Artist: Gene Hester and Liz Conces Spencer
Title: Metamorphosis
Completion Date: April 2010
Medium: Glass and metal
Funding Source: Percent for Art – City of Houston, General Services Department
Location: 110 North Milby Street, 77003
Council District:  H

Commissioned by Houston Arts Alliance on behalf of Houston Public Library, Metamorphosis consists of two glass artworks designed to fill niches on the north and west sides of the library. The brilliant shades of fused glass mounted onto curved metal substrates reflect the culture of Houston’s Second Ward and its citizens through the use of traditional imagery, such as serapes and flowers, combined with musical notes and books whose spines highlight the notions of the voice of the people, new ideas, community, attainment of knowledge and personal power.

Gene Hester and Liz Conces Spencer are local artists who have collaborated on several art projects including a piece for Cool Globes, a public art exhibition designed to raise awareness of solutions to climate change.

 

 

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