gallery 1724

Up next: FOTOFEST!

2011-12-04T13:37:00.000-08:00

For FOTOFEST 2012, Gallery 1724 is pleased to present:

Kristy Peet (www.kristypeet.com) with "How I Will Die" (above image) and Britt Ragsdale (www.brittragsdale.com) with "Members." Both artists reference the body and performance through photography. This exhibition is curated by Emily Sloan and hosted by Tim Deason.

The exhibition will open Saturday, March 31, from 8-10pm and run through May 31, 2012.

ABOUT GALLERY 1724
Gallery 1724 is a gallery, salon, home, and chicken ranch located in the Houston Museum District at 1724 Bissonnet Street. The space features experimental rotating house exhibits, and a salon.

Hair Washing and Memory Recording this Sunday morning

2011-09-08T20:58:00.000-07:00

As last year, this Sunday, September 11, 2011, Emily Sloan will be washing people's hair and recording their memories of "where we were and what we were doing on this day in history..." This event will take place from 10am to noon at 1724 Bissonnet (between Dunlavy and Woodhead), Houston, Texas 77005.

In her practice, Sloan utilizes hair washing for memory, story telling, cleansing, ritual and intimacy. Hair washing has been a vehicle for people to share stories for decades in salons. Additionally last spring, this ritual helped us to raise funds, similarly to a car wash as a fundraiser, for relief efforts in Japan after the tremendous earthquake.

(Photo by Dean Liscum.)

ABOUT EMILY SLOAN
Emily Sloan is an internationally unknown artist, curator of The Kenmore an exhibition mini-fridge, and founding Reverend of the controversial Southern Naptist Convention.

ABOUT GALLERY 1724
Gallery 1724 is a gallery, salon, home, and chicken ranch located in the Houston Museum District. The space features experimental rotating house exhibits.

GENERAL INFORMATION
Event time: Sunday, September 11, 8am to 12pm

CONTACT
Emily Sloan
c/o Gallery 1724
1724 Bissonnet St.
Houston, TX 77005
gallery1724@gmail.com
713-582-1198

BOBBY: A STUDY OF THE FIGURE, curated by Hagit Barkai and Aisen Caro Chacin

2011-07-07T10:15:00.000-07:00

BOBBY: A STUDY OF THE FIGURE and panel discussion of related topics
Curated by Hagit Barkai and Aisen Caro Chacin

Opening Thursday, July 14 from 6pm to 9pm
On view through August 12, 2011

Above: Bobby Younce with a painting of Bobby Younce by Kevin Richert.

For over a dozen years, Bobby Younce has been working as a nude model for art classes throughout the city of Houston. His image, through drawings, paintings and sculptures, is approaching a quiet iconic state for many artists all over the city. This abundance of Bobby is the starting point for this project. Apart from being moved by the phenomenon and wanting to give it visibility in the form of an exhibition, we see it as an opportunity for an open conversation about approaches and attitudes to studies of the figure in contemporary art practices.

The exhibition will present a retrospective of Bobby's involvement in educational art practices in Houston. We will fill the gallery space with artworks and studies of Bobby that were executed over the past decade in different art centers in Houston. Since we seek showing the abundance of these works, there will be no discriminative selection process. Due to the abundance of work and lack of space, some of the pieces will be displayed on the walls and others will be presented on tables allowing viewers to flip through them. There is also the possibility of having a panel discussion with local art professionals that deal with related concepts; from artistic examinations to the history of art, social issues of the working model, and to contemporary accounts of technique, figuration, the visibility of the body, and performance.

To participate:
Bring Bobby works to Art League Houston in the Live Figure Labs: Thursday, Saturday or Sunday 1-4, or contact Bobby Younce or Hagit Barkai on FB. A contract will be provided. You may donate or sell your work. 30% of sale goes to Gallery 1724, 20% to Bobby Younce. Art not picked up will become property of Bobby.

Questions and contacts for info:
Hagit: 717-503-2640
Aisen: 713-444-5139
Bobby: 713-213-4797

Location:
Gallery 1724
1724 Bissonnet St. (between Woodhead and Dunlavy)
Houston, Texas 77005

Closing Party: For the Man...The 9 to 5 Show

2011-06-19T10:23:00.000-07:00

Next Saturday, June 25 from 1-5pm come to Gallery 1724 to watch the movie "9 to 5", hang out with the working artists one last time, and drink booze!

"For the Man...The 9 to 5 Show" is curated by Stephanie Saint Sanchez and includes the work of Cameron Blaylock, Meredith Cunningham, Matthew Glover, Brent Himes, David Lamb III, Rebecca Novak, Lizbeth Ortiz, Tifani Pust, Soyla Santos, Emily Sloan, Tish Stringer, and Julia Wallace.

