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Tribe Report May 24, 2007Martin de Vore  "I watch from the wings at the play you are staging...." Looking Into History Back Last week's events began on Wednesday with a trip downtown. Following a great breakfast at the 59 Diner, I visited with Post-Diversionist artist Sorange Castillo at her place, followed by a few hours of running errands with her in the Galleria area. Then, after bidding Ms. Castillo farewell, I was off to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston to check out a few paintings in the MFAH's Beck Building. Dr. Phibes (Peter Ives), an old friend of mine from my University of New Mexico days, was in town and he did his best to view every museum in Houston for a few days after viewing the Art Car Parade on the previous Saturday. It was great seeing him again and catching up on all the New Mexico news. The next day, Thursday, I again returned to Houston. This time, I headed to The Heights to visit Max Boyd Harrison at Gallery M2 to check out the From Here to There show. The work was superb. There were three tall Asian-influenced pieces that were my favorites. When you check out the show -- and you will -- you can't miss them. Good stuff. On my way out of M2 I ran into Jill Griffith and caught up on her latest artistic efforts. From the Heights, I then made my way to Montrose to meet Earth Gallery's Phillip Tague at Cafe Artiste for coffee and discussions on Houston artists. Phillip brought me up to date on what all he and Mandy were doing for about an hour but I had to leave as I had an appointment with Post-Diversionist artist Aimi Dunn. On the way to Aimi's, I stopped by Sorange Castillo's for a minute to drop off a few items.Then, upon arrival at Aimi's, I was treated to a great lunch and the opportunity to see the first four paintings that Aimi had completed for her upcoming fall solo show at Gallery M2. Right about the time I was preparing to depart from Aimi's, I received a call from Laura Hodges to meet her near the University of St. Thomas. Laura rode back with me to Kingwood and we visited at her place for awhile before I headed back to my side of the San Jacinto River to my Humble abode. As of Friday, my truck was once again inoperable, so Michelle Graczyk was kind enough to drive me to Marie Weichman's on Monday evening so I could see Marie before she left for China and Vietnam. As always, it was an enjoyable visit at Marie's. Michelle and I got to visit with Marie, see her new art, hear about the Las Cruces show and enjoy some quality time with Chloe the Wonder Dog. By the way, Chloe looks much better than she did a year ago at this time. Near the end of our visit, Max Boyd Harrison arrived and we visited with Max for a few minutes until we had to return to the Northern Frontier. Tuesday was a sad day. Mehak Bagai stopped by to say goodbye on her way to New York to pursue her M.S. in finance degree. As many of you are aware, in my most miserable autumn months last year, Mehak arrived and, in her capacity as my personal art tyrant and dear friend, kicked me in the butt, helped me emerge from that funk and made me paint again last fall when my creativity had disappeared. Something I sorely needed at the time. I shall miss her a lot. But my loss is John Mercado's gain. I think Mehak will be contacting John to paint together once he gets up there in New York himself in August. And, she stashed about five boxes of her belongings at my place so I think it's a good bet she'll be back for visits. Still, it feels like the end of an era. On a final note, the Overlord Mitch Cohen called right when Mehak was about to walk out the door so she was able to bid farewell to Mitch and gave him his overlord salute even though he couldn't see it in person. Wednesday, yesterday, Michelle Graczyk came over to paint. I actually finished three new paintings so maybe Michelle is picking up where Mehak left off, since they are buds. We shall see. Phone conversations for the past week included the Overlord Mitch Cohen, Lacey Crawford, Max Boyd Harrison, Terrence Boggs, Xsemaj, Aimi Dunn, Sorange Castillo and Michelle Graczyk. That about wraps it up for the week that was. Now, let's see what's happening in our tribal territories this week, shall we? Coming Up.... From Here To There What are you doing Saturday night, May 26? Aha! I thought so. Here's another suggestion: go to Gallery M2. Why? Here's why.... From now through Sunday, June 3, Gallery M2 will present From Here to There -- an exhibition of photographs and paintings by Austin artists from Austin's Tiru Gallery. The project consists of a group of photographers who travel together to