Glasstire counts down the top five art events in Texas.
For last week’s picks, please go here.
Installation view of Sherry Tseng Hill’s “liminal being”
1. Sherry Tseng Hill: liminal being
Moody Gallery (Houston)
November 9 – December 21, 2024
From Moody Gallery:
“Moody Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by Sherry Tseng Hill. liminal being marks her first exhibition at the gallery. The artist states, ‘From the Latin word limen, meaning threshold, the liminal state is the gray area between two states of being, a sense of the present while glancing at that slightly distant feeling, ambiguous and unfixed, the cross-over in which self-understandings and boundaries of thought can shift and expand, and behaviors change. My work explores this feeling of being on the threshold between two things.’”
Yana Payusova, “Decoy,” 2024.
2. Yana Payusova: Is Your Halo On Too Tight?
Conduit Gallery (Dallas)
October 26 – November 30, 2024
From Conduit Gallery:
“Conduit Gallery is honored to announce the second solo exhibition in the Conduit Gallery Project Room, of ceramic based paintings by Russian-born, Arizona-based Yana Payusova. Payusova’s paintings and sculptures blend the styles and symbols of folk art, icons, graphic poster art, illustration, and comics, and reflect both her cultural heritage and her training in traditional Russian realist painting. The work in Is Your Halo On Too Tight?, created in part during her recent residence at C.R.E.T.A. in Rome, is Payusova’s attempt to make sense of our new reality. Highly detailed ceramic sculpture and a wall-based installation inspired by a Rube Goldberg machine explore how propaganda and misinformation operate within our news cycle and society as a whole.”
Katarina Janečková Walshe in her studio. Artwork and image courtesy the artist
3. HOST: Katarina Janečková Walshe
The Contemporary Austin
September 6 – December 8, 2024
From The Contemporary Austin:
“Katarina Janečková Walshe’s painterly practice has long explored complexities of female-identified experience, including sexuality, domesticity, and motherhood. Ten years ago, when she moved from her hometown of Bratislava, Slovakia to Corpus Christi, Texas, she was prompted to examine how those aspects of experience manifest in American and Texan culture. In this installation, titled Mother Land, the artist extends her inquiry to contemplate the transformative potential that applying a mother’s love and care universally might unleash.”
Read a review of the exhibition here.
A work by Jesselyn Gordon
4. Jesselyn Gordon: Bloomed Before Me
Un Grito Gallery (San Antonio)
October 31 – November 21, 2024
From Un Grito Gallery:
“Un Grito Gallery is pleased to present Bloomed Before Me by Jesselyn Gordon.
Artist statement: My work emerges from a deep-rooted need to navigate the complexities of existence and our place within the vast expanse of the universe. Each creation is a reflection of my quest to process the enigma of time and space while seeking connection amidst our seemingly insignificant presence. With an overarching vision to overwhelm viewers with the sheer volume of work, I aim to underscore the fragility of our existence, reminding us of our inherent smallness and the delicate balance upon which our lives teeter. This current body of work is an extension of my previous explorations into themes of grief, relationships, and the profound questions that are interwoven into our existence. It delves into the relentless interrogation of our purpose and the relentless pursuit of understanding.”
A work by Gavin Gilmore
5. Gavin Gilmore: Layers
Anne Dean Turk Fine Arts Gallery, Kilgore College
November 4 – December 5, 2024
From Kilgore College:
“Gilmore examines the practice of mark-making through pigments and various media. Working with different materials and processes, I explore what defines a mark, and how the methods and techniques change while the work progresses. A native of East Texas, Gilmore takes inspiration from the things around him, and his twenty-years’ experience as an art educator has deepened his need for creative expression. In the time of COVID, he decided to further his studies in the visual arts. Gilmore’s works involve complex processes of layering and removal of materials — to cover over and then partially excavate the imagery to reveal something of what has been hidden.”
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