Posted by Monica Danna on Dec 13, 2008 in
arts + events If you do one thing in Houston tonight, (besides drive all over town for 7 Holiday + Christmas + Album Release parties), do this.
My fav Houston art blogger, Sean Carroll, is curating a fascinating exhibit, that opens tonight at the joanna gallery. I’ve been looking forward to this for awhile, hope you can make some time to stop by and see it.
The American Wandering Club is pleased to present a new exhibition of technologically complex artwork by Mike Field and Frank Olson at The Joanna Gallery.
Coming from radically different philosophies, both artists have advanced fractal computer-based art by applying aestheticism and shamanism to an impersonal medium. Their surreal landscapes and textural abstractions hum with energy, echoing the building blocks of science and the structures of microscopic organisms.
Conversely, Field and Olson exude passion through color, form and composition in much the same way that early Modernists like Wassily Kandinsky explored emotion through abstraction.
Join us this winter for an exhibit of 21st century technology and timeless compassion bringing together academic and intuitive inspiration.
There will be lectures by both Field and Olson at 6 pm on December 13th in conjunction with the opening. Refreshments will be provided.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Artist Lectures @ 6pm
the joanna gallery | 4014 Graustark (near the Menil)
direction to the gallery here.
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Posted by Monica Danna on Aug 21, 2008 in
arts + events Three new exhibits open at Lawndale this weekend, with an opening preview party on Friday night.
Opening Reception Friday, August 22, 2008, 6:30-8:30 PM
Artist talks at 6:00 PM
Check it out, yo.
(Re)Vision: A Preservation of Houston’s
Inner Loop | Shannon Duncan
Project Space
Shannon Duncan has a compulsion to collect and photograph discarded and otherwise overlooked objects, reviving their once precious nature by excessively archiving and/or documenting what she finds. For her installation in the Project Space, Duncan extends her interest in abandoned property to include real estate. Between January 1st, 2008 and June 30th, 2008, Duncan synced her life in tandem with the City of Houston’s on-line permits website, then visited residential properties scheduled for demolition within the inner loop. She captured these fugitive places using (the now discontinued) Polaroid film, and retrieved what personal items she found on site. (Re)Vision encapsulates her six-month project, with the collection of images gridded off by zip code and accompanied by selected found objects.
http://www.communitywalk.com/revisionhouston
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Posted by Monica Danna on Aug 21, 2008 in
arts + events 
Molly Gochman
Give-Away Release Party III
Experiential Opening: Saturday, August 23, 2008, 6-9pm
2445 North Blvd.,
Houston, TX, 77098
Exhibition Dates: August 23- August 28, 2008
Houston-New York based, experiential Artist Molly Gochman presents Release: Give-Away III as her last event at Commune on 2445 North Blvd, Houston.
The space will become alive with the interactive experience of Molly’s work on Saturday, August 23rd, from 6:00 to 9:00 PM.
Molly Gochman’s GIVE-AWAY PROJECT is a series that continually unfolds. Release: Give-Away III addresses relationships with change through exhibiting large-scale prints and intimate paintings, inspired by aspects within these prints. Both the prints and paintings serve as a way of archiving choices, circumstances, and personalities. During the exhibition, the image on selected prints will become less distinct. People will use cleansing tools designed to correlate with the body as instruments for physically engaging with the work. Release encourages one to be present, connect, and let go.
Creating opportunities for community interaction, connection, and exchange is a primary investigation of Molly Gochman’s work. When she began the GIVE-AWAY PROJECT in 2002, Gochman invited people throughout Houston to take place in an exchange, “Take home free clothes by modeling what you love”. People came throughout the evening the night of Give-Away Part I. Led by their curiosity, participants wove between the candy colored clothing and each other. It seemed as if garments were hovering at various heights within a large warehouse space. People chatted with each other. They also interacted with the objects by fondling them and evaluating their sizes and other features. They were considering the possibilities for these objects. Then, through documenting themselves with their chosen items, participants helped Gochman fulfill one of the intentions of this work, to investigate and record taste.
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