Pan Recommends for the week of September 19 to September 25

Robert Boyd

An art fair is in town this weekend. I know this because I've gotten something like 20 free tickets to attend. But there is also a multi-day graffiti event in town, too. I suspect both will draw big crowds--but how much will they overlap? That's the interesting question to me.

In any case, below are some but not all of the art events happening this weekend.

THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY


Robert Pruitt is HFAF's artist of the year: Stunning Like My Daddy, 2011, Conte and charcoal on hand-dyed paper 50" x 38"

Houston Fine Art Fair at George R. Brown Convention Center, 7:30–9 pm Thursday, 11 am to 7 pm Friday and Saturday, 11 am to 6 pm Sunday. It's back for its third iteration. Again HFAF distinguishes itself by having quite a few Latin American exhibitors (15 by my count) as well as a lot of Miami-area galleries that specialize in Latin American work. But a new addition this year is a focus on Korean galleries--a separate pavilion features 14 of them.

THURSDAY



"DON'T TALK About It, GRAFF About it" Art Show Opening Reception &"Meeting of Styles Houston" Kick-off Party at UP Art Studio, featuring guest artists from Chicago, the RK Crew, 6 pm to 9 pm. Includes a screening of Bomb It 2 sometime after sundown.

FRIDAY through SUNDAY



Meeting of Styles at Kingspoint Graffiti (aka "the Mullet"), featuring graffiti artists from around the globe, starting at 10 am Friday and going until 8 pm Sunday (I'm assuming there is some endpoint each night, but I'm not sure when). This seems to be a roving graffiti convention/party, stopping here in Houston for the weekend. Lots of music is promised, as well as graffiti.

FRIDAY


Hector Hernandez, Hyperbeast: Yellow, 2012 at Moving/Still

Moving/Still: Recent Photographs by Texas Artists at FotoFest featuring Armando Alvarez, Miguel Amat, Keliy Anderson-Staley, Megan Badger, Jesse Morgan Barnett, Susi Brister, Elizabeth Chiles, Hector Hernandez, Paho Mann, Linarejos Moreno, Barry Stone and Jeremy Underwood, 6–8 p.m. Co-produced with the Houston Center for Photography, this show features some Texas favorites.



Intersection by the Art Guys, at the intersection of Westheimer and Hillcroft, 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. "The Art Guys will repetitively traverse the busiest street intersection in Houston, first in one direction for four hours (clockwise), then in the other direction for four hours (counter clockwise)."  Alas, I will be at work during this performance. But I live near there and am well acquainted with that intersection. If their shoes wear out, there is a big Skechers store on the northeast corner, and if they get bored, they can pop into Bedrock City Comics for some quick visual stimuli.

SATURDAY

 
Armando Alvarez, untitled, 20 x 30

Moving/Still: Recent Photographs by Texas Artists at the Houston Center for Photography featuring Armando Alvarez, Miguel Amat, Keliy Anderson-Staley, Megan Badger, Jesse Morgan Barnett, Susi Brister, Elizabeth Chiles, Hector Hernandez, Paho Mann, Linarejos Moreno, Barry Stone and Jeremy Underwood, 6 to 8 pm. Hmmm--these photographers seem familiar. That's because they also have work up at FotoFest for this two-location show. Between FotoFest and HCP, this show should have a lot of depth.



Sarah Whatley: Recent Works at Bombshell Hair Shop, 6 to 10 pm. Bombshell Hair Shop gets my vote for oddest location (narrowly beating out Hillcroft at Westheimer). Sarah Whatley works with, among other things, x-ray photos as her chosen medium.