| HOOKS-EPSTEIN GALLERY // JULY 10 // 6-8PM |
| Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Inc. 2631 Colquitt. Houston TX 77098 713.522.0718 www.hooksepsteingalleries.com |
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| Hooks-Epstein Galleries and ArtHouston 2010 will present The Whole Shebang opening Saturday, July 10, 2010, with an open house from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and a reception for the artists from 6 – 8 p.m. The Whole Shebang, Hooks-Epstein Galleries’ first exhibition of contemporary outsider art features the work of three artists: Tom d. Duimstra (Michigan), Mark Fox (California), and Eric Davis (Texas). Outsider art has often been considered the domain of the poor, uneducated, and even mentally challenged. More contemporaneously, however, outsider art has become a broad term used as a descriptor for self-taught individuals working outside of the mainstream art world regardless of personal circumstance or the content of their work. Today, though, with the advent of television, cell phones, the Internet, and social media, it becomes harder to pigeonhole these artists as they are exposed to an ever-increasing array of external images and information. With mounting celebrations of this “atypical” creative spirit, wherein such artists gain notoriety and public exposure, the bigger question that comes into play is at what point does an outsider stop being an outsider? Tom d. Duimstra hails from East Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he is not only an outsider artist, but also an outsider musician in such noise bands as Warp 51 and Dast. An artist for over two decades, Duimstra’s latest work deals with found objects reconfigured into sculptures and collages recalling such artists as the Philadelphia Wireman, Hawkins Bolden, Judith Scott, and even Cy Twombly, by combining disparate parts into intriguing, mysterious wholes. Mark Fox, the youngest of the three artists, lives in Maryville, California working out of a makeshift studio in his house. Self-taught, Fox uses acrylic, house paint, and spray paint in most of his work which is influenced by graffiti styles and other outsider or folk art. While most of his work stems from personal experiences or what he may see in the daily interactions of others, Fox also incorporates imagery relevant to his Appalachian heritage. The Whole Shebang will be Fox’s first exhibition in Texas. Eric Davis was born in 1929 in Mount Zion, Illinois, which has neither a Mount or anything to do with Zion. The Whole Shebang will continue through August 21, 2010. |
| The Whole Shebang (Outsider Art) |
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