Now showing at the MFAH is Revelation: Major Paintings by Jules Olitski, which covers key works by the late artist. Olitski held the esteemed position of being the first American artist to be given a show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during his lifetime. Although his paintings from the 1950’s-1970s show the impact of Abstract Expressionism and Color Field art, he merges these two styles to create a distinct …more…
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Julie Blackmon: The Power of Now and Other Tales From Home
March 27, 2012 by
Julie Blackmon: The Power of Now and Other Tales From Home, is the current exhibition at Houston Center for Photography until April 22nd. Blackmon’s work is inspired by Seventeenth century Flemish and Dutch paintings, a subject she studied as an art history major in college. More curiously, she also cites illustrators like Edward Gory and Tim Burton as influences as well as her own family and friends’ families. When asked …more…
Above the Fray at Winter Street Studio: Piyali Dasqupta
February 26, 2012 by
Every second Saturday of the month Houston’s local arts scene become abuzz with activity at 2101 Winter Street when Winter Street Studios open their doors to the public. The two-story, unassuming warehouse near downtown houses a collection of 75 art studios for more than 87 Houston artists. Winter Street Studios has gained a reputation for nurturing the talents of Houston’s art community since 2005 and was featured in the New …more…
The Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure the Signs of Power, 1973-1991
February 10, 2012 by
The Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure the Signs of Power, 1973-1991 is the featured exhibit at CAMH (Contemporary Arts Museum Houston) running through April 15. The art on display is a multi-media extravaganza of work done by various female artists from the 1970s until 1991. The show deals with the idea of the construct, both gendered and racial. The questions that beg to be asked within these contexts are about female identity and whether it is more a product shaped by media outlets like television, movies, newspapers and advertising. ...more...
Painting in the Dutch Golden Age at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
February 1, 2012 by
On view until February 12th (and, incidentally, the last stop on the national tour) is Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection, one of the four part series, Life and Luxury: the Art of Living at the MFAH. Paintings produced in Seventeenth century Holland and Belgium during the period known as the Dutch Golden Age are marked by a radiant luminosity not seen since the 16th …more…
