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Concert Title: Folk Colorings of the Impressionist Masters

Debussy: String Quartet in G Minor Ravel: Piano Trio in A Minor (inspired by the composer’s Basque
ancestry) Satie: Choses vues a droite et a gauche; sans lunettes (Things Seen Left to Right; Without Glasses)

Debussy: Clair de Lune. A set of French Folk melodies arranged for strings!

Sunday, April 22nd, 2012 at 4:00pm in the Duncan Recital Hall @ Shepherd School of Music in Rice University: 6100 Main Street.

$20 General/$15 Senior/$10 Students

“Piece of Sky & Industrial Wasteland – Two Poetic Views”

Paradoxe Poétique

Wade Wilson Art is pleased to announce Paradoxe Poétique, an exhibition of paintings and photography representing the work of two young French artists, Jean-Baptiste Lyonnet and Antoine Grospiron-Jaccoux. Guest curator Laure Parise hand-selected these two artists due to their language which echoes the aesthetic vision and love of abstraction of the gallery.

The exhibit opens with a reception from 6-8 pm on Thursday, April 19th, 2012 and will remain on view through May 9, 2012.

Wade Wilson Art is located at 4411 Montrose Blvd. Suite 200, Houston, Texas, 77006.

713-521-2977

The exhibition offers the Houston arts community a rare opportunity to sample the young French contemporary art scene through the poetic view of the earth via the sky, the desert, and the ocean along with a revival of industrial wastelands. This is the first exhibition in the United States for both artists who have been selected due to the artistic dialogue that exists in their work between their painting and photography. Their artwork explores the contrast between abandoned manufactured spaces versus unadulterated landscapes. Issues of human intervention in topography and their effect on our environment address in an illuminated manner. The two artists use techniques in painting and photography to create a poetic narrative for the viewer while revealing the subtle shifts of the nature of their subject.

Jean-Baptiste Lyonnet

Painter Jean-Baptiste Lyonnet questions the notion of ‘space’ in society and examines the abandoned architecture of former industrial and port districts in Lyon, France. For this exhibition, Lyonnet investigates structures that stand as relics of industrial progress. His images of concrete meet beautiful horizons yet revitalize the repudiated buildings. Jean-Baptiste questions the use of these structures in modern society while granting them a new life through his canvas. Using his craft, his hand and his vision, the color and movement of these former industrial sites abandoned over time, he brings the buildings back to life in his work.

Antoine Grospiron-Jaccoux

Antoine Grospiron-Jaccoux’s photography plays a visual game of abstraction of pure subjects: sky, earth, desert, and water. His work allows an image to bend over the essential, morph the figurative into the abstract, and reveals a newfound beauty of the landscape. His work captures the subtle passing of the present and notes the fragility of passing of time. Grospiron-Jaccoux’s black and white editions are of exceptional quality where the natural changes into a haunting obscurity that is mesmerizing.

Laure Parise:

Trend specialist and art advocate, Laure Parise is an innovator in the contemporary art scene in Houston. Among her noted contributions to the art community, Parise co-chaired the Texas French Art Alliance Art Award and Auction in 2011. She presented three artists at the event including Daniel Farioli who won the 2^nd place TFAA award. For this exhibition, Parise served as the curator. She chose Antoine and Jean-Baptiste in order to introduce Houston to their talents and pair their visions confrontation of natural landscapes through the two mediums of painting and photography along with pairing their visions of confrontations of the natural.

In celebration of Earth Day, The MAC Galleries is pleased to present artist Daniel-Kayne exhibiting his creation: Mine…Mine…The exhibit is a response to the notion of claiming ownership over natural resources. Kayne explores the struggle to attain fresh water in under-developed countries. Without a sustainable fresh water plan, the citizens of these countries suffer the consequences as their population expands. To delineate this imbalance, Kayne employs percentages as a visual tool. Fresh water is represented by the amount of water in the human body and the remaining percentage by human ash. Kayne’s motivations are multi-faceted. He seeks to inspire consciousness in our society to benefit not only the environment but humanity as a whole.

