String Monuments: An Installation by Annett Lawrence

Jan 16th - Mar 14th, 2010 -

Annette Lawrence's String Monuments, is part of an ongoing body of work that originated in 1994 at Project Row Houses in Houston, Texas.  Her work is generally related to text and information, often in response to physical space and time. It is grounded in autobiography, counting, and the measurement of everyday life.   Her string installations are a response to architecture as monumental text. The string presents a visual lightness, balanced by the substantial physicality and scale of the work. References to lattice, woven vessels, suspension bridges, and musical instruments often emerge.

Lawrence's subjects of inquiry range from body cycles, to ancestor portraits, music lessons, and unsolicited mail.  Other String Installations by Lawrence have been installed in Johannesburg, South Africa; Ann Arbor; New York; and Dallas.

Opening reception 7 p.m. Jan. 16

Wild Things

Oct 3rd - Apr 4th, 2009 -

Wild Things

Continuing - April 4, 2010

Wild Things celebrates the fantastic creations of self-taught artists especially those who work on a visionary plane.  These works frequently inspire wonder and sometimes provoke laughter as they celebrate the creative act.  "Wild Things" examines these aspects in such works as Ken Ellington's Cyclops face jug or Mona McCalmon's eerily whimsical head of a forest nymph made of found tree limbs and carved burled wood.  Also included in the exhibition are Dale Brown's obsessively constructed violins made of thousands of match sticks and Donnie Neas' refined and fantastic drawings that invite us to lose ourselves in their intricacies.