Artist + Curators in Conversation “Vertigo of Color”
Alexis Pye, Window Seat, 2024, oil, oil stick, and oil pastel on canvas. © Alexis Pye, courtesy of Inman Gallery, Houston
Alexis Pye
Ann Dumas, consulting curator for European art
Alison de Lima Greene, the Isabel Brown Wilson Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
Henri Matisse, Open Window, Collioure, 1905, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, collection of Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Whitney. © 2024 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
André Derain, Boats at the Port of Collioure, 1905, oil on canvas, private collection. © 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
May 5, 2024
Houston artist Alexis Pye joins curators Ann Dumas and Alison de Lima Greene for a conversation about Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism. They discuss the inspirations for the art in the exhibition, as well as the influence of these boldly colorful works. When you visit the Vertigo of Color galleries, you can listen to Pye’s commentary in the audio guide.
Plan Your Visit
- This program is included with Museum admission.
- The lecture takes place in Lynn Wyatt Theater in the Kinder Building. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. To see the exhibition, located on the upper level of the Law Building, an ALL ACCESS ticket is needed.
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About the Artist
- Alexis Pye, a Detroit native now based in Houston, explores the tradition of painting as a way to express the Black body outside of its social constructs to evoke playfulness, wonder, Blackness, and joy amidst adversity.
About the MFAH Curators
- Ann Dumas, consulting curator for European art, is co-curator of Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism.
- Alison de Lima Greene is the Isabel Brown Wilson Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art.
Learning and Interpretation programs receive generous funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services; Samuel H. Kress Foundation; The Brown Foundation, Inc.; Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; Houston Junior Woman’s Club; Sharon G. Dies; Sterling-Turner Foundation; Susan Vaughan Foundation; and additional generous donors.
“Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism” was organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
This exhibition is made possible in part by a grant from:
Lead Corporate Underwriter:
This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.
Additional generous support is provided by:
Cherie and Jim Flores
Linnet F. Deily
Nancy Pollok Guinee
Carla Knobloch
Rand Group
Polly and Murry Bowden
Bettie Cartwright
Vivian L. Smith Foundation
Rosanette S. Cullen
Samuel F. Gorman