JANUARY 24 – MARCH 9, 2019
SILVER STREET STUDIOS
2000 Edwards Street, Houston, TX 77007
FotoFest presents THE ASSEMBLY: Photography from Houston's Galleries, a new exhibition highlighting high-quality photography and video represented by a selection of the city’s contemporary fine art galleries.
Featuring the work of 23 artists, from 10 Houston commercial galleries, the exhibition shows the breadth of contemporary art photography shown in the city. The selection includes young, emerging artists alongside photographers that are well-established internationally. Nearly all are living.
William Christenberry (1936–2016), House and Car, Near Akron, Alabama, 1978/2017. Courtesy of Moody Gallery, Houston.
THE ARTISTS
ANYA TISH GALLERY - Katja Loher (Switzerland/USA), Richard Tuschman (Poland/USA)
CATHERINE COUTURIER GALLERY - Renate Aller (Germany/USA), Keith Carter (USA), S. Gayle Stevens (USA)
CINDY LISICA GALLERY - Jan Rattia (Venezuela/USA)
DEBORAH COLTON GALLERY - Frank Rodick (Canada), Olga Tobreluts (Russia)
FOTO RELEVANCE - Paul-André Larocque (Canada), Claire Rosen (USA)
INMAN GALLERY - Amy Blakemore (USA), Edgar Leciejewski (Germany), Linarejos Moreno (Spain), Demetrius Oliver (USA), Dario Robleto (USA);
JONATHAN HOPSON - Emily Peacock (USA)
MOODY GALLERY - Debra Barrera (USA), William Christenberry (USA), Dornith Doherty (USA)
SICARDI | AYERS | BACINO - Geraldo de Barros (Brazil), Liliana Porter (Argentina/USA)
TEXAS GALLERY - Lee Friedlander (USA), William Wegman (USA)
An integral part of a healthy and vibrant art community in any city, commercial galleries work alongside and often in collaboration with artists, museums, and non-profit art presenters to create a functional creative environment that nurtures all participants, from art-maker, to presenters, to collectors. At their finest, art dealers are advocates for and partners with the artists they represent and exhibit. Understanding the role that commercial galleries and gallerists play in the development and dissemination of artists’ work is important to understanding the landscape of a city’s creative community.
Like the artists, the galleries represented in The Assembly possess a diversity of experience. The most established have operated since the 1970s, while the newest are under five years old. Each have established themselves as serious dealers with discerning taste, and an exciting roster of photographers among the artists they represent. Two of the galleries are dedicated photography galleries, while others focus on Contemporary Art, with further specializations such as Latin American art. Several work nationally and internationally, exhibiting at prominent art fairs in New York, Miami and elsewhere.
The exhibition is about the quality and diversity of the individual artists’ talent, the Houston art ecosystem, as well as the galleries and their particular tastes and sensibilities. It offers a chance to see what the individual galleries are known for, and whom they show.
#TheAssembly #HoustonGalleries
EVENTS
Thursday, January 24, 2019, 6-8pm / Exhibition and Artists Reception
FotoFest at Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards Street, Houston, TX 77007
Refreshments provided by Saint Arnold Brewing Company and Total Wine & More
Saturday, January 26, 2019, 2pm / Artist Talks and Tour
FotoFest International at Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards Street, Houston, TX 77007
With artists Debra Barrera, Paul-André Larocque, Emily Peacock, and Jan Rattia
Saturday, February 9, 2019, 6pm / Keith Carter: Fifty Years - Artist Talk and Book Signing
FotoFest International at Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards Street, Houston, TX 77007
Wednesday, February 20, 2019, 6:30pm / Do the Hustle: Creating and Sustaining a Commercial Art Gallery – Panel Discussion
FotoFest International at Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards Street, Houston, TX 77007
With gallerists Jonathan Hopson, Kerry Inman, and Betty Moody
2018-2019 EXHIBITION SPONSORS
Houston Endowment; The Brown Foundation, Inc.; City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance; David and Martha Moore; National Endowment for the Arts; Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation; The Wortham Foundation; Texas Commission on the Arts; Judith and Gamble Baldwin; The Powell Foundation; FotoFest Board of Directors; Silver Street Studios; Hexagroup; Iland Internet Solutions; and generous donors to the FotoFest Challenge Grant and FotoFest Annual Fund
Special Support for The Assembly: Photography from Houston’s Galleries comes from Saint Arnold Brewing Company and Total Wine & More
FOTOFEST
© 2023 FotoFest
STAY CONNECTED