The Kenmore...a new project

Not just another white cube, the Kenmore is an artist run gallery space measuring 6"x6"x10". It is operated by Emily Sloan and housed in the freezer of her mini-fridge at Box 13 ArtSpace in Houston, Texas. It is part of a project with Aisen Caro Chacin's N Gallery. The Kenmore is a space developed to keep ideas fresh through the opportunity of a unique exhibition context. Follow us at: http://the-kenmore.blogspot.com

Not the Family Jewels!

"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 (shown), 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.

March 2010, the Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) will be meeting in Houston for their annual conference. So timing, along with my own artistic interests in non-traditional materials (if there is such a distinction) and exhibition contexts (in this case the body) fueled my interest in sharing these artists’ work.

Show location:
Gallery 1724
1724 Bissonnet
Houston, TX 77005

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.

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

Puppy Pile in a Bar...

January 29, a puppy pile was performed at NOTSUOH in Houston, Texas. A score of "Please join me in a puppy pile" was presented on a sign for the audience to read and decide whether to participate. I chose the score and had painter Heather Strange paint the words on the sign for me. This was to bring the event even further from my control as I knew it already would be performed in public. Writer and educator Emily Bludworth read Miranda July's short story "This Person" while I lay on blankets next to the sign. Three people joined me.



Heather Strange





Start of pile...






Emily Bludworth reading next to pile.





Audience at Notsuoh.

Memento Mori Landscapes / Blaffer Gallery

These are snow globe and crystal ball inspired memento mori landscape objects.

Mememto Mori Landscape: Dead Man Road (Texas Hwy. 69)
14"x14"x9"
c-print, plastic, liquid with particles, hardware
2009


(partial view of room)

Memento Mori Landscape: Debris at Edge of Forest (off Texas Hwy. 69 near Hwy. 63)
14"x14"x9"
c-print, plastic, liquid with particles, hardware
2009

Houston Lamp Project

Sabine Street Bridge Lamp, Houston, Texas...a gift for people passing by and people that have found temporary shelter under the bridge.

To Whom It May Concern...

To Whom It May Concern...
Started in the fall of 2008 and on view in a vacant (privately owned) lot at the 4900 block of Main St. between Texas State Optical and Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas. This is a part of my Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts Studio Residency here in Houston, Texas.

This piece is composed of mulch (and debris in some areas) and is intended to blow away/disperse/broadcast out over time as public notices and messages do. I chose the site as at one point I had a studio overlooking the lot, and I would often look out of my windows onto the area. It was also a good view for seeing people stop to examine it.

To my surprise, the letters have remained neatly intact even through some small rain storms. While it may take some time to disperse naturally (or at least next hurricane season), there are other innumerable possibilities that could potentially speed up its broadcasting such as it being used as a parking lot, etc.

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New entry: February 7, 2009, I returned to this lot to document the piece, and it is completely gone. I went next door into Lawndale Art Center to ask if they knew what happened to it and was told that they decided to mulch their trees with it...The End.


Images courtesy of Shane M. Maberry and Emily Sloan.

"Still Life" from Global House Warming Series

Some images of the "Still Life" globes--both still and unstill (spinning).






Opening reception: Saturday, November 15, 8-10pm.
Show runs: November 15-December 27, 2008
Address: 1724 Bissonnet Street, Houston, Texas 77005