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1970s Exhibitions

1970

Contemporary Black Artists
January 20−February 16, 1970

Stanley Landsman
February 6−March 8, 1970

Dorothy Hood: Recent Paintings
May 8−June 14, 1970


1971

Richard Mock: Situations
March 9, 1971−April 4, 1971

Antonakos: Pillows 1962–1963
April 9−23, 1971

Thoss Taylor: Confines
May 1−31, 1971


1972

Exhibition 10
March 20−June 4, 1972

Roy Lichtenstein
June 21−August 20, 1972

Piero Manzoni
August 17−September 24, 1972

John Baldessari, Frances Barth, Richard Jackson, Barbara Munger, Gary Stephan
September 8−November 16, 1972

International Design: New Attitudes, New Form
December 1,1972−January 28, 1973


1973

Jim Love: In Pursuit of the Bear
January 17−February 25,1973

Billy Al Bengston Watercolors
February 23−April 15, 1973

Joe Goode: Work Until Now
February 23−April 21, 1973

David McManaway
April 19−May 27, 1973

Alan Shields
April 24−June 15, 1973

Private Works
August 7–September 4, 1973

Adler–Margolies: The T.V. Environment
September 12–October 14, 1973

RE:Vision: A Series of Performances, Concerts, and Films
September 24–October 4, 1973

Abstract American Quilts
October 23–December 7, 1973

Harvey Quaytman: Recent Paintings
October 24–December 7, 1973

20/20 Vision: Ant Farm
December 16, 1973–January 27, 1974


1974

Brice Marden: Drawings 1963–1973
January 24−March 10, 1974

Life Shapes
March 1−April 7, 1974

The One Show
March 1−April 7, 1974

László Moholy-Nagy
April 16−May 27, 1974

William Allan
April 16−May 27, 1974

Art of Lower Crust
June 1−August 1, 1974

Coushatta Indian Pine Needle Basketry
August 8−September 15, 1974

Luckenbach – Brian Heck
September 27−November 18, 1974

12/Texas
September 28−November 10, 1974

Houston Designer Craftsmen Christmas Exhibition
November 12−December 31, 1974

Luis Jiménez: (Progress I)
November 26, 1974−January 5, 1975

Jim Roche: Florida Drawings
November 27, 1974−January 5, 1975


1975

International Women’s Year Exhibition
January 10–February 10, 1975

Stronghold Revisited: Video
January 10–January 20, 1975

Borderland
January 11–February 9, 1975

Beaubeouf and Broussard: Neon Sculpture
January 24–February 10, 1975

John Chamberlain: Recent Sculptures
February 14–March 17, 1975

Richard Stout: Recent Paintings
February 14–March 17, 1975

John Alexander: Landscapes
March 29–April 28, 1975

James Surls: Sculptor
March 29–April 28, 1975

Painting to Music Contest Winners
April 30–May 11, 1975

Paul Sarkisian
May 16–September 21, 1975

Gulf Coast, East Coast, West Coast
May 17–June 13, 1975

Photography: Shot in Texas
May 17–June 13, 1975

Traditional Mexican Toys
June 23–August 15, 1975

Larry Scholder
June 23–August 15, 1975

Ira Schneider: Video
August 6–14, 1975

Beaux-Arts Drawings: Francizek Starowieyski
August 26–September 21, 1975

George White
August 28–September 22, 1975

Dick Wray
September 26–November 2, 1975

Terry Allen: Juárez Series
November 7–December 8, 1975

Children’s Book Art: An Exhibition of Art of Children’s Literature
November 7–30, 1975

Donald Schule
December 12, 1975–January 31, 1976

Hannah Stewart
December 12, 1975–January 31, 1976

1976

Images of an Era: The American Poster 1945–1975
February 2–March 11, 1976

Forrest Prince
February 2–20, 1976

Monumental Sculpture Competition
February 2–March 7, 1976

Julian Schnabel
February 20–March 7, 1976

Junior Tyler
March 12–April 12, 1976

Honey Beeman
March 12–April 12, 1976

Norman Bluhm
March 12–April 12, 1976

Double Diamond
April 24–May 28, 1976

Gary Panter and Laurick Heitzman: Drawings
April 24–May 19, 1976

Suzanne Paul: Photographs
May 21–June 15, 1976

Video Trans Americas: Juan Downey
June 4–July 4, 1976

David Tudor: Rainforest
June 5–6, 1976

Eric von Schmidt: Here Fell Custer
June 23–July 2, 1976

Kachina Dolls from the Collection of Ann O’Connor Williams Robinson
July 16–August 16, 1976

Alex Traube: Photographs
September 24–October 3, 1976

The Philadelphia Houston Exchange
October 8–November 17, 1976

Mel Casas: Humanscapes
October 22–November 23, 1976

Master Boots by Cosimo Lucchese
November 12–December 3, 1976

Douglas Davis: Video Tapes
December 1–31, 1976


1977

CAMH Flood Relief Program
March 4–11, 1977

Margaret Webb Dreyer
April 16–May 1, 1977

Salvatore Scarpitta
May 14–July 30, 1977

Frank Davis: Art Ray
May 14–July 30, 1977

Paul Sarkisian: Photo-realism
May 14–July 30, 1977

Myron Stout: Paintings and Drawings
May 14–July 30, 1977

James Hill
July 9–30, 1977

James Surls: Recent Drawings
August 9–29, 1977

Dále Gas: An Exhibition of Contemporary
Chicano Art
August 20–October 16, 1977

Carol and Paul Sarkisian Collection of Navajo Rugs
September 16–October 16, 1977

Antoni Miralda
October 28–November 27, 1977

Marisol Escobar: Recent Drawings and Sculptures
October 28–November 27, 1977

American Narrative/Story Art: 1967–1977
December 17, 1977–February 25, 1978


1978

Smithsonian Events in Houston
February 7–19, 1978

Dale Eldred: Solar Sculpture
March 31–May 15, 1978

Frank Gillette: Aransas, Axis of Observation
May 20–June 4, 1978

Peter Voulkos: A Retrospective 1948–1978
June 10–July 30, 1978

Peasant Paintings from Huhsien County of the People’s Republic of China
August 14–September 24, 1978

Gwendolyn Bennett Pappas, Rita Gardner, and Lynn M. Randolph
August 14–September 24, 1978

Contemporary Arts and Modern Living ’48/’78
November 1, 1978–January 2, 1979

Andy Burns
November 10–December 15, 1978


1979

Mexican Movie Posters
January 6–28, 1979

FIRE!
February 16–April 15, 1979

Jerry Dantzic and the Cirkut Camera
February 16–March 11, 1979

Lynn Lennon: Images from Big Thicket
February 16–March 11, 1979

Charles Greeley/Bunny Tobias
March 23–April 22, 1979

A Closer Look: An Exhibition of Discovery
May 5–June 10, 1979

The Shopping Bag: Portable Graphic Art
May 5–June 10, 1979

MA: Space–Time Art in Japan
June 30–September 2, 1979

Philip Renteria
June 30–July 29, 1979

Windows/Doors, Janelas/Portas: Photographs by Barbara Cusack
August 4–September 2, 1979

Parameters of Space: A Photographic Environment by John Taylor
August 4–September 2, 1979

Pat Colville: Recent Works
September 22–October 21, 1979

American Painting: The Eighties
October 28–December 30, 1979

Dotty Attie: Drawings 1975–1979
October 28–December 2, 1979

Steve Gianakos: Recent Works
December 15, 1979–January 20, 1980