Glasstire counts down the top five art events in Texas.
For last week’s picks, please go here.
Janet Chaffee, “Deliberate Involute, No. 3”
1. Janet Chaffee and Benito Huerta: She Said He Said
Kirk Hopper Fine Art
December 7–January 11, 2025
From Janet Chaffee’s artist’s statement:
“In my most recent large-scale charcoal drawings, I continue to explore nature and abstraction, but I narrowed my medium, palette, and imagery. Examining Mondrian’s perfection through abstraction is a counterpoint to Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem Dear Darkening Ground. One artist worked to push away from nature while the other recognized its inevitable power and undeniable presence. I work in a space where nature and the history of abstraction collide to inform one another and invite questions about the natural world I have experienced and know alongside the art history I have embraced.”
From Benito Huerta’s artist’s statement:
“This exhibition includes a sampling of my sculpture, painting, drawing, and print work. My subject matter includes an amalgamation of political, economic, and social commentary along with personal identity and pop culture references. There are a couple of strands of work that are different from each other, visually.”
An installation view of “Marie Leterme: Regeneration”
2. Marie Leterme: Regeneration
Galveston Artist Residency
November 30, 2024 through January 5, 2025
From Galveston Artist Residency:
“Born in Belgium, Leterme attended University of Leuven, Belgium and Catholic University in Paris. Having emigrated to Houston and without a formal art education Leterme discovered the joy of art making in the ceramic sculpture classes of artist Otis Huband in the early 70’s, followed by Ceramics and Printmaking classes at the Glassell.
After spending most of 1979 and 1980 in Belgium including a residency at the Frans Masereel Center for Graphics, and exhibitions of etchings and ceramic sculpture in Charleroi and Oostende, Leterme returned to Houston where she founded Atelier1513 an Etching Studio and Gallery, in Rice Village in 1981. She taught printmaking workshops at the Art League of Houston, Hill Country Arts Foundation, and her own Atelier1513. From 1983 to 1992 Leterme printed editions for several artists including Knox Martin, John Pavlicek, Benito Huerta, Steven Besselman and architect Charles Moore.”
Rachel Wolfson Smith, “Woman Creating Container for Her Thoughts,” 2023, graphite on paper, 29 x 38 inches
3. Rachel Wolfson Smith: Love & Gravity
Ivester Contemporary
November 30 – January 11, 2025
“Ivester Contemporary is proud to announce Love and Gravity, Rachel Wolfson Smith’s second solo exhibition at the gallery. This exhibition features expressive graphite drawings and cyanotypes created during a pivotal time in the artist’s life while raising young children. These works reflect upon the universal yet deeply personal experience of caregiving. Through layered marks and imagined landscapes, Love and Gravity invites viewers into Smith’s exploration of growth, transformation, and balance.”
An installation view of “De Generación En Generación: 3 Generations of Chicano/a Artists”
4. De Generación En Generación: 3 Generations of Chicano/a Artists
Weil Gallery, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
November 11 – February 1, 2025
From – Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi:
“The title for this exhibition, From Generation to Generation, was inspired by the iconic photograph entitled De Generación En Generación. The Mexican photographer, Lola Alvarez Bravo, captured this image of a young woman with a child resting on her hip. The mother is turned away from us, but the child looks deeply into our eyes. The idea of this exhibition is reflected in the eyes of this child which carries the life of Mexico forward through time. In a similar manner, the works of art created by Gina Gwen Palacios is carried on the shoulders of Antonio E. Garcia and Amado Pena in the history of South Texas Chicanx art. The work looks back to the past, but also looks forward to a better time of greater equality of representation in the broader scope of American art history. Showcasing South Texas art across three generations, this collaborative research project includes Texas A&M University-Kingsville (Dr. Liz Kim), Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (Dr. Carey Rote), and University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (Gina Gwen Palacios). The project is the first to document a generational view of art in South Texas from over a century, filling a necessary gap in research on the cultural history of the region spanning the Texas Rio Grande Valley to the Coastal Bend.”
Read a review of the exhibition here.
A work by Emiliano Rebon
5. Emiliano Rebon: Sentient
Dock Space Gallery
December 12 – January 2, 2025
From Dock Space Gallery:
“Emiliano Rebon is a metal artist & sculptor. Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, now living in San Antonio, Texas, his sculptures are created using scrap metal found all over the city. Not only is Rebon’s use of recycled metal environmentally friendly, but it gives new life and purpose to material that was discarded and forgotten. This allows him to show how perfectly imperfect art can be. Emiliano Rebon has worked full time as an artist the last few years and believes that ‘just like the metal found on the side of the road; it is never too late to reinvent ourselves and follow our true passion.’”
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