Location:
Gallery 1724
1724 Bissonnet St. (between Dunlavy and Woodhead)
Houston, TX 77005
gallery1724@gmail.com

For the Man...The 9 to 5 Show, curated by Stephanie Saint Sanchez, opening Saturday, May 14, 8-10pm

2011-05-05T07:50:00.000-07:00

For The Man... The 9 to 5 Show
Curated by Stephanie Saint Sanchez

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:

Tish Stringer
Matthew Glover
Emily Sloan
Rebecca Novak
Soyla Santos
Brent Himes
Julia Wallace
Tifani Pust
David Lamb III
Cameron Blaylock
Meredith Cunningham
Lizbeth Ortiz

Gallery 1724 is the spot for the exciting show spotlighting artwork created while at work.* Visual, photo, sculpture. Video. Art daredevils in the form of clockwatchers, peons, surfs, butchers, bakers, candlestick makers, johnny paychecks who have the audacity to keep creating even after they have clocked in!

Awesome Opening to include 9 to 5 themed surprises!

Installation dates MAY 12&13

OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, May 14, 8-10pm
Show Date MAY 14-JUNE 25

Questions? Call Stephanie at 281-701-3452

Gallery 1724, Contemporary Art Salon
1724 Bissonnet St. (between Dunlavy and Woodhead)
Houston, TX 77005

CALL FOR ART!!! For the Man: The 9 to 5 Show

2011-04-12T22:38:00.000-07:00

For The Man... The 9 to 5 Show
Curated by Stephanie Saint Sanchez

Gallery 1724 is seeking clockwatcher, peon, surf, butcher, baker,
candlestick maker, johnny paycheck artist types who have the audacity
to keep creating even after they have clocked in! This is a show
exclusively for artwork created while at work.* Visual, photo,
sculpture. Video. *you must be able to document that you were at work
at the time of creation*

Please send
project proposals by APRIL 22 to Chicanalaundry@yahoo.com
Selection notification APRIL 26
Installation dates MAY 12&13
Show Date MAY 14-JUNE 25

Questions? Call Stephanie at 281-701-3452

Please feel free to share this with anyone you think may be interested!

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Gallery 1724, Contemporary Art Salon
1724 Bissonnet St. (between Dunlavy and Woodhead)
Houston, TX 77005

Announcing our Curatorial Residency!

2011-04-12T21:19:00.000-07:00

Stephanie Saint Sanchez of La Chicana Laundry Pictures has been awarded a curatorial residency at Gallery 1724. For the residency she is working on: For the Man: The 9 to 5 Show.

Sanchez directing "The Freshleez..." in early 2011.

About Stephanie Saint Sanchez:
Raised in Beaumont corrupted in Houston…Stephanie Saint Sanchez is an awesome multi-media artist, movie maker, instigator and it says so right on her business card so it must be true. As founder of La Chicana Laundry Pictures she has made over 25 award winning, genre-bending shorts. She also started the Senorita Cinema film festival the only all Latina Film Festival in Texas.

She is a recipient a (SWAMP) Southwest Alternate Media Project Emerging Filmmakers Fellowship and Lawndale Artist Studio Program. A super fan of movies with an ensemble cast and ties to friends and artists from all disciplines she looks forward to pushing the limits of their collective talents. For more information, please visit: www.lachicanalaundrypictures.com

Hair Washing Benefit for Japan, this Sunday, March 20 from 10am to 6pm

2011-03-15T13:13:00.001-07:00

Hair Washing Benefit for Japan, this Sunday, March 20 from 10am to 6pm.

Performance artist Emily Sloan will recreate her hair washing performance with all proceeds going to the Red Cross.

This is a "drop-in" event. Both participants and observers are welcome.

If you would like to help out (i.e. assisting participants, providing refreshments, etc.) at any time during the event, please contact Emily at 713-582-1198 or emily@emilysloan.com

Location:
Gallery 1724, Contemporary Art Salon
1724 Bissonnet St. (between Dunlavy and Woodhead)
Houston, Texas 77005

www.gallery1724.blogspot.com, gallery1724@gmail.com

Doug Cason: Solo exhibition opening Friday, March 11, 8-10pm

2011-03-07T21:24:00.000-08:00

Zepeda: Solo exhibition opening Friday, March 11, 8-10pm

2011-03-07T21:20:00.000-08:00

Gallery 1724, Contemporary Art Salon is pleased to present “Doug Cason and Zepeda: Double Life” at Gallery 1724, 1724 Bissonnet St., Houston, Texas 77005. The double solo shows open Friday, March 11, 2011 from 8pm to 10pm. The exhibition runs through Saturday, April 30, 2011.

