Not exact matches
With more shows than ever on the horizon, in April featuring Hallie Gluk and Andi Valentine, a May solo show featuring the work of Margaux Crump, and a June show
curated by Patricia Restrepo,
Exhibitions Manager and Assistant Curator at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, FLATS is well on its way to
achieving that mission.
Curating exhibitions that can engage the public visually, but also educationally, has become an extremely important aspect of what they try to
achieve every time a new
exhibition is put together.
Curated by the world's leading scholars, the
exhibition focuses on his primary achievements — the innovative techniques and artistry he developed to
achieve original and spectacular effects in glass.
Made famous by three
exhibitions - Freeze (1988) and Modern Medicine (1990), both
curated by an unknown student called Damien Hirst (b. 1965), and Sensation (1997)- the YBAs were lambasted for their shocking bad taste, and yet several (Rachel Whiteread, Damien Hirst, Douglas Gordon, Gillian Wearing, Chris Ofili, Steve McQueen, Mark Wallinger) went on to become Turner Prize - winners, while others (Jake and Dinos Chapman, Tracey Emin, Marc Quinn and Jenny Saville) also
achieved considerable fame and fortune.