different parts of Texas and capture various slices of life from these journeys. These photographs will be showcased both in Tiru Gallery in Austin and a gallery in the destination town or city. This event, the second of the series, will be from Austin to Houston. Tiru Gallery of Austin, Gallery M2 of Houston, and The Austin Photography Group are the joint organizers for this event. Participants will travel as a group and take photographs independently, as each photographer proceeds to reveal the unknowns lying between here and there through his/her own perspective and language. Collectively, the result is a dynamic survey of the geography, architecture, culture and history of the areas surrounding Austin on the way to Houston. On Saturday, May 26, the group will leave Austin around 7 a.m. and travel toward Houston. They will capture images individually at each center, regroup and continue their journey to reach Houston no later than 4 p.m. Each participant will select up to 5 images from their collection and will present them at 6 p.m. with a digital slide presentation and a group discussion. A panel of judges will select the final images and on Saturday, June 9, at 6 p.m., they will be showcased in a print show at the Tiru Gallery in Austin. People who have been fortunate enough to have a sneak peek at this show (like me) swear that it is one of the finest shows gallery M2 has yet presented. Participating artists include: Rama Tiru, Josh Verduzco, Brian Ferguson, Shawn Camp, Maria Kilcha Kane and Marc Silva. The opening reception for this show will be on Saturday, May 26, from 7-10 p.m. I suggest you attend. M2 always puts on great openings. Hopefully, there will be punch. For more information, contact M2 Gallery at (713) 861-6070 or via e-mail at m2-houston@sbcglobal.net. M2 Gallery is located at 325 W. 19th Street in The Heights in Houston. Yale Street Arts Market This just in.... The Overlord Mitch Cohen has just informed me that the Yale Street Arts Market returns to summer evening hours on June 2 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Featuring up to 38 white canopied tents and an average of 50 artists from Houston and around the state, the market is hot spot for collecting original paintings, photography, jewelry, wood and metal sculptures. The popular Heights art market is held on the first Saturday of each month and highlights a different artist. The featured artist for June 2 is Jonatan Lopez, a metal sculptor who recently relocated to Houston from Austin. Born in Monterrey, Mexico, Jonatan Lopez has worked as a professional artist for more than 10 years. Jonatan's art work is constantly evolving as he experiments and applies his imagination to discarded metal, turning one man's junk into artistic treasures. Items tossed aside, destined to rust away are given a new life with a plasma torch as Jonatan bends and pulls his three dimensional sculptures into existence. Animals, plants and creatures of his vivid imagination represent the constant evolution of our world and civilizations. Some pieces are left in their original raw and rusty state while other pieces are brushed and buffed to shine with life. Each piece gives us a glimpse into the world as Jonatan sees it. Musical entertainment will be provided by Carrie Ann & The Apocalyptics who will perform their eclectic blend of country, folk and Celtic rhythms. Carrie Ann's style reflects her varied influences ... growing up in the mid-West, learning to play music in church, being married to Houston's own roots rocker Opie Hendrix and being a mother. It's hard to pin a style on this group or Buchanan's writing, but eclectic and truthful come to mind. Market favorite Duke Jones will be on hand to pluck out acoustic blues favorites too. When the musicians are taking a break to look at the art, KHJZ The Wave is on hand to fill the air with their smooth jazz. Green Mountain Energy is the official music host at Yale Street Arts Market. A true mini arts festival in the Heights, the market is located on the parking lot of Wind Water Asian Antiques Gallery at 548 W. 19th St. near many of the popular Heights restaurants. Summer evening market dates for 2007 are June 2, July 7, August 4 and September 1. Admission and parking are free of charge. More information (including a complete artist listing) is available on the Web site at http://www.YaleStreetMarket.com or by calling Mitch or Carolyn Cohen at (713) 802-1213. Currently On View.... Tjukurrpa Currently on view at Booker-Lowe Gallery is Tjukurrpa: Aboriginal Paintings of the Dreamtime. The exhibit showcases new works from Ikuntji. Ikuntji, the land “where the creeks cross,” is nestled within