the List comics pagesLove in the Kingdom of the Sick: Michael Bise at Moody Gallery, 5–7 pm. Graphite drawings and pages from his comic, Life on the List, will be on display. The comic deals with Bise's heart transplant and has been fitfully serialized on Glasstire.
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Rusty Scruby, Crown Point, 2013
Rusty Scruby, Crown Point, 2013
If You Cut It, They Will Come featuring Sandi Seltzer Bryant, Jane Eifler, Michael Guidry, Ted Larsen, Lance Letscher and Rusty Scruby at McMurtrey Gallery, 6–8 pm.
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Ward Sanders, A Short History of Dust, 2013 , assemblage , 7 x 9 x 2"
Jacqueline Dee Parker: The Gameboard and Ward Sanders: Birds of Time at Hooks-Epstein Galleries, 6–8 pm. I don't know much about Jacqueline Dee Parker, but Ward Sanders is an artist I have followed eagerly for several years (and own a piece by). His work is perfect for bookish lovers of Borges and Calvino.
Randall Reid, Crime Fighters, found printed metal object w/ printed and painted metal parts, on wood and steel box construction, 6.75" x 7"x 2" y. 2013
Randall Reid: A New World at d. m. allison, 6–8 pm.
Rachel Phillips, Blue Smoke Rising, Wet transfer pigment print on vintage envelope
Rachel Phillips: Field Notesat Catherine Couturier Gallery, 6-8 p.m. I'm unfamiliar with Rachel Phillips, but the work looks intriguing--and looks like it will go well with the Ward Sanders art shown next door at Hooks-Epstein.
Then up in the Heights there is the two-gallery cluster on 11th Street...
art by Jon Read
b. moody, o this crushing burden - these sins of my fathers what fetid weight this melancholy we call the deep south surely the day of reckoning is upon this land of cotton for behold: the conversion of St. Stonewall on the road to Damascus, Georgia
An American Family: b. Moody at Redbud Gallery, 6–9 pm.
But after that, you are going to have to drive all over the inner Loop to see the art opening tonight.
work by Perla Krauze
Stephanie ReidStephanie Reid: Hidden Places at the Jung Center, 5–7 pm.
Miguel Angel Ríos, Untitled (from the series The Ghost of Modernity, 2012. Single-channel video, 3:11 min.
Miguel Angel Ríos: Folding Borders at Sicardi Gallery, 6–8 pm.
Collective Identity featuring Robert Barry , Jessica Crute , Jenny Holzer , Christian Tomaszewski , Philippe Tougard-Maucotel and Christian Xatrec at Deborah Colton Gallery, 6–9 pm.
in-DEPTH: Texas Sculpture Group Member Exhibition at the Art Car Museum, 7–10 pm.This is another TX Biennial-related show. I'm not sure of the included artists, although apparently James Ciosek is one of them, which is a good sign!
...mistress: Regina Agu at BOX 13 ArtSpace, 7–9:30 pm.
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The New Black – Angela Malchionno at Box 13, 7-9:30 pm.
The New Black – Angela Malchionno at Box 13, 7-9:30 pm.
WORDPLAY: curated by Sapphire Williams featuring work by Logan Sebastian Beck, Harry Dearing III, David Feil,Sebastian Forray, Jorge Galvan, Matthew Gorgol, Jordan Johnson, Lillie Monstrum, Darcy Rosenberger, and Sapphire Williams at BOX 13 ArtSpace, 7–9:30 pm. When a show is described as aiming "to examine a current generations’ interest in text and semiotics," I reach for my revolver. But this has some artists I really like, including the excellent Jorge Galvan, who doesn't show his work very often.
a God's Eye outpost by Kate Kendall, Box 13 Artspace, 7-9:30 pm.
The Brandon: Group Show from Cody Ledvina on Vimeo.
The Brandon: Group Show from Cody Ledvina on Vimeo.
Group Show (50 Humans) featuring Mark Flood, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Robyn O'Neil, Rachel Hecker, Michael Bise, Aaron Parazette, John Sparagana, Tisch Abelow, Otis Ike, Georganne Deen, Lane Hagood, Jeremy Deprez, Seth Alverson, Jim Nolan, Cheyanne Ramos Forray, Gabriel Martinez, Hillerbrand+Magsamen, Tony Day, Shane Tolbert, Keith Varadi, Raymond Uhlir, Kent Dorn, Dylan Roberts, Ana Villagomez, Michelle Rawlings, Brandon Araujo, Jack Erikkson, Sebastian Forray, Ryan Storm, Ludwig Schwarz, Marjorie Schwarz, Brian Moss (B.Moss), Lauren Moya Ford, Miguel Martinez, Wayne Gilbert, Debra Berrera, Anne J. Regan, Patrick Turk, Chris Cascio, Jessica Ninci, Angel Oloshove, Russell Etchen, Geoff Winningham, Mike Osborne, Dennis Harper, Guillaume Gelot, Avril Falgout, Bill Daniel, Donal Mosher, Keith M. Wilson, Bill Willis, Dennis Nance & James Hays and Kayla Escobedo at The Brandon, 7–10 pm. The Brandon (the gallery in the space that used to be Domy) is starting off with a bang. It includes Houston's two hottest artists, Mark Flood and Trenton Doyle Hancock, many interesting "out-of-towners" (Robyn O'Neil, Georganne Deen, Tisch Abelow and maybe more), and many of Houston's best artists, young and old. Two surprises for me were Geoff Winningham, my old photography professor and longtime chronicler of the Gulf Coast) and Avril Falgout, the 15-year-old sculptor who made a huge splash at The Big Show this summer.
Hogan Kimbrell, AtheleteTexas Bi 2013 featuring Vonetta Berry, Linda Cornflake, Ryan Hawk, Hogan Kimbrell, Koomah, Traci Matlock, Madsen Minax, Tish Stringer, Y.E. Torres, Stalina Villarreal and Julia Wallace at Gallery 1724, 8–10 pm. No associated with the Texas Biennial, all the work in this show somehow deals with bisexuality.
