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Howard
Sherman: Eating Your Friction
April 17—May 23, 2010
ArtWalk Opening, Saturday, April 17, 6 to 9 pm
Gallery Talk at 6:30 pm
GALVESTON, Texas, —Galveston Arts Center is pleased to
present Howard Sherman: Eating Your Friction, featuring
brightly colored, large-scale abstract paintings by
Houston-based artist Howard Sherman. The exhibition will
open during the April 17th ArtWalk and remain on view
through May 23, 2010. Curator Clint Willour will lead a
gallery talk with the artist at 6:30 pm. A color
catalogue of the artist‟s work will be available for
purchase.
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Filled with
anxious energy, Sherman‟s large scale canvases
are charged with vivid colors, powerful forms
and fascinating texture. Dark humor has always
been Sherman‟s forte, and in conjunction with
ubiquitous elements of contemporary culture,
forms the narrative underpinnings of his work.
Although it is rarely obvious which social
dilemma Sherman is addressing, it is clear
through the sheer dynamism of his paintings that
the world we live in is not always simple or
kind. Less illustrative and cartoony than in the
past, Howard now paints over much of his
drawing, a holdover from his days as a comic
strip auteur, in a push towards total
abstraction. He has found a balance between
thoughtful, formal execution and instinctual
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“Sherman‟s paintings conjure up the glory days of first-
and second- generation abstract expressionism—and some
of the better moments of the 1980s neoexpressionism—without
wallowing in them,” writes Douglas Britt of the Houston
Chronicle. “There‟s nothing nostalgic or mannered about
these brash, elegant canvases, which are as deeply felt
as they are carefully thought out.” Sherman intertwines
spontaneous and impulsive gestural marks with hard,
graphic lines and spray paint, reminiscent of graffiti
art of the „80s. Howard succeeds in taking these
elements and creating something distinctly new and
unique.
Eating Your Friction, the
artist‟s first solo museum exhibition, was shown at the
Art Museum of Southeast Texas in Beaumont in fall 2008.
The exhibition had been slated to travel to the 2501
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Galveston Arts Center but
was postponed following Hurricane Ike. The current
incarnation of the exhibition will include work shown in
Beaumont, as well as more recent work created by the
artist.
Howard Sherman received a BA in Studio Art from The
University of Texas at Austin and MFA from the
University of North Texas, Denton. He has twice been a
finalist for the Hunting Art Prize in Houston, as well
as being included in two volumes of New American
Painting. His work has most recently been on view at
Artspace in Raleigh, North Carolina, and at Pan American
ArtProjects in Miami.
Galveston Arts Center is currently operating “in exile”
from our second temporary downtown gallery space—the
site of the former Maceo‟s Spice and Import Company
located on the corner of Market and 25th Streets. The
administrative offices are also at this location. The
gallery and selections from GAC‟s museum shop, ArtWorks,
are open to the public Wednesday through Sunday from 11
am to 5 pm. A flyer listing all ArtWalk participants
with times and locations can be downloaded at
www.galvestonartscenter.org.
SUPPORT AND SPONSORSHIP
Funding for GAC‟s exhibition programs is provided by The
Brown Foundation, Inc., Houston Endowment, Inc., Harris
and Eliza Kempner Fund, The National Endowment for the
Arts, Texas Commission on the Arts, the City of
Galveston through the Hotel Occupancy Tax Fund, and the
generous support of the community, volunteers and an
active membership. GAC‟s Art for All Education Program
is supported in part by the Wilton and Effie Mae Hebert
Foundation, Texas Commission on the Arts, The Brown
Foundation, Inc., Alice Taylor Gray Foundation, Harris
and Eliza Kempner Fund, and the Jr. League of Galveston
County‟s Community Assistance Fund.
LOCATION AND HOURS
Galveston Arts Center is located on the corner of Strand
and 22nd (Kempner) Street in historic downtown
Galveston. The building is currently closed until
further notice for repairs to damage from Hurricane Ike.
We anticipate re-opening in 2010. For more information,
call 409.763.2403 or visit www.galvestonartscenter.org.
Galveston Arts Center in Exile 2 is located at 2501
Market Street, Galveston, TX, 77550. The mailing address
for GAC remains the same: 2127 Strand, Galveston, TX
77550.
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