Collision : the contemporary art scene in Houston, 1972-1985 / Pete Gershon.

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In this expansive and vigorous survey of the Houston art scene of the 1970s and 1980s, author Pete Gershon describes the city's emergence as a locus for the arts, fueled by a boom in oil prices and by the arrival of several catalyzing figures, including museum director James Harithas and sculptor Ja...

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Uniform Title:Sara and John Lindsey series in the arts and humanities ; no. 19.
Main Author: Gershon, Pete (Author)
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Sara and John Lindsey series in the arts and humanities ; no. 19.
Subjects:
Art, American > Texas > Houston > 20th century.
Art, American.
Texas > Houston.
1900-1999
Physical Description:viii, 468 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Culture on a Corner
  • Art Came to Houston
  • Lefty
  • 10
  • A New Direction
  • Jim
  • 12/Texas
  • Museum Quality
  • The Art of Texas
  • Radical Chic
  • Intermission
  • Rebirth
  • Climax
  • The Women's Caucus
  • The Dinner Party
  • Mimi versus the Museum
  • A Room of One's Own
  • Fire
  • Surls
  • Brothers and Sisters
  • Pow Wow
  • 1980
  • SumFest, The Panther, and the Art Guys
  • Wobbling
  • A Houston Art Center
  • Collision
  • Marzio
  • Fresh Paint
  • Dynamic Pioneers
  • A Houston School
  • The Big Show
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix: A Houston Timeline, 1972-85.