Art Fair Saturday

The George R. Brown Convention Center hosted the Houston Fine Art Fair over the weekend.  It was really fun and featured galleries from the United States, Latin America, and Europe.   What a treat to see the works of such famous artists like Warhol and Rauschenberg (especially Rauschenberg) :).  However, nothing captured my attention like Margaret Thatcher Projects Gallery, who featured an eye catching contemporary "paper" artist.     

I'm apologizing in advance for all of my posts about paper lately, but I can not seem to escape it!  

Adam Fowler,   quickly sketches his loop designs in graphite or charcoal and then the slow and steady work begins.  For weeks at a time he meticulously cuts his woven lace-like design with an exacto.  In the end it is a thin and delicately crafted web.  The numerous designs are layered to create one piece with a lot depth.  Some of his works layer as many as 50 sheets!

It was a pleasure talking with the gallery about his process and the work itself.

When my boyfriend and I literally had a physical reaction to his art, we knew it was the best we were going to see at the fair.  We kind of just quickly walked through the rest of the fair but were really only thinking about getting back over to look at Adam Fowler's work again!  Haha!

-WPG