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THIS MONTH’S

MUST-SEE EXHIBITS
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1. Anila Quayyum Agha Intersections | RICE GALLERY
Inspired by Anila Quayyum Agha’s visit to Alhambra in Granada, Spain, this exhibit
uses light and casts shadow to transform Rice Gallery into a place that alludes to
Islamic sacred spaces with geometric ornamentation and patterns. Between the
Alhambra and Agha’s childhood in Lahore, Pakistan, where culture dictated and
women were excluded from the mosque, those feelings were put into her installation
by creating a contemplative space of her own, making it open to all and making
sure that no clear boundary or separation exists.
www.ricegallery.org/anila-agha

2. Lawndale Art Center
Lawndale Art Center presents four new exhibitions with artist talks beginning at 6pm.
In the John M. O’Quinn Gallery, Candace Hick’s exhibition, Read Me, is a series of
optical illusion sculptures and wall texts that constitute a room-sized puzzle book. In
the Cecily E. Horton Gallery, Emily Fleisher merges imagery from grandiose
medieval cathedrals and mundane aspects of contemporary suburban life in the exhibition Bread, Bath and Beyond. In the Grace R. Cavnar Gallery, Jason Urban
explores the growing interdependency of analog and digital printed matter in A Library for
Soft Rains. In the Project Space, The Center for Imaginative Cartography & Research presents NIGHT WALK, an immersive installation charting the open-ended experience of nocturnal
exploration into overlooked urban spaces. These exhibitions continue through January 9,
2016.

www.lawndaleartcenter.org

3. Agalma | BARBARA DAVID GALLERY
The Barbara David Gallery announces Agalma, a solo exhibition by Detroit-based artist Greg
Fadell. On view through January 2, 2016, the primary medium of this body of work is duct
tape. Fadell’s work touches on the tape’s historical lineage and literal plasticity as a “fix-all
material,” while the scarification in the scrapes and abrasions that cut into the works’ surfaces,
expose Fadell’s aesthetic allegiance to skateboarding and his hometown of Detroit.

www.barbaradavisgallery.com/greg-fadell-agalma.html

4. Houston: Uncommon Modern | AIA HOUSTON
Celebrating, analyzing and documenting our city’s abundance of secondary and tertiary midcentury buildings, Uncommon Modern features 100+ photos of our churches, office
buildings, business parks, donut shops, schools and gas stations, showing off the design and
materials of these overlooked architectural resources of Houston’s sprawling and often underappreciated cityscape.

www.aiahouston.org

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