An opening reception will be held Saturday, April 14, 2012 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at The MAC Galleries, located at 3120 McKinney Avenue, in the Uptown District of Dallas. The exhibition will be on view through May 19, 2012

APRIL 5, 6 & 7, 2012

Choreographer’s Forum on Wednesday, April 4 at 6:30 PM at the MAFH

Please visit  http://www.dancesalad.org

TFAA 2nd Art Award and Auction
www.tfaa2011art.com

The Winners of the 2011 Art Award & Auction:

First Place: David McGee

Second Place: Daniel Farioli

Third Place: Jonathan Leach

Pictures:
Kickoff reception at Martha and Richard Finger’s Home – Jan 20, 2011
VIP Preview at Wade Wilson Art – March 22, 2011
Art Award and Auction at the Decorative Center of Houston – March 30, 2011

Click to view the press release
Click here to view all press related to the Art Award & Auction

To view all of the pieces from the 2011 Art Award & Auction click here

TFAA’s Art Award & Auction was a great sucess! For details on how the event went see the re-cap below. Click here to view this re-cap in French.

This year the TFAA held their 2^nd biennial “Art Award and Auction” on Wednesday, March 30 at Decorative Center Houston. Around 250 guests attended this event, including French gallery owners Virginie Boissiere and Natalia Jimenez-Gomendio who flew in from France in order to meet with participating artists, galleries and experience the dynamic art scene of Houston. Mickey Henry, President of TFAA welcomed guests and discussed TFAA’s mission of promoting the exchange of art, culture and education.

40 artists from both Texas and France participated in this event. Honorary Chair Lynn Wyatt and Honorary Selection Chair Judy Nyquist presented First Place Winner, Houston’s David McGee, with the TFAA Artist Award for Excellence – a 10-day artistic residency in France custom tailored to his specific interests. His piece, entitled “Sartre & Camus,” is a watercolor on paper featuring portraits of hip-hop artists identified as French philosophers. French artist Daniel Farioli, who traveled all the way from Nice, was recognized as the Second Place Award Winner, and Third Place went to Jonathan Leach.

McGee states, “For some time now I have been engaged in an on-going dialogue with the labeling system, American looking and cinematic nature of European classical painting. French painting in particular, in which I have a long running interest. Also, it is not lost on me that the rich history of African American ex-patriots in Paris has made my trips to that city fruitful ones. So it is indeed a delight and honor to have this opportunity at this point in my career to explore this great city even further. My sincere thanks to TFAA and all involved.”

Devin Borden carefully installed each of the pieces of art. Most pieces participated in a silent auction and guest showed great interest in many of the works. Among all the pieces, the works of Lisa Qualls, Allison Hunter, Olivier Moriette, Bruno de Monès, Joseph Cohen and winner David McGee were included in the live auction conducted by gallery owner and well-known auctioneer Wade Wilson. Approximately $100,000 was raised at the event. A portion of the proceeds benefits Texas Children’s Cancer Center in support of the Arts in Medicine Program while a portion goes back to the artists.

The sponsors who made the event possible include (alphabetically listed): Abuso Catering Co., Air France Delta KLM, Air Liquide, Louis Vuitton, Mayer Brown LLP, PCM USA, Schlumberger, The Tasting Room, Total USA, Urban Craft Custom Builders and many private individuals.

TFAA has supported or facilitated over 60 projects in its first 6 years including the world famous Bernar Venet sculpture project in Hermann Park in 2010 and in Oyster Creek Park in Sugar Land in 2011. Look forward to the next 3^rd biennial Art Award and Auction in 2013.

Date: March 30, 2011
Location: Decorative Center Houston
5120 Woodway @ Sage (enter on Sage)
Houston, TX 77056

Installation design by Devin Borden

Honorary Chair: Lynn Wyatt
Event Chair: Martha Finger
Event co-chair: Laure Parise & Joelle Petit
Honorary Selection Chair: Judy Nyquist
Media sponsor: 

Part of the proceeds benefit: 
Texas Children’s Cancer Center’s Arts in Medicine Program

Texan Artists

Hillavi Baar/ William Betts/ Joseph Cohen/ Tara Conley*/ Melanie Crader /
Orna Feinstein / Francesca Fuchs */ Susan George/ Joe Havel/ J.Hill/
Geoff Hippenstiel/ Allison Hunter */ Selven O’Keef Jarmon*/
Mick Johnson/ Dennis Jones/ Darryl Lauster */ Jonathan Leach/
Libbie Masterson */ David Mc Gee */ Marcelyn McNeil/
Nicola Parente/ Susan Plum*/Susie Rosmarin */
Gail Siptak/ Lisa Qualls/ Wendy Wagner/
Bruce Williamson/ Dick Wray *