Doug Cason and Zepeda both create such thoroughly developed and highly skilled bodies of work that it can be quite a surprise to find out they are both actually created by the same artist. Cason is two fully realized artists in one. This is a very exciting approach to embracing the freedom and complexity available in contemporary art. Their adjacent shows at Gallery 1724 will be the first time Doug and Zepeda have had dual solo exhibitions at the same venue.

Curated by Emily Sloan.

"Zepeda likes this", oil on panel (above)

About Zepeda’s art: From readily accessible digital media and online social networks, a new fashion of (desperate) narcissism and pornography has risen to serve as the modern day booty call.

Bevies of individuals now seek to reconceive their identities in a virtual world. Although some people will use their real names, most who use the Internet for the purpose of reinvention prefer the use of pseudonyms, which often reveal subtle or metaphorical hints of personal information. As users interact with an established online identity a reputation builds which enables others to decide whether the identity is worthy of trust.

The concept of the personal self, and how emerging technology influences it is currently studied in the fields of psychology and sociology. Research suggests that unwise and uninhibited behavior on the Internet rises as a result of the relationship between anonymity and (immediate) audience gratification creating a loosening or even complete abandonment of social restrictions and reticence that would otherwise be present in traditional face-to-face interactions.

The notion of “You don’t know me” equates to simple anonymity. Anonymity affords a sense of protection, and feeling protected provides an individual with a virtual playground allowing for a meaningful release. The release may be as simple as making a comment that would otherwise be embarrassing in a conventional interaction, or as complex as an outlet for sexual fantasies. Certain release-seekers photograph themselves in the mirror or with their own extended arm striking seductive poses in scant clothing. These studies in particular are the focus of my Zepeda paintings.

The women depicted show a complexity of character in an easily dismissed, attention deficit fed forum. The need for the subject to photograph herself, rather than trusting another individual to assist her may suggest the woman’s distrust of a flesh and blood world, finding the virtual world more accepting and forgiving. Contrarily it may point to an isolation that previously existed, and a need for attention that has not been gratified with real human contact. The isolation apparent in each of these photographs is compounded by inattention for the setting or quality of the photograph. Neglected environments made of dirty laundry, unmade beds, empty food containers and flashes from the camera share the scene in a large collection of these on-line photos. The disheveled environment casts a light on the women’s detachment from the material world, and lack of interest in her daily drudgeries. The anticipated adoration waiting online preempts in importance the need to care for home.

About Gallery 1724: Gallery 1724 is a d.i.y. contemporary art salon offering rotating, experimental art exhibits and performances. The venue is located in the Houston Museum District at 1724 Bissonnet St. (between Dunlavy and Woodhead), Houston, Texas 77005. For more information, please visit: www.gallery1724.blogspot.com.

Up next: Doug Cason and Zepeda

2011-02-28T13:30:00.000-08:00

Our next opening will be Friday, March 11, 2011 from 8pm to 10pm and will feature two of our favorite artists: Doug Cason and Zepeda!!!

Above image: "discard" by Doug Cason

Above image: "Zepeda likes this" by Zepeda

Joel A. Bender, Jr. and Richard Nix: Saturday, December 4, 8-10pm

2010-12-01T09:08:00.000-08:00

Gallery 1724 presents: "New Works by Joel A. Bender, Jr. and Richard Nix"

The opening reception will be Saturday, December 4, at Gallery 1724 from 8pm to 10pm. The exhibit will run until January 31, 2011.

Joel A. Bender, Jr. and Richard Nix, both recent graduates of the University of Houston, unveil new works on paper they have been exploring together for the past several years.

The exhibition contact is Tim Deason at 713-523-2547.

About Gallery 1724: Gallery 1724 is a d.i.y. contemporary art salon offering rotating, experimental art exhibits and performances since 2005. The venue is located in the Houston Museum District at 1724 Bissonnet St. (between Dunlavy and Woodhead), Houston, Texas 77005. For more information, please visit: www.gallery1724.blogspot.com or call 713-523-2547.

Michael Brims: Saturday, December 4, 8-10pm

2010-11-26T10:12:00.000-08:00

Gallery 1724 presents: Michael Brims’ “Return to Candyland”

The opening reception will be Saturday, December 4, at Gallery 1724 from 8pm to 10pm. The exhibit will run until January 31, 2011.

Michael Brims, featured artist at The Kenmore for FotoFest 2010 Biennial, delivers sweet, new photographs and videos called “Return to Candyland.”

