Walls Turned Sideways
Artists Confront the Justice System
Brown Foundation Gallery
On View August 25, 2018–January 6, 2019
Walls Turned Sideways: Artists Confront the Justice System features work by artists from across the nation that addresses the criminal justice system, mass incarceration, and the prison-industrial complex. Representing the full range of contemporary art production made in the studio and the social realm, the exhibition includes artworks that take social justice issues as a subject matter; and position the prison and court systems as structures for dismantling through institutional critique. The artworks in the exhibition are extraordinary for the scale and ambition by which they mobilize in order to bring visibility to offenses within the justice system.
Learn MoreNicolas Moufarrege
Opening Reception: Friday, November 9, 2018 | 6:30–9PM
Nina and Michael Zilkha Gallery
On View: November 10–February 17, 2018
Nicolas Moufarrege: Recognize My Sign—the artist’s first solo museum exhibition—traces the development of his work from the lap-scaled portrait-tapestries he produced in Beirut, Lebanon in the early-1970s to the final works he created in New York City, New York in 1985. A dedicated appropriator, Moufarrege culled images from a broad and vast sourcebook; his embroidered paintings mix references from Classical sculptures and Baroque paintings with comic book heroes, Islamic tilework designs, Pop Art, and Arabic calligraphy. He borrowed images from paintings and prints by artists such as Katsushika Hokusai, Edvard Munch, Pablo Picasso, and especially Roy Lichtenstein. If appropriation provided the artist with raw subject matter, it is his pointed juxtapositions of images that most clearly reveal Moufarrege’s wit and thoughtful intelligence: his stitched paintings tell stories. This exhibition is organized by CAMH Curator Dean Daderko.
Learn MorePrograms & Events
Nov
24
Saturday, November 24, 2018
Interior/Exterior | Drop-In Ex...
Enter Walls Turned Sideways artist Maria Gaspar’s interactive work Haunting Raises Specters and explore the idea of interior and exterior.
Nov
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Thursday, November 29, 2018
Talk | Carceral Aesthetics: Pr...
Join Nicole R. Fleetwood for a talk focused on contemporary art by currently and formerly incarcerated people. She will examine how incarcerated people use the limited materials available in prisons and their punitive confinement to create art that challenges the carceral state. This talk is in conjunction with the exhibition Walls Turned Sideways: Artists Confront the Justice System.
Nov
30
Friday, November 30, 2018
Art at Noon | Perry Price
Join Perry Price, Executive Director of Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, for a look at the increasing permeability between the fields of contemporary craft and art in conjunction with the exhibition Nicolas Moufarrege: Recognize My Sign. Share in a discussion about the ways in which craft processes and materials are used as catalysts for material-centered thinking. This program is a gallery walk-through, to request an accessibility accommodation for this program, please e-mail fcleveland@camh.org as far in advance as possible. Light lunch provided.
Dec
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Thursday, December 6, 2018
Performance | Scriptwriters Houston Museum Plays
Get FREE Tickets Scriptwriters Houston in collaboration with Driven Theater Company will present a series of ten-minute plays selected through a competitive process. The site-specific productions are inspired by and set within the exhibition Walls Turned Sideways: Artists Confront the Justice System and Nicolas Moufarrege: Recognize My Sign. Small audience groups will experience the plays as they move through the exhibitions. Reservations requested, walk-ins are welcome but not guaranteed a seat. Reservations available for the following start times: 6:30PM, 7PM, 7:30PM, and 8PM. The show is a total of 50 minutes. Tickets will be available starting on Monday, November 5, 2018. If you have a reservation you must check-in ten minutes before your start time in order to guarantee your seat. Please note that this program may require standing, walking throughout the galleries and outside the museum, and potentially being in dimly lit spaces. If you have any concerns regarding accessibility please contact fcleveland@camh.org.
