10 vivid, eye-catching February art events no Houstonian should miss Shahidul Alam s
Sailboat Fishing for Ilish will be part of the Shahidul Alam: Truth to Power exhibition at the Asia Society Texas.
Photo by Shahidul Alam
Photo courtesy of Drift
Portal of Healing is on view at Rice University’s Houston Asian American Archive.
Photo by Ann Shi
Image courtesy of Jennifer May Reiland Archway Gallery presents Regenerations.
Image courtesy of Carol Berger After some starts and rescheduling last month, February presents the perfect valentine for Houston art lovers. Look for big, new exhibitions at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, while museums and galleries across serve up a range of themes from the political, to human bodies, to fundamentals of light and color.
In a discussion presented by Blaffer Art Museum, Asia Society Texas Center, and Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, four artists addressed the multiplicity of identities and communities they navigate in their individual practices.
Antonius-Tín Bui,
Matt Manalo (moderator), the webcast was held in conjunction with
Stephanie Syjuco: The Visible Invisible, on view at Blaffer Art Museum from October 17, 2020 – January 10, 2021.
Through an hour and a half of discussion, responding to one another s questions as well as those of the audience, the four spent time discussing how they situate their individual practices in the current political and institutional climates, as well as addressing the multiplicity of identities and communities they navigate as they create work that reflects their current realities.
We have transcribed the conversation, which you can access or download below.
Please note that while the transcript has been reviewed for accuracy, it was originally produced by an automated service and may still contain small inaccuracies.
About the Moderator
Matt Manalo is an artist and community organizer. He was born and raised in Manila, Philippines and has called Houston, Texas, home since 2004. He received his BFA in Painting at the University of Houston. He runs a community-based alternative art space called the Alief Art House and founded Filipinx Artists of Houston.
Matt Manalo creates work which involves elements of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, and printmaking. Being a first generation immigrant, Manalo discusses his experiences navigating around the physical and social structures of society while exploring social issues like erasure, colorism, and colonial mentality in his work.
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Join Blaffer Art Museum, Asia Society Texas Center, and the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft for this artist roundtable, held in conjunction with
About the Artists
Stephanie Syjuco works in photography, sculpture, and installation, moving from handmade and craft-inspired mediums to digital editing and archive excavations. Her recent work has focused on how photography and image-based processes are implicated in the construction of racialized, exclusionary narratives of history and citizenship.
Currently
The Visible Invisible is on display at Blaffer Art Museum through January 10. Syjuco has exhibited her work widely nationally and internationally, including at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, the MoMA/P.S.1, the Whitney Museum of American Art, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The 12th Havana Bienal, The 2015 Asian Art Biennial (Taiwan), among others. Smithsonian Artist Research Fellow at the National Museum of American History in Washing