Exhibit contact: Tim Deason, 713-523-2547

About Gallery 1724: Gallery 1724 is a d.i.y. contemporary art salon offering rotating, experimental art exhibits and performances since 2005. The venue is located in the Houston Museum District at 1724 Bissonnet St. (between Dunlavy and Woodhead), Houston, Texas 77005. For more information, please visit: www.gallery1724.blogspot.com or call 713-523-2547.

Extensions! What's next?

2010-10-20T13:09:00.001-07:00

Both Isaac Powell's and Smitty Regula's exhibitions have been extended until Saturday, November 20, 2010!

Up next:

Michael Brims
and
Fidel Ordonez

Unfortunately, Fidel Ordonez will not be able to exhibit at this time afterall, but we hope he can in the future.

Both opening on Saturday, December 4 from 8-10pm.

"If the story is good..." Smitty Regula exhibition review by Natali Leduc

2010-10-20T11:05:00.000-07:00

(note: all the quotes are taken from Smitty Regula's writing.)

If the story is good...

In his New Works currently on view at Gallery 1724, Smitty Regula is showing a series of reproductions that he made of shrines previously made between 1953 and 1983 by Joseph Buttle (1920-1983). According to the official story, Joseph Buttle, a door-to-door salesman, created ShrineCo. in 1953. "Following the design revolution of appliances of the 1950's," his shrines were meant to ease the worship process at home, the same way an appliance was meant to reduce the load of house chores. The Portable Instant Automatic Sacrifice "burned its offering at the touch of a button" while the Worship Accelerator allowed its user to reduce the time spent worshipping without altering the quality of the worship. There was also the 40 Gallon Praise Tank, the Instant Shrine (just add water), the Praise Wheel with Automatic Protruding Strobe, the Oscillating Transistor Praise Wheel, etc., each of which had its own worshipping purpose. The Portable Instant Automatic Sacrifice on view at Gallery 1724 is said to be the original one made by Buttle that Regula would have won in an auction. The show is complete with an Homage to Buttle, made by Regula, the Infinite Loop shrine made by Icky and Feaser ("Joseph's envious distant second cousins who sought to be a part of ShrineCo" but who got rejected), and a Portable Diagnostic Multi-Shrine Calibrator, which allowed Buttle to service any of his shrines.

At the opening, a little man in a suit and tie introduced himself as Joseph Buttle, handing out his card to every visitor... but Joseph Buttle is said to have died in 1983. Who was this man then? An impostor?

The beginnings are far fetched: shrines as appliances short-circuit the personal stamina found in homemade shrines (although one could argue that Buttle's shrines were also made "to suit" their owners' worshipping particularities). Add to this the idea of presenting replicas of such shrines and we are looking at a dubious situation, let alone the presence of Joseph Buttle... But dismissing this experience as a farce would be foregoing a meaningful commentary about authenticity, religion, consumerism, storytelling, and plain simple clean fun.

The question of authenticity is not fully exposed yet. We learn that Joseph Buttle never existed, at least in our "reality," and we further learn that Smitty Regula is a pseudonym for Drew Bettge. Oddly enough, as we plunge into ShrineCo's universe, this Drew Bettge appears to be less real than Joseph Buttle, towards whom the whole attention is geared. Bettge is invisible in the work and Regula's trace as one who pays an homage to Joseph Buttle could not be more humble and removed from the heat of the lights.

The viewer understands quickly that the narrative is just as important as the shrines. They are intertwined in such a way that one gives life to the other. Without the story, the shrines would solely be beautiful functional sculptures pleasant to look at and fun to interact with. Being made of appliance parts (water heater tanks, irons, coffee machine, etc.), they surely refer to appliances. At the push of a button, fake snow comes flying on your head, a horn plays, or coffee brews... But without the story, the shrines would lack an overall cohesion. The story gives them the status of artifacts. They become consumer goods that testify for a past that never existed. Yet, this past is given a semblance of truth through the physical reality of the shrines. The installation itself plays a role in this process. The walls of Gallery 1724 are not the typical white gallery walls but slats of wood, referring a house rather than a gallery. The signs describing the shrines are printed on plain paper, glued to construction paper. Other signs encouraging the visitors to push buttons are simply handwritten with a marker on pieces of torn cardboard boxes. What some would call "neglect" in the presentation brings the shrines outside of a traditional understanding of fine art. As viewers, we found ourselves in front of a similar situation as if looking at Duchamp's Fountain: but instead of seeking the "art" in an urinal, we are trying to forget the "art" of the shrines to see them as consumer goods, because it is as such that they fully gain a meaning and engage in our delight.

