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Indepth Arts News: "Inscapes: Illuminated Passages by Brian Portman" 2000-09-14 until 2000-11-26 Museum of Fine Art Houston, Glassell School of Art Houston, TX, USA
The artist achieves an
exquisite luminosity and texture through gestural brush
strokes and irregular grounds created from layering a
mélange of materials. His richly colored work, often in
dark tones applied in multiple layers against a
background of submerged light, encourages the viewer
to seek out the light source that travels deep into the
foundation.
The Houston-based artist created new, site-specific
works for this exhibition. Of particular note, Portman
integrated a monumental ceiling painting into the
33-foot-high arched atrium of the Glassell School. Lit
from the back, the work hovers in space and represents
a culmination of a dream for Portman, who was a fellow
in the Core Residency Program at the
Glassell School of Art from 1983 to 1985.
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