"Reliquaries" featuring new works by Chris Alexander and guest artist Deborah Ellington

Name: "Reliquaries" featuring new works by Chris Alexander and guest artist Deborah Ellington
Start: 2025-02-01T17:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-02-01T20:00:00-06:00
Location: 2305 Dunlavy St, Houston, TX, United States, Texas 77006

Schedule

Sat Feb 01 2025 at 05:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

2305 Dunlavy St, Houston, TX, United States, Texas 77006 | Houston, TX

https://www.archwaygallery.com/upcoming-exhibitions.html
This exhibition by glass artists Chris Alexander and Deborah Ellington delves into the paradox of glass as a medium. Glass can appear transparent and opaque, solid and fractured, protective and delicate. It is a substance that holds within it the memory of its creation, reflecting the process and the hands that formed it. This complexity forms the heart of “Reliquaries,” an exhibition having to do with the nature of art, memory, and human experience.
A reliquary, traditionally a vessel for sacred relics, is a container that holds something revered and significant. In this exhibition, Alexander and Ellington reinterpret the concept of the reliquary through the lens of glass. Their works are not only physical containers but also metaphors for the sacred human impulse to create. The art embodies emotion and the passage of time, reminding us of the changing nature of the world and our attempts to find our place within it.
The creation of this body of work involved a unique investigation of media, process and intent. Attention was focused on determining how the glass could best express the artists’ narratives. The pieces invite the viewer to contemplate the shifting nature of reality, our collective history, and the intimate experiences that shape us. Chris Alexander and Deborah Ellington’s works offer an opportunity to connect with the sacred, the precious, and the ephemeral in our own lives.
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