Collision: The Contemporary Art Scene in Houston, 19721985 (Volume 19) (Sara and John Lindsey Series in the Arts and Humanities,Used

Collision: The Contemporary Art Scene in Houston, 19721985 (Volume 19) (Sara and John Lindsey Series in the Arts and Humanities,Used

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Winner, 2019 Ron Tyler Award for Best Illustrated Book, sponsored by the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)In this expansive and vigorous survey of the Houston art scene of the 1970s and 1980s, author Pete Gershon describes the citys emergence as a locus for the arts, fueled by a boom in oil prices and by the arrival of several catalyzing figures, including museum director James Harithas and sculptor James Surls. Harithas was a fierce champion for Texan artists during his tenure as the director of the Contemporary Arts MuseumHouston (CAM). He put Texas artists on the map, but his renegade style proved too confrontational for the museums benefactors, and after four years, he wore out his welcome.After Harithass departure from the CAM, the chainsawwielding Surls established the Lawndale Annex as a largely unsupervised outpost of the University of Houston art department. Inside this dirty, cavernous warehouse, a new generation of Houston artists discovered their identities and began to flourish. Both the CAM and the Lawndale Annex set the scene for the emergence of small, downtown, artistrun spaces, including Studio One, the Center for Art and Performance, Midtown Arts Center, and DiverseWorks.Finally, in 1985, the Museum of Fine Arts presented Fresh Paint: The Houston School, a nationally publicized survey of work by Houston painters. The exhibition capped an era of intensive artistic development and suggested that the city was about to be recognized, along with New York and Los Angeles, as a major center for artmaking activity.Drawing upon primary archival materials, contemporary newspaper and magazine accounts, and over sixty interviews with significant figures, Gershon presents a narrative that preserves and interweaves the stories and insights of those who transformed the Houston art scene into the vibrant community that it is today.

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