#jack early

Contemporary Arts Museum – Houston, TX

Today we visit the Contemporary Arts Museum.  It’s just entirely too hot now to do many outdoor activities so Max and I are going to see what kind of indoor fun we can have 🙂 ….and admission…FREE!!! What better than a pint sized Superman to make “a Better Yesterday”  Assembly:  Ghazi Stadium – 2013. Each of the hand printed, colored and silkscreened tickets represent 25,00 seated bodies and…

<3  JACK EARLY

Early was born in 1962 in Raleigh, North Carolina. His ascent to fame began in the late 1980s as one-half of the duo Pruitt-Early. Pruitt-Early’s irreverent work challenged prevailing orthodoxies and blurred the boundaries between low culture and high art. Their first solo show, Artwork for Teenage Boys, was held in 1990 at 303 Gallery, New York. Pruitt-Early quickly garnered attention, and in 1992 they presented an exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery. Following the Castelli show, which was misunderstood and infamously panned, Early went into a self-imposed exile from the art world. In recent years, Pruitt-Early’s artworks have been reappraised and increasingly hailed by collectors, critics, and museums. Early began writing songs, which have become integral to many of his new art objects. Since 2009, he has been making objects that explore the breadth of American pop culture. Glenn O’Brien describes Early as a “new sort of bluesman  making work that reflects the lonesome road he’s been on, a road that goes through Jesus, Jesus Christ Superstar, John and Yoko, protest movements, and the United Federation of Planets.”

Jack Early the artist. I photographed him for Ravelin Magazine. Jack has a new show at Fergus McCaffrey Gallery on Feb. 18th.

http://ravelinmagazine.com/posts/jack-early-at-fergus-mccaffrey/

Jack Early the artist. I photographed him for Ravelin Magazine. Jack has a new show at Fergus McCaffrey Gallery on Feb. 18th.

http://ravelinmagazine.com/posts/jack-early-at-fergus-mccaffrey/