Untitled #7  (from the Blue Butterfly series), 2011, 30  x 30 in. color photograph

Current Exhibition

Hanging by a Thread by Allison Hunter
November 10, 2011 - December 30, 2011

UPDATE: The Allison Hunter exhibit is extended until February 29, 2012.

Gallery Hours:  Tuesday - Friday 3pm-5pm

In her solo-exhibition of photographs, paintings and video, Hanging by a Thread, Allison Hunter explores the beauty and fragility of insects in our increasingly toxic environment.

Opening reception: November 10, 2011 at 6 pm.

Hanging by a Thread is Nancy Wazny's Pick of the Week, "This new batch of work explores the delicacy and fragility of the insect world. Much like her work with animals, Hunter erases the background, giving the insect a kind of nobility...Trust me, there's some gorgeous animation as well witty vintage narration. Bees in Hunter's hand are simply amazing." Read more by clicking here.

About the artist:
Allison Hunter is a visual artist who over the past twenty years has worked in photography, video, drawing, sculpture, and installation. Hunter earned her first MFA at the Cantonal Art School of Lausanne, Switzerland (1990, Drawing/Photography), and her second MFA at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York (1997, Video). Hunter is the inaugural Artist-in-Residence at the University of Houston, co-sponsored by the Mitchell Center and the Texas Learning and Computation Center, Fall/Spring, 2010-11. During her residency, she produced a stereoscopic 3-D video, Honey Bee. She is also one of Houston Arts Alliance former Individual Artist Grantee recipients. For additional information click here.

Printed Saturday, February 04, 2012