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Julon Pinkston's "Nailed" Is a Disappointment

By Jim Tommaney
Dec 8, 2014

Sometimes an artist is inspired to proceed in a certain direction, but the direction to a viewer may seem the opposite - uninspired. This is the case with Julon Pinkston's solo show, "Nailed" at Zoya Tommy Gallery. There are two very different approaches shown, though both feature nails. As one...
"Urban Asia: Kirk Pedersen" Examines Urban Japan, Old and New

By Jim Tommaney
Dec 8, 2014

The population shift of Asians toward large cities has captured the imagination of Kirk Pedersen, and he in turn has captured its complexity in a series of photographs and photographic montages on display at the Asia Society. Rudyard Kipling's dictum "Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never...
The Bruce High Quality Foundation: Isles of the Dead

By Jim Tommaney
Dec 4, 2014

This is a most unusual exhibition, interesting and innovative, and also almost a demonstration of how crucial color choices are. Arnold Bocklin's 1880 painting, Isle of the Dead, shows a white-shrouded figure being rowed to an island. Inevitably, it is perceived as Charon on the River Styx carrying souls to...
Raw Material Exhibit Shows off Works by Mari Omori, Kia Neill and Cassie Normandy White

By Jim Tommaney
Dec 3, 2014

Mari Omori first captured my eye - and my imagination - as part of a brilliant two-person show at Total Plaza in July. She is Japanese born, now a Houston resident and educator, and she creates delicate, graceful, surprising art through use of teabags . . . yes, teabags! I...
The Hidden Treasures of the Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden

By Jim Tommaney
Nov 25, 2014

Tucked away next to a parking lot, a remarkable collection of majestic sculptures by internationally famed artists is on display behind attractive stone walls in an open-air park. It's the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden, designed and created by Isamu Noguchi, himself a...

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