LOCAL Houston | The City Guide MARCH 2016 | Page 32

THIS MONTH’S

MUST-SEE EXHIBITS

1. LAURA RATHE FINE ART
Laura Rathe Fine Art is featuring exhibition of new works by contemporary painter Roi James. In the last
year, James has suffered through and recovered from cancer. In the face of his health concerns, James
continued to explore complex abstractions utilizing a unique approach to the application of paint and
harnessed the meditative energy embedded in the spirit of his paintings throughout his recovery. The
large-scale oil paintings emanate a reflective state of being, and the fluidity of the medium suggests deep
expression and movement. The exhibition will be on view through April 2, 2016.
www.laurarathe.com

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2. JUNG CENTER
Psychologist Anton Gregoric developed a classification system that could be used to identify learning
and personality styles of adults. As a former psychologist Kathryn Rabinow is certain that her photographic work will resonate differently for each viewer depending upon his/her predominate type. When
she creates her art, what Kathryn does with her camera and computer reveals much about her. But the
creative process is not Kathryn’s alone; it takes place each time a viewer pauses to contemplate one of
her images. This exhibit is part of the FotoFest 2016 Biennial.
www.junghouston.org

3. GREMILLION & CO.
Joseph Adolphe’s second solo exhibition at Gremillion & Co. Fine Art expands and further develops
several concurrent themes the artist has been pursuing for a number of years. In addition to his massive
landscapes featuring remnants of cloth suspended, almost frozen, yet elusively also in motion, floating
over expansive horizons. Adolphe’s painting technique reveals an incredible willingness to let the paint
itself impress its own variegations on his work. Viewing many of his paintings up close, one can barely
make out any subject at all but stepping a few feet away reveals to the viewer an amazing sense of
clarity of form.
www.gremillion.com

4. HOUSTON CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY
Opening March 4 In the Wake presents eight artists, each investigating their own symbiotic relationship to
water and our environment by addressing the intersection of these issues and the new reality to which we all
must adapt. This exhibit explores not only the balance of our impact on water but also our attempts to remediate
our actions and recover what is lost. Through multiple forms of photography, this exhibit presents the various
ways in which our relationship to water shifts and the resulting change in our understanding of the human
impact on the resource.
www.hcponline.org

5. DEBORAH COLTON
Two exhibits will be presented this month at the Deborah Colton Gallery. Proof and Broken Mirror’s opening
receptions will both be held on March 12. Houston-born artist Suzanne Paul’s Proof highlights influential characters in Houston’s art history and examines Suzanne’s unique approach to creating photography. With the
dedicated and continued support of Founder and Director Deborah M. Colton to the well-being of this art
estate and Paul’s daughter, Mercedes Mallard Paul, since 2005 when Paul passed away, Proof has been
curated by Theresa Escobedo, appointed by Colton to carefully review the archives and help uncover these
treasures of Houston art history. Oleg Dou’s Broken Mirror is a solo exhibition