French Artists

Veronique Chalandar/ Bruno de Monès/ Rebecca Driffield/
Daniel Farioli/ Régine Gaud/ Antoine Grospiron-Jaccoux/
Jean-Baptiste Lyonnet/ Arielle Masson/ Olivier Moriette
Martin Reyna/ Adam Steiner/ Jean-Damien Thiollier

* published in Texas Artists Today book edited by Catherine Aspon

For more information on the art and art pieces, visit: www.tfaa2011art.com

For more information about each individual artist and their website, please visit:

https://www.texanfrenchalliance.org/artists-of-the-art-award/

Preview
March 22 & 23, 2011
Wade Wilson Art
4411 Montrose, Suite 200b
Houston, TX 77006

The winner of the TFAA Artist Award for Excellence, David McGee, received a completely organized and funded art/cultural excursion to France.  David McGee was chosen by the Selection Committee which consists of:

• Catherine Anspon – Social and Fine Arts Editor of Paper City
• Dominique Chastres – Project Manager, TFAA Paris
• Claudia Schmuckli – Curator of the Blaffer Gallery
• Wendy Watriss – Artistic Director of Fotofest
• Bill Arning – Director of Contemporary Art Museum Houston
• Toby Kamps – Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Menil Collection
• Alison Greene – Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the MFAH
• Marc Pottier – Curator and art advisor in Paris, France

Thanks to our generous sponsors:

VAN GOGH

Abuso Catering Co.
Delta KLM Air France 
Louis Vuitton
Louisa S. Sarofim
Lynn Wyatt

MONDRIAN
Air Liquide
Mayer Brown LLP
Martha and Richard Finger
Nightingale Code Foundation
PCM USA
TOTAL USA
Nathalie and Bastian de Zeeuw

POLLOCK
Dennis and Susan Carlyle
Peter Cohen
Consulate General of France
Viviana and David Denechaud
Jerry and Nanette Finger
Josh Hill
James L. Robertson
Phoebe and Bobby Tudor
Marcy Taub Wessel
Schlumberger USA
The Tasting Room
Urban Craft Custom Builders

Gallery Partners
Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery
Wade Wilson Art

Media Partner
Paper City

Printing                                                                                                                                                        NX Media

All Films Showing at the Museum of Fine Arts

1001 Bissonnet Street

http://mfah.org/films/series/14/

Romantics Anonymous (Les émotifs anonyms)

Directed by Jean-Pierre Améris

Friday, March 23, 7:00 p.m.

Romantics Anonymous tells the story of Angélique (Isabelle Carré, Private Fears in Public Places), a gifted chocolate-maker whose uncontrollable shyness prevents her from acknowledging her talents. Struggling chocolatier Jean-René (Benoît Poelvoorde, Coco Before Chanel), who also suffers from a similar case of awkward bashfulness that threatens to drown his company, hires Angelique as his new sales associate. Realizing she’s attracted to her boss, Angelique decides to anonymously develop a new line of chocolates to save the company. With the future of the business hanging in the balance, Angélique and Jean-René must overcome their limitations and confess their sweet affections for one another in this delectable comedy.

The Day I Saw Your Heart (Et soudain tout le monde me manque) Film Movement 35mm

Directed by Jennifer Devoldère,

Friday, March 23, 8:45 p.m.

This lighthearted comedy offers poignant reflections on family life. Eli Dhrey’s (Michel Blanc, The Girl on the Train) news that his third wife is pregnant unsettles his grown daughters. Dom, trying to adopt, is indignant. Justine (Mélanie Laurent, The Roundup; The Concert; Inglourious Basterds), her unmoored twenty-something half sister, responds by making stunning X-ray art from images acquired during her day job.

Untouchable (Intouchables)

Directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano

Saturday, March 24, 7:00 p.m.

Based on wealthy businessman Philippe Pozzo di Borgo’s memoir recounting his paragliding accident that left him a quadriplegic, art house cinema star François Cluzet (Tell No One) plays the handicapped millionaire who develops an unlikely friendship with  his hot-headed, uninhibited Algerian caregiver (Omar Sy, dubbed “the French Eddie Murphy,” in a breakout role). Shattering box office records in France, Untouchable has been saluted for revolutionizing how French society views itself – and has been optioned for an American remake by Harvey Weinstein. The film is a rare, positive story of the banlieue (areas of low-income apartments and social housing on the outskirts of town) and has been hailed as a masterpiece – the buoyant humor has even been compared to the films of Frank Capra.