In the midst of falsehood, we still have the tendency to believe the story because it is a good explanation for the presence of the shrines today in a gallery. It functions like a myth: although imaginary, it contains a certain truth. The narrative is entertaining, humorous. Yet, even with its intricate exaggeration and its caricatured characters it is still believable. The story of the businessman with a novel idea, the ups and downs of the trade, the obsession with consumer goods and religion, all are parts of a collective imaginary, an American myth. The attention paid to details, and a tone as objective as possible tend to mislead the viewer into thinking that the story unfolding before his eyes is based on reality. If the story is good...

Isaac Powell: September 25 through November 6, 2010

2010-09-13T19:54:00.000-07:00

Isaac Powell
Opening: Saturday, September 25 from 8pm to 10pm
through November 6, 2010

Powell's art making process is based upon the conflict and the problem solving of visual equations. Typically, he sets up problems for himself; these oppositions can pertain to the subject matter of the piece or could be conceptual or formal. Often, throughout the development of the work, collisions happen between many different types of problems. Powell finds that in the process, vitality happens when he is able to solve both the organic and the self-imposed visual equations at the same time. Often, the image retains the leftover residue, and the important visual trajectories of the initial problem or equation. This visual evidence is necessary to activate the work.

A secondary conflict Powell feels compelled to deal with is that of his own physical 'handicap'. It is important that he displaces this physical handicap by creating highly crafted hand made supports and structures for his paintings and drawings.

About Isaac Powell:
Isaac Powell is a recent graduate of the MFA program at Washington State University who now teaches Painting and Drawing at Eastern Kentucky University. Powell interweaves the themes of life, growth, reproduction, and creativity with those of his own personal history in his still life depictions and topographic reproductions. Having been born without a right hand, the flora in his work directly references the body, its appendages and digits. By addressing his own anxieties through the imagery of plant cuttings and graftings, he has developed his own vocabulary for confronting both awkwardness and beauty.

To see more of his artwork, please visit: www.isaacpowell.com

Venue info:
Gallery 1724
1724 Bissonnet St.
Houston, Texas 77005
713-582-1198

Smitty Regula: September 25 through November 6, 2010

2010-09-13T19:15:00.000-07:00

Smitty Regula
Opening Saturday, September 25 from 8pm to 10pm.
through November 6, 2010.

Following the design revolution of appliances of the 1950’s, Joseph Buttle, a dreamer and schemer, created ShrineCo. in 1953. His dream was to make worship easier and more efficient, and sell this door to door. He did this with his patented shrines, a shrine for any icon, belief, or denomination of religion. Regula, eagerly following in Buttle’s footsteps has researched and carefully reproduced in his own artistic interpretation replicas of only a hand full of the hundreds of shrines Buttle produced and sold.

About Smitty Regula:
Smitty Regula was born in 1976, grew up, and has had many unsuccessful endeavors in his life. He started off quite a while ago informing the public about identity theft from major corporations. Smitty then joined a cult who tried to remanufacture the idea of American consumerism. After this he pushed “grind”, a failed street drug. Regula is presently attempting to follow in the footsteps of “Joseph Buttle” by selling custom shrines door to door. Now Regula drives a chicken.

To learn more about Smitty visit: www.smittyregula.com
Venue info:
Gallery 1724
1724 Bissonnet St.
Houston, Texas 77005
713-582-1198

Wash Day

2010-09-13T12:02:00.001-07:00

Wash is a performance about cleansing, ritual and intimacy. A full day at Gallery 1724 in Houston, Texas was devoted to the washing of hair including anointing with oils. There were twenty participants and numerous observers. It was a nicely paced day of washing and talking. During Wash, conversations included memories of September 11, 2001, memories of having their hair washed by their mothers, and the love and pampering of having their hair washed by someone else. We also discussed comparisons to foot washing and baptism, vulnerability, and the intimacy of touch, particularly to the head.

The performance was documented through photographs and sound.

Above photo courtesy of Dean Liscum and Sophie Simons.

Photos courtesy of: Heather Korb, Dean Liscum, Merilee Minshew, Sophie Simons, and Emily Sloan.

Floor before, with foils...

Floor after, foils with imprint from traffic...

Emily Sloan: Wash---one day only, September 11, 2010

2010-09-04T10:00:00.000-07:00

Wash is a one day performance of the washing of hair. Wash will be performed by Emily Sloan and the participating audience. Recent performance work by Sloan includes Napping Affects Performance, an ongoing project including performances inspired by/while napping which launched at Art League Houston this past May 2010. Sloan also organized this summer's "Salon des Refusés", an exhibition of artworks rejected from Lawndale Art Center's "The BIG Show."

