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CONTACT: Dan Mitchell Allison, owner
- director Nau-haus
dan@nau-haus.com 713-261-1409
Tomas
Glass "Major In Minor" - Gallery I
Guus
Kemp "Riot of Parrots" - Gallery II
Sat. June
27, through Sun. July 26, 2009
Opening Reception for
the artists Sat. June 27, 6:30 - 9:30 PM
Tomas Glass and Guus Kemp open this
month at Nau-haus, and just like last month's exhibitions showcasing Pam
Horsman and Tuyet Thi Ong have I have been having great big fun
putting these shows together.
There is something very special about
abstract painters. Something extraordinary about people who are willing
to just put it all out there without justification or social cause, and
just share the pure joy they find as they lose themselves in the act of
painting. They hide behind nothing, and leave us with a record on canvas
of their most private journeys.
Tuyet revealed herself through a
completely emotional attachment to the paint and canvas while Pam started
with the same inspirations, but as her mother pointed out, had a family
predisposition towards controlling things. It's all been terrific, everyone
and the family too - everyone has had the most interesting things to add
to the discourse about our first show of non-objective works this summer.
And now the second half of summer
abstraction at the Nau-haus. Opening the last weekend in June, our July
exhibitions features Tomas Glass "Major In Minor" and Guus Kemp "Riot of
Parrots." Tomas Glass is also a musician and thoughtfuly plays out
his visual riffs like Miles Davis improvising and on a theme, while Guus
Kemp, a transplant from Norway, puts the paint out on the canvas like Tommy
Ramone was somewhere in the room banging a drum.
It would be too easy to compare the
boys with the girls. But please take a look and see what you think. Here's
what they have to say.
Tomas
Glass
Major in
Minor, works in provisional painting :
In these times
of media overkill, my work reminds us of the absolute and essential components
of art, painting, and drawing that serve as the very foundation of art
history. The cornerstones of my compositions are rooted in modernism, while
my paintings are based on improvisation and composition a lot like jazz
music, where the musician becomes saturated in the notes, and then has
the freedom to flow.
While
each person has there own rhythm , my work manifests a personal cadence
. The result is an expression in color line and form that turns into patterns
of energized movements which are revealed in my work. Tomas
Glass, 2009
Guus
Kemp
Riot of
Parrots:
"I'll keep
it simple. You can say a lot of things about painting, I really don't know
about all that. I just say paint from your gut."
"Major In Minor"
and "Riot of Parrots" continues from Saturday June 27th through Sunday
July 26 2009. Naü-haus Contemporary is located at 223 E. 11th St.
in the Houston Heights. Gallery hours are from noon to 5 Saturdays and
Sundays or by appointment. Owned and operated by Dan Mitchell Allison,
Nau-haus is dedicated to the exploration of new and emerging talent, as
well as a venue for established work by Houston's independent visual artists.
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