Weekend -ist List: Art Openings

Andy Warhol: Three Houston Women
Exhibit | March 16-July 8, 2007
Menil Collection | 1515 Sul Ross Houston, TX 77006
Wednesday-Sunday | 11am-7pm
Cost | FREE

Beginning in the late 1960s, Andy Warhol (1928–1987) produced serial silkscreen portraits of three of Houston’s leading arts figures: Jermayne MacAgy, Dominique de Menil (pictured), and Caroline Wiess Law. These portraits will be united for the first time in a special exhibition, “Andy Warhol: Three Houston Women.”

Walk in the Woods/Atmospheric Landscapes: Recent Works by Bede Van Dyke
M2 Gallery | 325 West 19th Street | www.m2-houston.com
Exhibit | March 14-April 14
Artist Reception | Saturday March 17 from 6pm-9pm
Gallery Hours | Wednesday-Sunday 10am-6pm

"Walk In the Woods" offers the viewer a safe, reality based body of work. Logic, math and science lead the individual on a stroll where facts rule. Out of chaos comes order, pattern and knowledge emerging to engulf the viewer and keep them grounded. "Atmospheric Landscapes" leads the viewer into the "big picture" of intellectually-based possibilities. The viewer is forced to rely on feelings, philosophy and imagination. Beliefs, special perception and future potentials project the viewer into the realm of inner self. Tranquility, peace and true bliss await the viewer. Both bodies of work co-exist and represent what it means to be a physical and a non-physical being.

The Pump that Jack Used
Art League Houston | 1953 Montrose
Exhibition | March 16-April 27
Opening Reception (and artist talk) | March 16 6pm-8pm
Regular Gallery Hours | Tues-Fri 9am-5pm, Saturday 11am-5pm
Cost | Free

The Pump that Jack Used, an interactive multimedia installation of works by Anthony Thompson Shumate. Shumate's work, while conceptually intense, has the slick, precise air of corporate-generated imagery. It's no coincidence; Shumate worked in advertising to pay his way through college, and continues to employ the skills of the shill in his artwork. Using the master's tools to deconstruct the master's house, Shumate now concerns himself with what he calls "war through enculturation," asking viewers to question the ways in which mass media and other aspects of our culture attempt to limit our perceptions and possibilities.

Blossom: The Art of Flowers
Houston Museum of Natural Science | One Hermann Circle Dr.
Exhibit | March 16-May 20
Gallery Hours | Mon,Wed-Sun 9am-5pm, Tues 9am-9pm
Tickets | Exhibit is included in the price of a General Admission ticket

Flowers have been perennially portrayed by artists for centuries. Perhaps best known in classical art are the flowers featured in 16th and 17th century Dutch and Flemish still-life paintings. Flowers continue to serve as an inspiration and source of imagery.

Today, flowers inspire artist as much as ever, as evidenced by the art of the late Susan K. Black and members of botanical art organizations worldwide.

Blossom is the premiere presentation of a juried exhibition of paintings depicting and interpreting flowers of all kinds. From over 5,000 entries from around the world, 75 have been selected for this splendid exhibition.