Inside the MFAH Posts tagged #contemporary-art
“Inside the MFAH” provides perspectives, conversations, and opinions from insiders at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Southern Exposures: The Photography of Sally Mann February 14, 2019
“It’s always been my philosophy to try to make art out of the everyday and ordinary.”
“Stay the Course”: An Interview with Artist Joyce J. Scott January 16, 2019
Artist Joyce J. Scott’s work lives at the intersection of craft histories, contemporary art, figurative sculpture, storytelling, and political activism.
Top 12 Wintry Works of Art, Selected by MFAH Curatorial Staff December 13, 2018
From scenes of ice and snow to objects that signify holiday and entertaining traditions, art at the MFAH shows how cultures around the world reflect on winter. Curatorial staff members share favorite works of art that relate to the season.
Visualizing the Future: An Interview with Artists Joris Laarman & Anita Star June 29, 2018
“Everything can be made in a unique way, with mass customization. Technology can also be used to create beautiful objects.”
Creating “Big Bambú”: An interview with rock climber Katherine Tong June 15, 2018
Katherine Tong, one of the Houston-based rock climbers who helped install Mike + Doug Starn: Big Bambú, discusses creating a unique work of art in her hometown.
Conflict at “HOME”: Miguel Ángel Rojas & “Nowadays” January 18, 2018
The exhibition HOME—So Different, So Appealing takes its title from Nowadays, a work made of an unusual material: coca leaves.
Home Taken Away: Camilo Ontiveros & “Temporary Storage” January 12, 2018
What does “home” look like when it is not a certainty? Read more, and watch a video overview of Camilo Ontiveros’s “Temporary Storage.”
Separation from Home: Pepón Osorio & “Badge of Honor” January 5, 2018
For many, the idea of a perfect home is far from reality. An installation in HOME—So Different, So Appealing examines what “home” is like for a family separated by a father’s incarceration. Features a video overview of Badge of Honor.
When a House Is More than a Home: Installations by Daniel Joseph Martinez December 15, 2017
HOME—So Different, So Appealing is bookended by two monumental installations by Daniel Joseph Martinez—both architectural, and both addressing how an American ideal can have unintended implications.
Persian Carpets across Time September 17, 2017
Artist Farhad Moshiri’s contemporary take on an ancient Perisan artform—the carpet—is strengthened by a historical example also on view in the Museum.
