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Alexandra Irrera

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The Spinning Fun of Los Trompos Due Soon at Discovery Green

By Alexandra Irrera
Nov 9, 2015

Beginning November 14, twenty larger-than-life, mobile tops will appear on the lawn of Discovery Green—ready to be pushed, spun, ridden, and admired. An installation of sophisticated mechanical and social design, "Los Trompos" (“The Spinning Tops”) will transform a commonplace toy into an expressive, interactive experience for park-goers. After exhibiting a...
Art for Elephants

By Alexandra Irrera
Sep 14, 2015

Wendy Maruyama is an artist with a cause. Each year, tens of thousand of elephants—as well as thousands of other animals—are illegally killed for their ivory. This dismaying reality has been the motivation for activist Maruyama’s latest body of work “The wildLIFE Project.” Debuting at the Houston Center for Contemporary...
Memorializing Modern Technology: Rashed Haq's "Relics & Industrious"

By Alexandra Irrera
Jun 24, 2015

Man-made objects pass many of the same milestones as their human creators—conception, birth, activity, age, and death. Yet, the lives of tools are rarely captured or memorialized, with many tools forgotten not long after the have been replaced by the latest upgrade. Interested in the intersection of science and technology...
Photography that Takes Flight: Lori Vrba Exhibits Strength and Vulnerability in "The Moth Wing Diaries"

By Alexandra Irrera
Jun 15, 2015

When asked to describe her work in one word, photographer Lori Vrba is ready with an answer. “The word is always personal,” she says. And it’s easy enough to understand why. Drawing on rich visuals from her own life, self-taught Vrba produces black-and-white photographs and photo-based assemblage works that feature...
Pop Shop Houston Summer Festival Returns for 2015!

By Alexandra Irrera
Jun 8, 2015

Going on three years strong, Pop Shop Houston returns for its Summer Festival—a weekend of art, music, and DIY, June 13-14. Making its home inside the vast space of Silver Street Studios, Pop Shop is an indoor arts market populated by a diverse array of the city’s craftiest creators, including...
Exploring a "New World" Through Japanese Photography at MFAH

By Alexandra Irrera
Mar 5, 2015

Grainy and swirling, yet starkly revealing images bridge the past and present in For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography, 1968-1979. Organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, "For a New World to Come" focuses on avant-garde Japanese works produced during a time seminal...
Painting in the Texas Tradition: Contemporary Texas Regionalism

By Alexandra Irrera
Feb 20, 2015

The Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts takes its visitors on a journey exploring Texas' land- and cityscapes, wildlife, and home-life in Painting in the Texas Tradition: Contemporary Texas Regionalism. Produced in collaboration with the William Reaves Fine Art gallery, this exhibition features work from 15 of the state's most...

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