Wash will take place on Saturday, September 11, 2010 from 9am to 5pm at Gallery 1724, 1724 Bissonnet St. (between Dunlay and Woodhead), Houston, Texas, 77005.

“It is the ritual situation which makes the hair “powerful”, not the hair which makes the ritual powerful.” --E. R. Leach

This event is free and open to the public.

Matthew Glover: Knitted Nudes

2010-08-04T17:49:00.000-07:00

Opening: Saturday, August 14, 8pm to 10pm, through September 18, 2010.

The idea of Femininity is traditionally three-fold: Maiden, Mother, and Matron. In this body of work Glover attempts to use signals of each so as to unify them in the mind of the viewer into one vision of woman.

The subject matter, the female nude, falls into a tradition at least as old as the written word. In the setting of an Art Gallery, encountering an image of the female nude brings back the works of past ages, thus echoing the wisdom of the Matron figure as one of humanity's elders.

The medium, knitting, is archetypically a skill passed down from mother to daughter. By using a medium that has an assumed gender of the creator, and is, for the most part, viewed as motherly, the Mother aspect of femininity is folded into the work.

Using black and white images at first harkens to an older era, though the black and white image is, in itself, timeless. Infusing a small bit of colour into the image suggests an emerging nature and identity, that of the Maiden.

It is necessary to universalize the subject though. Each subject is acknowledged by name in the title of the piece, but the intentional low resolution of the finished piece allows the viewer to fill in the details of appearance. The models sought range the entire scope of womanhood, Matron to Maiden, Curvy to Thin. Thus the whole series, when viewed, reinforces the whole.

Melanie Jamison: Index For The Molecular Inevitable

2010-08-04T17:47:00.000-07:00

Opening: Saturday, August 14, 8pm to 10pm, through September 18, 2010.

Melanie Jamison observes concepts of singularity through experimental music. She builds sonic indexes of field recordings, found sound, and improvised material which are then treated as an informational database. From these aural reserves, she creates textural layers of sonic collage and integrate the final compositions into multidisciplinary settings for performance and listening.

“Index For The Molecular Inevitable” addresses the recent discovery of a Tiger Electronics Talkboy corroded by a decade of battery acid. Her solution for this loss: a tricked out motorcycle helmet should transport to compositions of retro cassette tape excerpts. This visceral installation should facilitate the elemental components of destination, intention, memory, and the solitary experience.

"Index For The Molecular Inevitable" can be found in the bathroom behind the bookcase.

Bio:

Melanie Jamison is an aesthetician certified by the SuperColliding Introspective Review. She recently graduated from the Illustration program at Parsons School of Design. As a student in New York, Jamison studied Indian classical vocal training in the Kirana tradition with La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela. She now independently composes electronic music and participates as an experimental vocalist and sound texture contributor as a member of the female improvisational band last referred to as Pear Prickley Pear.

Salon pics

2010-08-04T17:41:00.000-07:00

Last week of the "Salon des Refusés" and Pick-up info.

2010-08-02T13:37:00.000-07:00

This is the last week of the "Salon des Refusés." The exhibition will be on view through this Saturday, August 7, 2010.

Artwork pick-up reminder for artists:

Sunday, August 8 from 1pm to 4pm
and
Monday, August 9 from 4pm to 8pm

Thank you all! We have loved hosting this event!

Looking at Art

2010-07-15T08:52:00.000-07:00

Wednesday, July 14, Victoria and Marshall Lightman's "Looking at Art" group visited the "Salon des Refusés."

Looking at art...

Talking with Carol Scott...

Listening to Doug Cason...

Salon des Refusés

2010-07-10T20:20:00.000-07:00

"Salon des Refusés" is a exhibition featuring artwork rejected from Lawndale Art Center's The BIG Show 2010. The exhibition will be on view at Gallery 1724, 1724 Bissonnet St. (between Dunlavy and Woodhead), Houston, Texas 77005 from July 9 through August 7, 2010.

Bonnie Blue's Women Who Rock Art Car!

Below: Salon entrance.

Janet Hassinger and her artwork.

All images courtesy of Emily Sloan.

Salon des Refusés---opening Friday, July 9, 8pm-10pm

2010-07-03T14:01:00.000-07:00

Please join Gallery 1724 for "Salon des Refusés" opening Friday, July
9, from 8pm-10pm. The exhibition will close August 7.

"Salon des Refusés" is an exhibition of artworks rejected from the Big
Show 2010 at Lawndale Art Center, 4912 Main St., Houston, Texas 77002.
The BIG Show will be opening the same evening from 6:30pm to 8:30pm.

