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THIS MONTH’S

MUST-SEE EXHIBITS
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1. RICE GALLERY – Unbounded | June 4
Using thin, hand-cut sticks of poplar wood to create an intricate lattice that is simultaneously rigid and rhythmic, dense and airy, Memphis-based artist Ben Butler will
open the exhibition UNBOUNDED using a quintessentially human device, the grid.
Butler mimics nature’s generative building process to form an expansive architectural
superstructure in response to the gallery space.
www.ricegallery.org
2. ANYA TISH GALLERY – Breaking Pattern | Through June

This two-person exhibition featuring new prints by North Texas-based printmakers
Juergen Strunck and Von Vogt runs in conjunction with PrintHouston2015. Strunck
crafts vibrant works on paper combining methods to create a striking series of works.
Recent MFA graduate Vogt uses traditional printmaking with modern digital tools to
create collaged relief and screen prints.
www.anyatishgallery.com

3. D.M. ALLISON GALLERY – Known and Underknown | Through June
The offsite exhibit at One Allen Center Gallery features the work of Erika Pochybova.
The self-taught Czech immigrant to Texas blends a modern aesthetic with European
folk art to create vivid intricate works. “My current work utilizes an elaborate painting technique, as well as metaphoric imagery to comment on everyday life.” She
works images found in nature like jellyfish, bees, dragonflies and trees into the complex pieces.
www.dma-art.com
4. ARCHITECTURE CENTER HOUSTON – Drawings by Thomas Colbert
Closes August 14
Colbert is a member of the American Institute of Architects, is the Chair of the
Houston Chapter’s Urban Design Committee and is on the faculty at Gerald D. Hines
College of Architecture at the University of Houston teaching design and theory. His
drawings use various kinds of ballpoint pens building upon layers of overlapping
lines like strands of fiber or thread. Colbert says in his artist statement, “Chief among
the infatuations that drives these works is a fascination with exploring the potentials
of the line, the most fundamental intentional mark that can be made on a surface.”
www.aiahouston.org

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