“In France we’re used to popular homegrown French comedy, specific French gags and easy laughs. This is very Anglo-Saxon slapstick, a humor which is both absurd and subtle, something which is working more and more in France today.” – Premiere (France)

Low Cost

Directed by Maurice Barthélémy

Saturday, March 24, 9:15 p.m.

Jean-Paul Rouve is Dagobert, a pathologically anxious industrial spy who just boarded a very cheap flight in Djerba, Tunisia. After eight long hours without air conditioning, the passengers are told that the plane is not going to take off. In a moment of bravado, intended to impress sexy airline stewardess Nuance(Judith Godrèche), Dagobert starts a mutiny. Among the passengers is Jean-Claude (Gérard Darmon, from Betty Blue and Diva), a former airline pilot going through a deep depression. Although he is clearly unable to do the job, Jean-Claude cannot resist the call to action and the passengers vote to take control of the plane. A hilarious and irreverent comedy reminiscent of Airplane!

The Names of Love (Le nom des gens)

Directed by Michel Leclerc

Sunday, March 25, 5:00 p.m.

Baya Benmahmoud, a young, extroverted liberal, lives by the old hippie slogan: “Make love, not war” to convert right-wing men to her left-wing political causes by sleeping with them. She seduces many and so far has received exceptional results – until she meets Arthur Martin, a Jewish middle-aged, middle-of-the road scientist. Bound by common tragic family histories (the Algerian War and Holocaust under Vichy), the duo improbably falls in love. Amid the bubbly amour, humorous lasciviousness and moments of sheer madness, filmmaker Michel Leclerc injects satirical riffs on such hot-button sociopolitical issues as Arab-Jewish relations, anti-Semitism, immigration, and racial and cultural identity.

The famed Storyteller, Muriel Bloch, will  offer us a ‘Vagabondage au Pays des Mots’  for all ages. Be prepared to be amazed! This stunning perforamnce will be presented in French.

Wednesday the 21st

Space 125 Gallery

3201 Allen Parkway

5:00 – 7:00 pm

Admisssion is free

Performing Arts in March!

-A comedy by Jean-Marie Chevret and Directed by Hermine Bénard-

333 South Jensen Drive

A new tenant’s arrival turns the Marmion’s life up-side-down. Odile and Jean, in love for 30 years, realize that their dreams have changed. Will their love survive this couples’ life dilemma? Will they accept that their smooth unencumbered road be turned into a chaotic path?

Actors/Actresses Yves Cloots, Laurence Sebeyran, Pascale Lazare and Perrine Legoullon as well as the technical and administrative teams are volunteer members of Et Voila theatre association; an amateur troupe active in Houston for over 12 years and whose goal is to promote French through theatre.

With 20 active members and numerous supporters, Et Voila Theatre celebrates French speaking year round with Tuesday night workshops and 1-2 shows a year.

A part of the French Cultures Festival

Website: http://www.etvoilatheatre.org

Da Camera

The Menil Collection

In 1915, Debussy outlined a plan to compose six sonatas for various   combinations of instruments, but completed only three of the planned   works, all masterpieces. Our Debussy celebration features the sonatas   performed over two programs. Here, we celebrate Debussy’s legacy with   20th century works that followed the French master.  Finnish composer   Kaija Saariaho pays homage to Debussy by composing a work for the   instrumentation outlined in one of his “unfinished”sonatas, Toru   Takemitsu responds to Debussy’s Trio for flute, viola and harp and   French music today is represented by composer Pascal Dusapin.

“Extravagant technique, broad stylistic range and penetrating musicality…”– The New York Times on Claire Chase

The performance:

Debussy Sonate for flute, viola and harp, L. 137 Sonate for cello and piano, L. 135 Kaija Saariaho  Je sens un deuxième coeur (I Feel a Second Heart) for piano,       viola and cello Edgard Varèse Density 21.5 for solo flute Pascal Dusapin Immer for solo cello Toru Takemitsu And then I knew ‘twas wind for flute, viola and harp

Claire Chase, flute; Bridget Kibbey, harp; Hsin-Yun Huang, viola;  Sonia Wieder-Atherton, cello; Sarah Rothenberg, piano; Kaija Saariaho,  guest composer