Email Author Meredith Deliso

2012 Stories by Meredith Deliso

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Apparition of a Deer," "Interstitial Spaces: Julia Barello & Beverly Penn," "Perry House: Elegance/Violence," "Rita Bernstein: Out of Place," "Shifting Transforming: Ideas, Shapes & Materials"

  published July 12, 2012

  "Apparition of a Deer" In this show, Melanie Loew's paintings come across as highly symbolic and associative. She paints women in the nude,... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Apparition of a Deer," "David Aylsworth: The Reverses Wiped Away," "Lucas Johnson: Original Prints," "Perry House: Elegance/Violence," "Rhythm," "Shifting Transforming: Ideas, Shapes & Materials," "Tu Eres o No Tu Eres Mi Baby"

  published July 5, 2012

  "Apparition of a Deer" In this show, Melanie Loew's paintings come across as highly symbolic and associative. She paints women in the nude,... More >>

• A Stunning Space

  published June 28, 2012

  There is a bona fide blockbuster hit at the new Asia Society Texas Center. It's not an imposing ancient Chinese sculpture or contemporary... More >>

• Capsule Art reviews: "David Aylsworth: The Reverses Wiped Away," "Endearing the Line," "Jason Yates: All We Ever Wanted Was Everything," "Lucas Johnson: Original Prints," "Perry House: Elegance/Violence," "Rhythm," "Tu Eres O No Tu Eres Mi Baby"

  published June 28, 2012

  "David Aylsworth: The Reverses Wiped Away" This new show at Inman Gallery displays artist David Aylsworth's geometric abstractions, with... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Bo Joseph: Empire of Spoils," "Jason Yates: All We Ever Wanted Was Everything," "Lucas Johnson: Original Prints," "Perry House: Elegance/Violence," "reverse of volume RG," "Rhythm"

  published June 21, 2012

  "Bo Joseph: Empire of Spoils" In Bo Joseph's first solo show at McClain Gallery, his paintings are hardly reproducible — they're made... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Bo Joseph: Empire of Spoils," "David Aylsworth: The Reverses Wiped Away," "Endearing the Line," "Jason Yates: All We Ever Wanted Was Everything," "Lucas Johnson: Original Prints," "reverse of volume RG," "Tu Eres O No Tu Eres Mi Ba

  published June 14, 2012

  "Bo Joseph: Empire of Spoils" In Bo Joseph's first solo show at McClain Gallery, his paintings are hardly reproducible — they're made... More >>

• ''Structural Impermanence: New Works by Renée Lotenero''

  published June 14, 2012

  Both ''structural'' and ''impermanence'' are apt descriptions of ''Structural Impermanence: New Works by Renée Lotenero,'' currently... More >>

• ''Jerry Jeanmard: Collages''

  published June 14, 2012

  Some of Jerry Jeanmard's earliest artwork (the Blue Bell Ice Cream logo showing a silhouette of a little girl leading a cow for milking) is seen... More >>

• ''Gilad Efrat: Negev''

  published June 14, 2012

  Gilad Efrat has a tendency to become fixated on a subject matter, as evidenced by previous shows dominated by monkey portraits or paintings of... More >>

• ''Unpremeditated Natures: Russ Havard and David McClain''

  published June 14, 2012

  The Museum District's Gallery 1724 is actually a gallery-slash-salon which makes for some interesting choices of exhibition spaces. In the case of... More >>

• ''Joseph Havel: Hope and Desire''

  published June 14, 2012

  In his solo show, ''Joseph Havel: Hope and Desire,'' Houston artist and Glassell School of Art director Joseph Havel has just two pieces in... More >>

• A Valentine for Bert

  published June 14, 2012

  On February 1, beloved Houston artist Bert Long died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 72. He was known for his great talent and outsized... More >>

• ''Common Objects''

  published June 14, 2012

  Artist Ted Gahl, Nathan Hayden and Lane Hagood each have very different styles and sensibilities, but, for purposes of the show ''Common... More >>

• Houston Center of Photography's Print Auction

  published June 14, 2012

  For the first time in its 32-year history, the Houston Center of Photography's Print Auction will be auctioning off a video. Reflections... More >>

• ''5iveX – An Erotic Exhibition''

  published June 14, 2012

  As its name indicates, ''5iveX: An Erotic Exhibition'' is for mature audiences only. Houston artists Taft McWhorter and Morris Malakoff got... More >>

• ''Present Tense''

  published June 14, 2012

  The fact that all the artists in ''Present Tense'' are women isn't the point, according to exhibition curator and participating artist... More >>

• "The uncontrollable nature of grief and forgiveness (or lack of)"

  published June 14, 2012

  There's a lot going on in Kathryn Kelley's installation at Art League Houston. For starter's, there's the title -- "The uncontrollable nature of... More >>

• "Greg Miller: Over Time"

  published June 14, 2012

  Greg Miller often gets grouped with the Shepard Faireys and Banksys of the art world, though what the post-pop artist does is quite the opposite... More >>

• ''Tre Impasto: Hans de Bruijn, Justin Garcia and Tomas Glass''

  published June 14, 2012

  Wade Wilson Gallery's latest exhibition is all about the paint. In ''Tre Impasto: Hans de Bruijn, Justin Garcia and Tomas Glass,'' the... More >>

• Gunilla Klingberg: Wheel of Everyday Life

  published June 14, 2012

  For more than a decade, Swedish artist Gunilla Klingberg has been exploring the relationship between the commercial and the spiritual by borrowing... More >>

• "John Cage: Prints, Drawings, and a Music Box"

  published June 14, 2012

  John Cage relied on chance in the composition of both his music and his visual artwork, something he turned to mid-career with his first piece,... More >>

• Rosella Namok: ''Paint Up and Dance!''

  published June 14, 2012

  Nearly ten years since her first Houston exhibition, Australian aboriginal artist Rosella Namok returns with her first solo show here, ''Paint... More >>

• ''REady MADE''

  published June 14, 2012

  Jeff Forster isn't one to pass up a good pun. Take ''REady MADE,'' the title of an exhibition currently at Lawndale Art Center. Forster... More >>

• ''''Jonathan Leach: Time Does Not Exist Here''

  published June 14, 2012

  The year 2012 was a pretty good one for Jonathan Leach. The artist’s work was in nearly a dozen shows from Portland to San Antonio,... More >>

• ''Manik Nakra: The Tigering''

  published June 14, 2012

  During the 19th century, a Bengal tiger known as the Champawat Tiger terrorized residents of Nepal and the Kumaon areas of India. She killed an... More >>