Australia’s spectacular West MacDonnell mountains. The colors of the landscape evolve with the changing light – pastel sunrises fade to white-hot afternoons punctuated with bright green grasses and vivid wildflowers. The coral sun sets dramatically against cerulean skies and purple-tinged peaks. Here, in a small tin building with a paint-spattered concrete floor, women artists gather to translate the color-drenched landscape and their ancient Dreamings, or creation myths, into abstract paintings collected by art lovers worldwide. Additionally, Booker-Lowe Gallery is featuring a special mini-exhibition of new abstract paintings by Barbara Weir Petyarre. For more information, contact Karen Rezai at (713) 880-1541, e-mail bookerlowegalleryart@houston.rr.com or visit the Web site at http://www.bookerlowegallery.com. Booker-Lowe Gallery is located at 4623 Feagan Street in Houston. QUA From now through May 27 (only a few more days!), Wayne Gilbert and Ggallery are presenting L. Brandon Krall's QUA objects + screens. According to Ggallery's Web site, L. Brandon Krall is a 21st century conceptualist painter / filmmaker and digital media geek who has the rare privilege of showing at both Ggallery and the Deborah Colton Gallery at the same time. QUA presents recent silkscreened paintings from the Experience' and Definitions series and a major work HEXAGRAMS IX, painted on a door and executed in Texas for this show. QUA means comparing this qua that; it is the ablative case of the Latin word qui, or who, intended to refer to the individual who interacts with art and the life around it. The I Ching, or Book of Change has engaged Krall aesthetically and spiritually since the late 90s. Both a formal permutational set of 8 x 8 elements from which she generates abstract geometric paintings on varied supports, the I Ching is an ancient philosophy that preceded the Western pre-Socratics by centuries. The oracular philosophy of the Book of Changes is based on the contemplation of nature and the human condition and has been used by many artists, notably John Cage, to generate bodies of work. Number IX of the HEXAGRAMS series, is a painting of all 64 figures of the I Ching, on both sides of a door, mounted freestanding. It provides a porte ouverte to open and close the space through which you the visitor passes. Across town at the Deborah Colton Gallery, the recent LIT. FIG. Literal and Figurative videoart work will be featured, with a new WHEEL for WALKING in TEXAS made for that exhibition. The Wheel series will be complimented by the second largest collection of the GLYPT., or engravings, series to be shown publicly since 1991 at the P.S. One Museum, Queens. The two exhibitions, QUA and LIT. FIG. provide an encompassing look at the entire oeuvre of this erudite and humble artist-curator. For more information, check out the Ggallery Web site at http://www.ggalleryhouston.com or e-mail Wayne at wayne@digimag.com. Or, you could call (713) 869-4770. Ggallery is located at 301 11th Street in The Heights. Etchings From now through May 27, Redbud Gallery presents Etchings by German artist Lutz Bolldurf. Check them out. Good stuff! Redbud Gallery is located at 303 E. 11th St. in The Heights. Gallery hours are from 12-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday or by appointment. For more information please call Gus Kopriva at (713) 862-2532 or visit the Redbud Gallery Web site at http://www.redbudgallery.com. Tribal Drums The drums have picked up like my heartbeat when I see a platter of fried shrimp. Here's what you all have sent this week: From Dan Mitchell Allison: I'd like to let everyone know that at Texas Collaborative Arts Studio / Gallery, we will have new works on view from Michael Roque Collins of Houston, Jimmy Pena of Corpus Christi and Lutz Bolldorf from Berlin, Germany. The exhibit will be opening Saturday, August 4, from 6-8 p.m. For more information, call (281) 615-4148 or check out the Texas Collaboartive Arts Web site at http://www.texascollaborative.com/. Texas Collaboartive Arts is located at 303 E. 11th Street in Houston's historic Heights. From Heidi Powell-Prera: Hi. The Free Radicals have a show at The Artery this Friday night. At Gallery 19 on June 2, we will be open late and our ART Battle starts at 4 p.m. We need artists to come out and participate. For more information, contact Xsemaj at (832) 577-1101. We are also in the process of recruiting new members. For an appointment, call Heidi at (713) 456-9513 or contact us via http://www.gallery19heights.org . From Nathaniel Donnett: Here's something everyone should go see. On Saturday, May 26, from 7-10 p.m., the Station Museum of Contemporary Art will hold