1 . Focus on the 70s and 80s : Houston Foundations Part II Deborah Colton Gallery This historical exhibition includes some legendary names from the Houston art world of 40 years ago . It ’ s a densely hung show that ’ s heavy on painting ( during the decades covered , there was also a lot of performance and street art going on ), but anyone interested in Houston art , it ’ s a must-see , with works by Julian Schnabel , Mel Chin , Dorothy Hood , Luis Jimenez , Forrest Prince , Bert Long and John Alexander , among many others . www . deborahcoltongallery . com
2 . Lauren Moya Ford : Like a Flower and a Current of Air Front Gallery Featuring small-scale paintings , handbuilt ceramic vessels , videos and a risograph printed zine , Like a Flower and a Current of Air at Front Gallery is a homecoming of sorts for Madridbased artist Lauren Moya Ford . After earning her MFA from the University of Houston , Moya Ford moved to Europe to continue her art making and research into storytelling , her personal history and natural life . This show is a culmination of some of her findings . www . frontgallery . com
3 . Tudor Mitroi : Nowhere and Now | Loli Fernández-Andrade : Soliloquy Rudolph Blume Fine Art / Artscan Gallery This quiet pair of shows features works that reward patience and close looking . Mitroi makes his own paint from archival pigments , and draws on historical images and maps , rulers , dates and times in his handsome , layered works . Fernández-Andrade developed a method of printmaking using aluminum foil , the best results of which feature delicately detailed drawing and watercolor over the prints . www . rudolphblume . com
4 . Bradley Kerl : Greenhouse | Angel Oloshove : The Ocean Never Closes | Christopher Cascio : XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX Galveston Arts Center Featuring three up-and-coming artists , this round of exhibitions at the Galveston Arts Center includes ethereal , pastel-colored ceramics by Angel Oloshove , dense floral still lifes and landscapes by Bradley Kerl and obsessively patterned paintings by Christopher Cascio . The trio of artists , all of whom are based in Houston , provide a window into some of the tropes and themes emerging from today ’ s contemporary art world . www . galvestonartscenter . org
5 . Jeffrey Dell : Future Castles Art Palace Gallery The arguments against Jeffrey Dell ' s new body of work will go something like this : They ' re too pretty . They ‘ re too pastel . There is something too pleasing , too beautiful , and too easy about the delicate gradations Dell achieves in his technically masterful screenprints . His trompe l ' oiel compositions , where tabs of paper appear to flutter against a dreamy background glimpsed through an aperture , are too perfectly deceptive . You should ignore all these arguments , and go see this exquisite show . www . artpalacegallery . com
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