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For ArtHouston 2006, McMurtrey Gallery is pleased to introduce new work by Howard Sherman in his first solo exhibition in Houston.
Mr. Sherman's large-scale works on paper and canvas exemplify the current shift away from categorizing painting as part of a particular "ism" or school. His work combines elements that are abstract, representational, even figurative, as well as narrative, expressionistic, symbolic, and subjective.
As Mr. Sherman explains, "In my recent artwork, I have surged between abstraction and representation. More specifically, I have integrated biting comedy, social criticism, and gestural expressiveness.
I have developed dualities in my paintings, exemplified by the grand gesture versus the small drawing; heated anger opposing light humor; heavy mass placed against barren emptiness; ferocious spontaneity clashing against careful thought.
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All of these elements add up to create a language of friction."
It is in this friction that the viewer realizes the true excitement of Howard Sherman's painting. Whether portraying the frustration of dealing with a Bad Call Center Employee or the ubiquitous Software Glitch, Mr. Sherman's work expresses the aggravations and annoyances commonplace in modern America.
Howard Sherman received a BA in Studio Art from the University of Texas, and recently earned a MFA from the University of North Texas in Denton. His work has been featured in New American Painting, Volume 60, and is included in a two-year traveling exhibition titled New American Talent, which was organized by Arthouse in Austin, Texas, and selected by Aimee Chang, formerly of the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.
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