its opening gala for Three One-Man Exhibitions featuring the work of Aime Mpane (Congo), James Little (New York) and George Smith (Houston). The exhibition will run through September 16. For more information, contact the Station Museum of Contemporary Art at (713) 529-6900 or visit the Web site at http://www.stationmuseum.com . From Sarah Hazel: The MFAH's Glassell School of Art presents student work selected by a jury of faculty members at the Annual Studio School Student Exhibition, on view May 25-July 25. Works in all media representing all areas of the curriculum will be shown in the Laura Lee Blanton Gallery at the Glassell School, 5101 Montrose Blvd. The gallery is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The public is invited to attend the opening reception on Friday, May 25, from 5-8 p.m. When there, be sure to look for Sarah Hazel's accepted piece, a portrait of her daughter called Third of Four Daughters, Hilary. For more information, visit http://sarahhazel.blogspot.com or http://www.sarahhazel.com From Christian Perkins: Selected works from Christian Perkins, Rickey Donato, Wil Moore, Tyriese Dominique, Delita Pinchback-Martin and Ann "SoleSister" Johnson will be featured at The Private Collection Group Exhibition at The Shrine of the Black Madonna from July 5-August 5, 2007. For more info, go to http://www.artanddesigngroup.com/ The Shrine is located at 5309 M.L. King Blvd., Houston, TX 77021. From Dune-Micheli Patten: The video of Performance, SAYN SPEECH - Do You Hear What I'm SayN (Through The Noise)??!!, by mixed-media, multi-visual, artist Dune-Micheli Patten is on exhibition at the Art Car Museum, 140 Heights Blvd., 77007; through July 22nd. We have set up a limited edition DVD number of 20 for collection. The DVDs are hand-signed and numbered by the artist. Interested parties please contact The Art Car Museum at (713) 861-5526 or the artist directly at (832) 741-3074. From Wayne Gilbert: Well, the trip to Marfa for the Ann Harithas exhibition at the Marfa Bookstore turned out to be a great show as well as a great time. Boy!!! Did we all have a good time! Kudos to Ann for a great show. P.S, Word has it that she sold all of the work she had up for sale. Not Bad!! Then it's off to Germany on the 11th to meet up with Gus Kopriva, Ann and Jim Harithas, and Hans Molzberger German artist/sculptor, for a visit to Documenta12 and Project Sculpture Munster, to develop some new relationships with whomever and for whatever reasons. Got a couple of things up our sleeves. But, if you're in Texas and looking for something fun to do, make sure and head up to Wichita Falls for the Ulterior Motif 12 opening at Wichita Falls Museum of Art on June 14. Curated by Jeffrey Wheeler and the proprietor of the G. Lots of great local and statewide Texas artists. Runs thru August 4, 2007. Next, Texas Artists, at the National Museum of Art in Lima Peru, curated by Gus Kopriva coming up in September. And finally ( for now ), it's a little four-seater airplane ride to Marfa with the famous Dan Workman of Sugarhill Music Production Studios, Ramzy Telley of Rodeo Circus Films and Dan's pilot brother Bill to check out Building 98 for a little secret project by the name of Camp Marfa coming up on October 7, 2007. Who? What? Could be that Gus K, Lester M, Dan W, Ramzy T, and G will be involved in a little extravaganza. Locally, the next show at Ggallery is The Texture of Memories by Simon El Hage Lisha, which will open June 2, and run thru June 24. The Opening will be a sure fire good time. Then it's gonna be Coniecturae Mysticae by Grace Megnet and Joyce Harlow on July 7. And way down the road, the Art League Artist ( Dixie Friend Gay ) and Patron of the Year ( Gus Kopriva ) event in November. Mo comin! Future shows at Ggallery include:
And, don't forget to check out http://www.ggalleryhouston.com Do you have something you'd like to send along? If so, get out those digital drums and e-mail me at: thetribereport@gmail.com. Tribal Drums To The 16th Power These messages are definitely worth multiple hearings....
Coda Remember, I am not Cassandra of Troy, so if you have a show or event coming up that you want me to mention you have to send it to me at: thetribereport@gmail.com. That's it for now. Until then, keep creating art, viewing art, buying art and supporting your fellow artists of all tribes. Martin L. de Vore is an artist and journalist once again living in Humble. Martin is a member of the Artists At Large and Post-Diversionist tribes and is currently working, sleeping, painting, sleeping, watching TV, sleeping and preparing for a wedding. No, not mine! |
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