Lawndale, Houston, JUNE 19, 2021 – AUGUST 14, 2021
JUROR’S STATEMENT
“The Big Show 2021 unites 182 artists grouped within communities of art and ideas in eight broad themes: Abstractions, Deferments, Embodiments, Identities, Landscapes, Materialities, Nature, and Resistance. This exhibition reflects the intense experience of the Covid pandemic and the recent political and social turmoil through the eyes of an intersectional group of exceptional artists. During this period of isolation and uncertainty, many artists turned their eyes to the landscape and to nature; others, to the freeing universe of abstraction; others, to embodiments of resistance, grief, or the beauty of others and the self; others, to celebrate and explore their cultural and personal identities; and, finally, some turned to reimagining the objects of daily life. In The Big Show 2021, diverse universes are brought together as communities to celebrate art and life, no longer alone.”
List of artists
Isela Aguirre, Josh Alan, Erika Alonso, Carolina Amat, T.C. Anderson, Miguel Avila, Melissa Aytenfisu, Asaeda Badat, JJ Baker, Emma Balder, Ryan Baptiste, Darla Barolini, Natalia Barrientos, Jennifer Battaglia, Francesca Bayegan, Bert Bertonaschi, Vincent Blair, Liz Bomba-Bloom, Devon Britt-Darby, Betty-Ann Brose, Valerie Burkes, Rodney Butler, Claire Chauvin, Ahra Cho, Sheng Kuan Chung, Mary Ciani, Catherine Colangelo, Katie Coleman, Paula Cordoba, Angela Corson, Esther Delaquis-Baidoo, Ashleigh Denton, Mychon Deslandes, Jill Dietrich, Kathy Drago, Claire Drennan, Luisa Duarte, Roslyn M. Dupre, Claire Elestwani, Rafael Elorza, Cary Fagan, Orna Feinstein, Eddie Filer Jr., Vincent Fink, Steve Fisher, Lilibeth Flores, Richard E. Fluhr, Amber Free, David Fulton, Amanda Gandy, Veronica Gaona, Tere Garcia, Liz Gates, Cynthia Jamileth Giron, Hallie Gluk, Terri Golas, Clarissa Gonzalez, Kelvin Goodings, Shaun Griffiths, Cheryl Gryta, Erik Hagen, Linda Harmes, Stephen Harmon, Peter Healy, Silvina Hecker, Mark Hellinger, Guadalupe Hernandez, Marisa Cigarroa Heymach, Karen Hillier, George Hixson, Clara Hoag, Wes Holloway, Hong Hong, Belem Hooker, Shang-Yi Hua, Yu-Ru Huang, Katherine Huff, Cedric Ingram, Hedwige Jacobs, Jeanne Jones, Holly Josey, Cindee Travis Klement, Barry Krammes, Jaimie Ladysh, Cairus Larsen, Las Girls Collective (Daniela Antelo and Brenda Cruz-Wolf), Melinda Laszczynski, Rachelle LeBlanc, Erica Reed Lee, Liana Lee, MoNique LeRoux, Ron S. Levy, Steve Louis, Elias John Lytton, Ruhee Maknojia, Matt Manalo, Ash Margaret, Jennifer K. G. Martin, Catherine Martinez, Victoria Martinez, Colleen Maynard, Ken Mazzu, Rachel McCleary, Pat McEnery, Falon Mihalic, Austin Miller, Riley Miller, Demi Mixon, Vanessa Monokian, Madison Moore, Lorena Morales, Suzette Mouchaty, Mujeres Malas, Elaine Matte Mut, P.M. Neist, Margaret O’Brien-Nelson, Victoria Nguyen, Carlos Ocando, Mari Omori, Ron Oppenheimer, Monty Orr, Carolina Otero, Anthony Pabillano, Evan Pardue, Bruce Park, Sydney Parks, Thomas Perry, Kira Jane Porter, Rosibel Ramirez, Stephanie Ramirez, Cary Reeder, Bismark Alejandro Reyes, Carolina Roberts, Romeo C. Robinson, Anastasia Rodriguez, Justin Raphael Roykovich, Kiersten Rucker, Janet Ruffin, Radu Runcanu, Steven Sachs, Ann Sandberg, Kay Sarver, A.M. Schaer, Wade Schmitz, Herbert Shapiro, Sanjay Sharma, Loren Siems, David Silva, Rusy Singh, Tra´ Slaughter, La’Toya Smith, Susan Weems Smith, Taylor Smith, Graciela Socorro, Gretchen Bender Sparks, S.G. Starr, Benji Stiles, Evan Stoler, Saralene Tapley, Tommy Taylor, Cressandra Thibodeaux, Gerald Thorp, Jennifer Traina-Dorge, Deasa Turner, Laurence Unger, Chet Urban, Justin Varner, Cecilia Villanueva, H. David Waddell, Holly Lyn Walrath, Joyce Matula Welch, Mary Wemple, Joachim West, Erika Whitney, Michelle Whitney, Geraldina Interiano Wise, June Woest, Madyson Ysasaga, Alex Zapata, Jo Zider
more information: https://lawndaleartcenter.org/exhibition/the-big-show-2021/
Exhibition views of Big Show by theme. Photos by Nash Baker, courtesy of Lawndale.