A special thanks to all participating artists!

Fariba Abedin
Melinda Ainsworth
Joel A. Bender, Jr.
Bonnie Blue
Deborah Bright
Will Brooks
Greg Budwine
Douglas Cason
Vachu Chilakamarri
Gabriel Craig
Hillary Cumberworth
Anthony Day
Ronald Dykes
Jennifer M. Dunn
Bill Fester
Jeff Forster
Reema Forster
Helena Gijsbers van Wijk
Stephanie Guajardo
Rachel Robertson Harmeyer
Janet Hassinger
Sarah Hazel
Jane B. Honovich
Cynthia Hoyt
Cecilia Johnson
John M. Linden II
Carrie Marbello
Caroline Z. Marcos
Laura "Mic" McAllister
Van McFarland
Edgar Meza
Merilee Minshew
Deborah Moore
John Nichols
Richard Nix
Annette K. Palmer
Donna E. Perkins
Chasity Porter
Valerie Powell
Preetika Rajgariah
Gilbert Ruiz Jr.
Steve Ruth
Mitch Samuels "Grystar"
Charlie Jean Sartwelle
Louise Schlachter
Carol Scott
Rachel K. Skov
Emily Sloan
Karen Smith
Madilyn Stein
Marie-Pierre Stien
Texas Pizza
Cookie Wells
Tangerine Williams
Sally Worthington
Julie Zarate
Zepeda

Regular hours are Tuesdays through Saturdays from 11am to 6pm. Stop
by, or call 713-582-1198 for an appointment.

Drop-off for Salon des Refusés---Monday, June 28 and Tuesday, June 29, 2010

2010-07-03T13:43:00.001-07:00

Mary's sign.

The gallery parking lot! Reporter Virginia Billeaud Anderson was on hand interviewing artists as they dropped-off their artworks.

Signing in...

A pizza was delivered?

Even the pizza delivery artist had to sign the waiver!

Art...

More art...

Announcing: Salon des Refusés, call for artwork rejected from The Big Show 2010 !

2010-05-21T13:35:00.000-07:00

Salon des Refusés—call for artworks rejected from Lawndale Art Center’s The Big Show 2010.

Details:

*must be an artwork rejected from Lawndale Art Center’s The Big Show 2010 (present The Big Show entry label)

*one entry per artist

*Location: Gallery 1724, 1724 Bissonnet (between Dunlavy and Woodhead), Houston, TX 77005 (www.gallery1724.blogspot.com).

*Delivery times and dates: Monday, June 28, 4pm-9pm and Tuesday, June 29, 4pm-6pm.

*Exhibition dates: Friday, July 9 through Saturday, August 7, 2010

*Note: Artwork may be turned away due to size and available space.

*No juror

*No prizes

*Free to enter!

For additional information, contact Emily Sloan at 713-582-1198 or emily@emilysloan.com

Thank you!

“Salon des Refusés" will open Friday, July 9, from 8pm-10pm at Gallery 1724 located at 1724 Bissonnet (between Dunlavy and Woodhead), Houston, Texas 77005. The exhibition will close August 7. "Salon des Refusés" is an exhibition of artworks rejected from the Big Show 2010 at Lawndale Art Center, 4912 Main St., Houston, Texas 77002.

Congratulations Lane!

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Congratulations to Lane Hagood for winning the 2010 Hunting Art Prize!

Lane Hagood: Old Book Smell

2010-04-26T10:14:00.001-07:00

Opening Saturday, May 8, 8-10pm

through Saturday, June 19

Above image: Diseased Writer

from Lane:
“Old Book Smell” is a show of a group of drawings that reflect my interest in the lives of thinkers and books. Philosophers, poets, writers, artists and bohemian wanderers are what obsess me. I tend to romanticize these people and spend most of my free time sifting through bookstores looking for books chronicling the lives of these restless souls. The book as an object is something that I think of all the time. I love holding a book in my hands and digging my nose deep into its contours attempting to escape into a world that once was. To me a book is like a mask. It conceals the world and all of the monotony that everyday life brings. A book takes me away into another world where I dwell with my idols and listen to the wisdom of my heroes.

To see more of Lane's artwork, please visit:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yar
http://rippedosaurusflex.blogspot.com/
http://sketchklubb.com/

Sarah G. Sharp: Family Crests for the Disenfranchised

2010-04-26T10:13:00.000-07:00

Opening Saturday, May 8, 8-10pm

through Saturday, June 19

From Sarah:
Whether by force or by choice, whether on the outside of a large family or a small town, there is a symbiotic relationship between the dominant culture and the edge-dwellers of any group. Every group of insiders needs a group of “outsiders” in order to define itself. Somewhere in the space between acceptance and rejection lies a complicated liminality where dogmatic group think, seductive/mythic language, and hidden motivations can be revealed. I make sculpture, drawings and video that explore the construction and expression of individual belief systems, often scripted by a larger “community.”

