Art Update Houston: May 30, 2020

Edward Lane McCartney
Topographies and Tantrums

Hooks-Epstein Galleries

FINAL DAYS
Closing Saturday, May 30
By Appointment Only
BOOK NOW: 713-522-0718

The Longest Running, Most Extended, Most Unseen Exhibit in the 50 Year History of Hooks-Epstein Galleries

Edward Lane McCartney, born in 1964 in Pittsburgh, PA has resided in London, Toronto, and San Francisco, and is currently based in Houston, TX where he has been creating art since 1999. His work is held internationally in many private, public, and museum collections. McCartney’s art jewelry is often infused with social content. Sometimes his work is material driven, sometimes conceptual, yet always wrought from his own aesthetic. While McCartney’s works primarily in metals, recently his work has left the site of the body, moving to a larger sculptural scale incorporating mixed media with a focus on color, optical kinetics, and material in both three and two-dimensional forms. McCartney continues to study at the Glassell School of Art, MFAH, served as the Board President of the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft from where he is a former participant in their Artist in Residence Program, and is active in the local arts community. McCartney’s work is represented by Hooks- Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX, and CAMIBAart Gallery, Austin, TX, and Jewelry is available at High Gloss, Houston TX.

Hooks-Epstein Galleries
2631 Colquitt
Houston, TX 77098
713.522.0718
www.hooksepsteingalleries.com

These Days

Jonathan Hopson Gallery

Online Only: May 31 – July 5

Jonathan Hopson Gallery is proud to announce our first online-only, digital exhibition – These Days. Please join us for the launch of this digital exhibition on Sunday, May 31 at 10am. The exhibition is accessible Sunday, May 31 through Sunday, July 05, 2020 at the following web link:
www.jonathanhopsongallery.com/these-days

Artists included in the exhibition include:
Julie DeVries, Steven Evans, Bradley Kerl, Lisa Lapinski, Emily Peacock, and Preetika Rajgariah

These Daysfeatures work inspired by quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic; an unsettling time but also a time for new ideas. Nico’s voice in her famous lullaby inspired the theme of this show, a voice that Richard Goldstein famously wrote “sounds something like a cello getting up in the morning”. For the artists included in this exhibition this metaphor echoes the strange days spent in the studio while the globe undergoes metamorphosis.These Daysis an alluring visual melody of new thought and bold execution that only springs forth in incredible times.

Jonathan Hopson Gallery
904 Marshall St
Houston, TX 77006
​832.819.2918
jonathanhopsongallery.com

Museum of Fine Arts Houston

Re-opened to the public Saturday, May 23 with temporary, adjusted hours:
• Wednesdays: 11 a.m.–5 p.m.
• Thursdays: 11 a.m.–9 p.m.
• Fridays and Saturdays: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
• Sundays: 12:30 p.m.–6 p.m.
• MFAH closed Mondays and Tuesdays.

The Susan and Fayez S. Sarofim Campus, which includes The Audrey Jones Beck Building (5601 Main Street), The Caroline Wiess Law Building (1001 Bissonnet Street), The Glassell School of Art (5101 Montrose Boulevard), The Brown Foundation, Inc. Plaza (5101 Montrose Boulevard), BBVA Compass Roof Garden (5101 Montrose Boulevard), and Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden (Montrose Boulevard at Bissonnet Street). House museums nearby include Rienzi (1406 Kirby Drive) and Bayou Bend Collections and Gardens (6003 Memorial Drive).

The Audrey Jones Beck Building, 5601 Main Street.
Exhibitions on view: Spanish Colonial Paintings from the Thoma Collection through December 27, 2020; Francis Bacon: Late Paintings through August 16, 2020; Through An African Lens: Sub-Saharan Photography from the Museum’s Collection through November 8, 2020; Eye on Houston: High School Documentary Photography through January 3, 2021.

The Caroline Wiess Law Building, 1001 Bissonnet Street.
Exhibitions on view: Arts of Islamic Lands: Selections from The al-Sabah Collection Kuwait through December 27, 2020; Proof of Concept: Artistic Process in Contemporary Printmaking Selections from the Museum’s Collection through November 8, 2020; Radical: Italian Design 1965–1985, The Dennis Freedman Collection through July 5, 2020; and Glory of Spain: Treasures from the Hispanic Society Museum & Library extended through September 7, 2020.

MFAHatHome Virtual Experience
Curated digital content about the Museum’s art collections and selected exhibitions, film screenings, art-making activities, recorded lectures, artist’s talks, and more available on social media, MFAH email subscription, and mfah.org/virtualexperience.

Glory of Spain: Treasures from the Hispanic Library Museum & Library
(See full review)

See Also

Facing Survival | David Kassan – Exhibition Coming to Holocaust Museum Houston

Museum of Fine Arts Houston
1001 Bissonnet
Houston, TX 77005
713.639.7300
mfah.org

Memorial High School Student Wins Congressional Art Competition

Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher Announces 2020 Congressional Art Competition Winner

Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) announced that Sharon Han has been selected as the winner of Texas’ Seventh Congressional District’s 2020 Congressional Art Competition for her painting titledReaching Out.

“It was a pleasure to host our second annual Congressional Art Competition, and I am thrilled to announce this year’s winner, Sharon Han, who beautifully captured our need to stay connected with one another with her painting,Reaching Out,”saidCongresswoman Lizzie Fletcher. “I would also like to thank all of the students who submitted their artwork and demonstrated such incredible talent in our community.”

Sharon is a student at Memorial High School. Her art will hang in the Capitol in Washington, D.C. along with the artwork from the winners of other Congressional districts across the country. In her artwork submission, she describes her painting:

“The painting I created has a person with their hand outstretched, reaching out to make a connection with another. The person is wearing a blue shirt and the figure in front of him is blurred. This is my response to the global pandemic we are currently facing. We all need to feel close and connected with others and this social connectedness is a core human need. We all need to reach out to others now. I used bright colors in the background to trigger joy and hope and had much of the paint dripping to symbolize the washing away of our fears.Reaching Outis my hope for our future.”

Every year, the Congressional Institute sponsors the Congressional Art Competition to highlight talented high school artists from across the country. The winner from each district will have their artwork displayed in the Capitol for one year. Since the competition’s inception in 1982, more than 700,000 students have submitted art for display.

Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher represents Texas’ Seventh Congressional District, in the greater Houston area. Congresswoman Fletcher serves on the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure and the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee. She chairs the Science Committee’s Subcommittee on Energy.