SHEILA PEPE invites SONDRA PERRY—Put me down Gently: A Cooler Place + I’m Afraid I Can’t Do That
“It’s very much like a drawing,” Sheila Pepe began. “Things are drawn, laid down, erased, moved. It’s all influenced by the architecture of the space.”
Visual Art
Rivane Neuenschwander: Secondary Stories
Fun is a quality sadly lacking in much contemporary art, but Brazilian artist Rivane Neuenschwander showers viewers with giant colored discs of confetti at the Linda Pace Foundation’s SPACE.
Letters without an Address: K. Yoland Explores Dallas’ Hidden History
In the spring of 1921, the recently established Dallas chapter of the Ku Klux Klan kidnapped Alex Johnson, a black Adolphus Hotel elevator operator. He was driven to an isolated location, whipped, had the initials KKK burned into his forehead with acid, and then forced to walk naked and bleeding into the Adolphus lobby.
Fresh Air: Barry Whistler moves to the Design District
Barry Whistler Gallery was a fixture in Deep Ellum for nearly 30 years so it may have come as a surprise when Whistler decided to move his gallery to the Design District during the first week of May.
After All: Joel Shapiro at the Nasher
In celebration of the American sculptor Joel Shapiro, the Nasher Sculpture Center, which holds six examples of his work in their permanent collection, has unveiled a new piece specifically designed for the central gallery on the ground floor.
Reinventing Place: Art Blocks Awaken Main Street Square
The blocks between 900 and 1100 Main Street are traveled by many Houstonians on their daily commute, but they constitute an inconspicuous corner of Houston.
Four Corners Focus: PhotoSummer Captures Attention in the Southwest
On the heels of Houston’s lauded FotoFest, another photography showcase is gaining momentum in the Southwest and beyond. Beginning this month and continuing through September, PhotoSummer, organized by core partners University of New Mexico Art Museum and 516 ARTS in Albuquerque, along with CENTER in Santa Fe, heads into its second year of exhibitions and public programs.
Show Up: Margaret Meehan
Little monsters look at us from ink, mold, paint, and collage. These monsters look familiar. Not just as historical markers to marginalized existences, which they are, but as real, flesh and blood women.
Randy Twaddle at Moody Gallery
Randy Twaddle’s work has long managed to tightrope that yawning maw between conceptually acerbic and commercially viable.
Be in the Moment: Matthew Ronay at the Blaffer
With two room-size installations and a selection of recent sculptures and reliefs, Matthew Ronay’s work ranges across botany and biology, anatomy and bodily systems, performance and sculpture, natural phenomena and psychology.
Project Row Houses: Shattering the Concrete: Artists, Activists and Instigators
In the current round of exhibitions at Project Row Houses (through June 19), there is an uneasy relationship between the visual material and the political work.