My recent work draws on vernacular architecture, analog communication structures, and the inspirational landscape imagery to address the magical thinking required to maintain strict belief structures in the face of contradiction and improbability. A current series, Family Crests for the Disenfranchised, imagines heraldic imagery for outsider. I often use domestic materials like contact paper, linoleum, aluminum tape and salt, which I transform into images and objects that are familiar, funny and fantastical.

To see more of Sarah's artwork, please visit:
http://www.sarahgsharp.net

FOTOFEST: In the Beginning...William Winker / Hayden Fosdick

2010-03-15T09:46:00.000-07:00

In the beginning...A William Winkler / Hayden Fosdick Collaboration

Opening reception: Saturday, March 20, 8-10pm

Gallery hours: 11am to 6pm, Tuesday through Saturday
through April 25

Appointments recommended. Please call: 713-582-1198.

For more information, please visit: http://www.williamwinklerphotographs.com

(Above image courtesy of William Winkler and Hayden Fosdick.)

Farewell to Rosebud...

2010-03-12T12:45:00.001-08:00

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today,
Tomorrow will be dying.
---Robert Herrick

Our dear chicken Rosebud passed away Thursday afternoon, March 11, 2010. Tim and Rosebud are pictured above.

Rosebud and Rita.

Rosebud at an opening being carried around after a broken toe. Smitty Regula, creator of the Hen-a-tron, watches in the background.

Rosebud and friends.

Photos courtesy of Mary Scheible of Click Photography and Emily Sloan.

Not the Family Jewels!

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Lauren Kalman's "Hard Wear (Pearls)"

Not the Family Jewels! is an exhibition exploring non-precious and in some cases “not-so-wearable” wearable artworks . Artists include: Gabriel Craig, Arthur Hash, Lauren Kalman, Masumi Kataoka, Katja Korsawe, Edward McCartney, Gwendolyn McLarty, Erika Pahk, Natalya Pinchuk, Gary Schott, Amy Weiks, and Kristi Wilson.

Some materials and approaches in the show include credit cards, fishing bobs, felt, performance, rawhide, rubber bands, seed bombs, terry cloth, video, vintage quilt remnants, and zip ties.

Opening reception: Saturday, February 6, 8-10pm
Curator’s talk at 7:30pm

Closing reception: Thursday, March 11, 7-10pm
Show runs through Sunday, March 14, 2010.

Monday-Saturday 11am-6pm, appointment recommended
For an appointment, call 713-582-1198.

Click here and here to read/see more on the show!

Mina and Dan Graur as “walking” art exhibitions. Mina generously loaned two pieces from her collection for the exhibition.

(Above images are exhibition views.)

Opening Saturday, November 7, 8-10pm---Julia Fernandez-Pol and Valerie Powell

2009-10-14T08:44:00.000-07:00

Biomorphic Organisms:
New Drawings by Julia Fernandez-Pol
http://juliafernandezpol.com

and

Layered Moments:
by Valerie Powell
http://valeriepowell.com

Opening reception:
Saturday, November 7, 2009, 8-10pm

Through December 31, 2009
11am-6pm, Tuesdays-Saturdays
Holidays open by appointment
Call 713.523.2547 or 713.582.1198

(Fernandez-Pol: left image, Powell: right image)

Frances Trotter, opening Saturday, September 12

2009-07-23T07:45:00.001-07:00

25/25 Shadows and Ashes
New work by Frances Carroll Trotter
Opening reception: Sat., Sept. 12, 2009, 8-10pm

Through October 24, 2009

11am-6pm, Tuesdays-Saturdays
end of September open by appointment, call 713.582.1198

Dirty Drawers

2009-06-22T21:07:00.000-07:00

Opening reception:
Saturday, July 11, 2009, 8-10pm
champagne toast and introductions at 9pm

Lorrie Aslakson, William Bailey, Rafael Castañet, Jess W. Coleman, Brian Ford, Gena Haber, Byrne Jackson, Cam Lu, Fiona F. Maclean, Austin McClure, Annette K. Palmer, and William Tone are a group meeting weekly at Art League Houston to draw and paint from the figure. This exhibition will feature their creations. Nude art models will be attending the opening reception!

11am-6pm, Tues.-Saturdays through September 1, 2009.

August 1-15--Open by appointment.
call (713-582-1198)