Archway Gallery
Upcoming Exhibition Calendar
Upcoming Exhibition Calendar
Opening receptions are usually the first Saturday of each month, with some possible exceptions due to holidays. All receptions are from 5 to 8 p.m. Media - Press Releases
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August 4 - 30, 2018
Pictura-Ferramento:
A Duet for Painting and Iron Work
Featuring Recent Collaborative Works by Michael Mistric and Richard Brian
Opening Reception
DATE: Saturday, August 11, 2018
TIME: 5 - 8 p.m.; with Artist Talk at 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION: 2305 Dunlavy, Houston, TX 77006
Complimentary Valet Parking
Light Refreshments, including bites generously provided by Kam's
DATE: Saturday, August 11, 2018
TIME: 5 - 8 p.m.; with Artist Talk at 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION: 2305 Dunlavy, Houston, TX 77006
Complimentary Valet Parking
Light Refreshments, including bites generously provided by Kam's
Pictura-Ferramento: A Duet for Painting and Iron Work is an exhibition featuring the recent collaborative works of painter Michael Mistric and metal worker Richard Brian in two and three dimensional formats. Mistric’s bold, colorful, and highly rhythmic abstractions in oil set the themes for Brian’s improvisations in metal, which frame or support the painted works. Each artist’s contribution harmonizes with the other’s, creating a dynamic and exuberant whole.
The geometrical shapes, patterns, and fluid curves silhouetted in black over strong colors that predominate in Mistric’s work spring spontaneously from his head to his hand without prior deliberation. Brian riffs on these, using metal cutouts, mesh, and iron, sometimes in counterpoint to and at other times in completion of Mistric’s forms. Together, the artists produce works which generate a distinctly personal visual association for each viewer, while expressing their overall joy in the process of creation itself.
The geometrical shapes, patterns, and fluid curves silhouetted in black over strong colors that predominate in Mistric’s work spring spontaneously from his head to his hand without prior deliberation. Brian riffs on these, using metal cutouts, mesh, and iron, sometimes in counterpoint to and at other times in completion of Mistric’s forms. Together, the artists produce works which generate a distinctly personal visual association for each viewer, while expressing their overall joy in the process of creation itself.
September 1 - October 4, 2018
Transparent
Featuring Recent Collages and Paintings by Barbara Able
Opening Reception
DATE: Saturday, September 8, 2018
TIME: 5 - 8 p.m.; with Artist Talk at 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION: 2305 Dunlavy, Houston, TX 77006
Complimentary Valet Parking
Light Refreshments, including bites generously provided by Kam's
DATE: Saturday, September 8, 2018
TIME: 5 - 8 p.m.; with Artist Talk at 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION: 2305 Dunlavy, Houston, TX 77006
Complimentary Valet Parking
Light Refreshments, including bites generously provided by Kam's
Barbara Able's new body of work, Transparent, is inspired by her childhood fascination with her grandmother's stereoscope. The stereoscope is a device by which two photographs of the same object taken at slightly different angles are viewed together, creating an impression of depth. Able constructs her new collages with two layers: the top layer of images is on transparent film, which allows the viewer to see the images below them as well.
Colorful acrylic and oil paintings explore the effects of translucent boxes on Able's imagery, including reflections of viewers as they peer inside. Night scenes are created using luminous lights, which cast colored shadows on the images below.
Colorful acrylic and oil paintings explore the effects of translucent boxes on Able's imagery, including reflections of viewers as they peer inside. Night scenes are created using luminous lights, which cast colored shadows on the images below.
October 6 - November 1, 2018
Deep Space Communication
New Work by Kevin Cromwell
Opening Reception
DATE: Saturday, October 6, 2018
TIME: 5 - 8 p.m.; with Artist Talk at 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION: 2305 Dunlavy, Houston, TX 77006
Complimentary Valet Parking
Light Refreshments, including bites generously provided by Kam's
DATE: Saturday, October 6, 2018
TIME: 5 - 8 p.m.; with Artist Talk at 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION: 2305 Dunlavy, Houston, TX 77006
Complimentary Valet Parking
Light Refreshments, including bites generously provided by Kam's
Is anyone listening? When we stare up at night, through the dark swirls of dust and the burning light of stars, don't we wonder who is staring back? Kevin Cromwell’s new show is the story of communication between life across time and space. The search for closeness, in spite of distance, can bring us all closer together.
When Cromwell was young, he would spend a lot of time walking around at night; he liked the night sky and the quiet empty streets. Often, he would look up into the night sky and think about the future. For this recent body of work, the artist draws from those deep times in his life; looking backwards as well as into the future once again to imagine how we might continue out into the stars.
When Cromwell was young, he would spend a lot of time walking around at night; he liked the night sky and the quiet empty streets. Often, he would look up into the night sky and think about the future. For this recent body of work, the artist draws from those deep times in his life; looking backwards as well as into the future once again to imagine how we might continue out into the stars.
November 3 - 29, 2018
The Male Gaze
Paintings by John Slaby
Opening Reception
DATE: Saturday, November 3, 2018
TIME: 5 - 8 p.m.; with Artist Talk at 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION: 2305 Dunlavy, Houston, TX 77006
Complimentary Valet Parking
Light Refreshments, including bites generously provided by Kam's
DATE: Saturday, November 3, 2018
TIME: 5 - 8 p.m.; with Artist Talk at 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION: 2305 Dunlavy, Houston, TX 77006
Complimentary Valet Parking
Light Refreshments, including bites generously provided by Kam's
Breathing life into a staid and overworked art form, John Slaby paints the human figure, predominately female, in a traditional, realist style with a contemporary twist. He chose the provocative title The Male Gaze as a challenge to the criticisms of this genre and sees his work as using the female form to represent all of humanity. These figures are the language Slaby uses to express his thoughts and feelings on the human condition. The artist clarifies, “These women are anything but objects; they are a part of me. They reflect my self and my life. As my life has changed, so too has their depiction.”
Slaby’s highly realistic oil paintings range from small wood panels in a limited palette to near life-size canvases in brilliant color. Of note are the pedestal pieces, in which both sides of the panel have been painted – updating a Renaissance practice. All throughout, the work is imbued with strong narrative possibilities, offering up a mirror in which for you to gaze.
Slaby’s highly realistic oil paintings range from small wood panels in a limited palette to near life-size canvases in brilliant color. Of note are the pedestal pieces, in which both sides of the panel have been painted – updating a Renaissance practice. All throughout, the work is imbued with strong narrative possibilities, offering up a mirror in which for you to gaze.
December 1, 2018 - January 3, 2019
The Drift of Stars
Featuring Recent Work by Liz Conces Spencer
Opening Reception
DATE: Saturday, December 1, 2018
TIME: 5 - 8 p.m.; with Artist Talk at 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION: 2305 Dunlavy, Houston, TX 77006
Complimentary Valet Parking
Light Refreshments, including bites generously provided by Kam's
DATE: Saturday, December 1, 2018
TIME: 5 - 8 p.m.; with Artist Talk at 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION: 2305 Dunlavy, Houston, TX 77006
Complimentary Valet Parking
Light Refreshments, including bites generously provided by Kam's
Liz Conces Spencer’s new body of work reflects visually on inner and outer spaces, along with the poetry of this interpretation. These vibrant works of art are created in fused glass, acrylic paint, and various drawing media.