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FOOD | ARTS | COMMUNITY | STYLE+LEISURE
MUSEUM DISTRICT
HIGHLIGHTS
Illustration by German Arellano
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MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON
David Levinthal: Photographs 1972–2016
5601 Main St. | 713.639.7300 | www.mfah.org
New York–based photographer David
Levinthal uses staged photographs of toys
and other everyday objects to bring viewers
face-to-face with themes central to American
history, identity and consciousness. David
Levinthal: Photographs 1972–2016 provides
a rich overview of the artist’s work. Through
the iconography of mass-produced toys, dolls,
and figurines, Levinthal’s photographs have
probed the myth of the American West; World
War II and the Holocaust; romantic and sex-
ual desire; racial stereotyping; the heroism
of sport; and the futuristic fantasy of space
exploration. The images range from intimately
scaled prints to large 20-by-24-inch Polaroids
to monumental inkjet prints.
Through February 19.
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ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER
Zheng Chongbin: Clusters of Memory
1370 Southmore Blvd. | 713.496.9901
www.asiasociety.org/texas
Artist Zheng Chongbin fuses western abstrac-
tion with the Chinese calligraphic tradition in
works of ink and acrylic on paper, finding
contemporary relevance from earlier forms of
Asian ink art. Zheng’s works examine themes
of time and memory, and their cumulative
effects on both humanity and the natural world.
In his first solo exhibition at a U.S. museum,
Zheng will be presenting paintings and for the
first time, a large, multiplanar video sculpture
installation which responds to the unique archi-
tecture of Asia Society Texas Center as a larger
macrocosm.
Through July 8.
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HOUSTON MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY CRAFT
Treachery of Material: The Surrealist
Impulse in Craft
4848 Main St. | 713.529.4848 | www.crafthouston.org
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
(HCCC) is pleased to present Treachery of
Material: The Surrealist Impulse in Craft,
featuring Michael Crowder and Julia Maria
Künnap, two artists who use surrealist strate-
gies and references in their work. The exhibi-
tion offers a series of puzzling and beautiful
objects made from cast glass, fine metals and
gemstones, along with nontraditional materials
like ash and soap, to highlight the unexpected
relationship between Surrealism and craft.
Through April 15.
Sam
Houston
Monument
1. HOUSTON CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY 8. CZECH CENTER MUSEUM 15. CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF HOUSTON
2. THE ROTHKO CHAPEL 9. HOUSTON MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE 16. THE HEALTH MUSEUM
3. THE MENIL COLLECTION 10. ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER 17. HOUSTON MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE
4. DIVERSEWORKS 11. HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON 18. RICE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY
5. BUFFALO SOLDIERS NATIONAL MUSEUM 12. THE JUNG CENTER OF HOUSTON 19. HOUSTON ZOO
6. HOUSTON CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT 13. CONTEMPORARY ARTS MUSEUM HOUSTON 7. LAWNDALE ART CENTER 14. THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON
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