JOE MANCUSO | Because You're Mine
September 5 - October 4, 2014
September 5 - October 4, 2014
Joe Mancuso, "Still Life, Carnations", 2014, latex, acrylic, and graphite on canvas, 72 x 96 in.
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Barbara Davis Gallery is pleased to announce Because You're Mine, a solo-exhibition by Houston-based artist Joe Mancuso, opening Friday, September 12, 2014, with an artist reception from 6:30 - 8:30PM. This exhibition is on view beginning September 5 through October 4, 2014.
Houston-based artist Joe Mancuso presents new paintings, sculpture, and a site-specific installation for his latest solo-exhibition Because You're Mine. In this exhibition, Mancuso reexamines concepts and themes throughout his practice and translates them into his latest body of works. The paintings exemplify a contemporary perspective on still-life subject matters and abstraction, which places them in a unique art historical context. Mancuso approaches these subject matters using non-traditional materials such as newsprint, concrete, poured latex paint, and graphite. The content provides a common thread between the paintings, yet each illustrates a distinct methodology as the forms evolve from one work to the next. In his sculpture entitled Bouquet, (The World and Everything), Mancuso utilizes leftover concrete materials from previous works, some of which date back fifteen years, to create a comprehensive assemblage of serendipitous objects. Chandelier is a large-scale site-specific suspended sculpture comprised of dried roses coated with concrete that delicately hangs from a cascading wire structure like a dimensional drawing.
About the artist:Joe Mancuso lives and works in Houston, Texas. He received his MFA from Indiana University and BFA from Colorado State University. Mancuso's solo exhibitions have included the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, with an accompanying catalogue; the El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas; AR Contemporary, Milan, Italy; New York University, New York; and Galveston Art Center, Galveston, Texas. His group exhibitions have included the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH); Edward Albee's Other Eye, Selections from the Albee Collection, Hillwood Art Museum, Brookeville, New York; ArtPace, San Antonio, Texas; the McKinney Avenue Contemporary (MAC), Dallas, Texas; Serio Tossi Contemporary in Florence, Italy; New Orleans Triennial, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, with an accompanying catalogue; Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany; Galerie Rotoff, Karlsruhe, Germany; the Phoenix Art Museum, School 33, Baltimore, MD, and the Blaffer Gallery at the University of Houston, with an accompanying catalogue, and Kiyo Hagashi Gallery, Los Angeles. His works are included in a number of private and museum collections including the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, El Paso Museum of Art, and the University of Houston.
Click here to view more examples of Joe Mancuso's work.
Because You're Mine opens Friday, September 12, 2014 with an opening artist reception from 6:30 - 8:30pm. Artist will be in attendance. This exhibition is on view beginning September 5, 2014 through October 4, 2014. For more information, please contact Barbara Davis Gallery at 713.520.9200 or info@barbaradavisgallery.com.
Houston-based artist Joe Mancuso presents new paintings, sculpture, and a site-specific installation for his latest solo-exhibition Because You're Mine. In this exhibition, Mancuso reexamines concepts and themes throughout his practice and translates them into his latest body of works. The paintings exemplify a contemporary perspective on still-life subject matters and abstraction, which places them in a unique art historical context. Mancuso approaches these subject matters using non-traditional materials such as newsprint, concrete, poured latex paint, and graphite. The content provides a common thread between the paintings, yet each illustrates a distinct methodology as the forms evolve from one work to the next. In his sculpture entitled Bouquet, (The World and Everything), Mancuso utilizes leftover concrete materials from previous works, some of which date back fifteen years, to create a comprehensive assemblage of serendipitous objects. Chandelier is a large-scale site-specific suspended sculpture comprised of dried roses coated with concrete that delicately hangs from a cascading wire structure like a dimensional drawing.
About the artist:Joe Mancuso lives and works in Houston, Texas. He received his MFA from Indiana University and BFA from Colorado State University. Mancuso's solo exhibitions have included the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, with an accompanying catalogue; the El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas; AR Contemporary, Milan, Italy; New York University, New York; and Galveston Art Center, Galveston, Texas. His group exhibitions have included the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH); Edward Albee's Other Eye, Selections from the Albee Collection, Hillwood Art Museum, Brookeville, New York; ArtPace, San Antonio, Texas; the McKinney Avenue Contemporary (MAC), Dallas, Texas; Serio Tossi Contemporary in Florence, Italy; New Orleans Triennial, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, with an accompanying catalogue; Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany; Galerie Rotoff, Karlsruhe, Germany; the Phoenix Art Museum, School 33, Baltimore, MD, and the Blaffer Gallery at the University of Houston, with an accompanying catalogue, and Kiyo Hagashi Gallery, Los Angeles. His works are included in a number of private and museum collections including the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, El Paso Museum of Art, and the University of Houston.
Click here to view more examples of Joe Mancuso's work.
Because You're Mine opens Friday, September 12, 2014 with an opening artist reception from 6:30 - 8:30pm. Artist will be in attendance. This exhibition is on view beginning September 5, 2014 through October 4, 2014. For more information, please contact Barbara Davis Gallery at 713.520.9200 or info@barbaradavisgallery.com.
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