Keith Perelli: /"Perforate"

/per·fo·rate

verb ?p?r-f?-?ra-t
per·fo·rat·ed  -  per·fo·rat·ing
Definition of/PERFORATE/
transitive verb: 1: to make a hole through; especially : to make a line of holes in to facilitate separation

opening reception Saturday
April 2, 6 to 9 PM

exhibition runs through March 30, 2011

_*please note: new gallery hours Wed. Thurs, Fri. & Sat. Noon to 6 PM*_



Keith Perelli, Milagros Obscuros, Oil On Paper With Mixed Media, 60 x 
30, 2010

view more images here: 
http://www.texascollaborative.com/KeithPerelli2011.htm


Nau-haus Art
223 E. 11th St.
Houston TX, 77008

contact: Dan Allison dan@nau-haus.com
phone: 281-615-4148
www.nau-haus.com


*_From the artist: "Perforate" A new series of Paintings and Monotypes_*

/"In this transitional figurative series, I was interested in creating 
works exploring catalysts of change, adaptation and growth./

/How open are we to unfamiliar experiences, individuals, challenges or 
even adapting to new environments? Through this line of questioning, I 
sought to create works that might suggest the subject in the midst of 
one of these transitional moments. Through collage and perforations or 
window-like passages in the surfaces of the paintings, the figures are 
both exposed and allowed to become one with their environment. I wanted 
to suggest a heightened awareness of the self and possible outside 
forces and events that sometimes influence our behavior all at once.  In 
some cases the figure might appear hesitant or uncertain, but most often 
they are on the brink of experiencing something outside of their control."
/

/"While creating these pieces, I sometimes focused on how the viewer 
might engage in the visual dialogue of the figure. Does the viewer 
become a voyeur in an otherwise private moment, or are they the catalyst 
for the narrative? Playing within these dual states, I attempted to 
portray what one might project as a facade of his or her emotions while 
also alluding to the internal and visceral pulse of our truest feelings. /

/I like this idea of both seeing a projection of that which lies beneath 
the surface and what is tangible simultaneously."
/

REVIEWS/ PRESS
2011 "Conscience at the Carroll Gallery," Bookhardt, Eric. D., Inside 
art, Jan., New Orleans, LA
2010 "Mix and Match," Ramey, Julia, Houston Press, Night + Day, Week of 
Jan 7-13, pg 23, 24
2009 "Not to Miss Shows," Art for Arts Sake, Doug MacCash, Art Critic, 
Lagniappe Magazine,
          Times  Picayune, New Orleans, LA
          "Human Nature", Eric Bookhardt, Gambit Magazine, Oct. New 
Orleans, LA
2007 "Katrina Collection," WKNBC Los Angeles News Feature, 1.5 min 
interview and news
          feature, aired Sept 5 and 6th, 2007
          NOCCA, State of the Arts, Featured Faculty Member, p. 7-8, 
Louisiana Press
           "Found Gallery Hosts ," Art Knowledge News, artknowledgenews.com
           "Supernatural Aura," Bookhardt, Eric. D., Gambit Magazine, 
April, New Orleans, LA
2006 "The Culture of Queer, A Tribute to J.B. Harter," The New York Art 
World.com, Lohman Foundation
           "The Culture of Queer," ArtUS, Conner, Jill, July-Sept. 2006, 
p. 14-15
           "Staying Alive' Lagniappe, MacCash, Doug, New Orleans Times 
Picayune, LA
2005 "Culture of Queer," MacCash, Doug, New Orleans Times Picayune, LA
          "Perelli Goes Political,"  MacCash, Doug, New Orleans Times 
Picayune, LA, Oct. 31, p. 13-16
           "The Year That Was," MacCash, Doug, New Orleans Times 
Picayune, LA, Dec. 26, p. 22
           "Valley of the Shadow," Bookhardt, Eric, D., Gambit Magazine, 
New Orleans, LA, Nov. 18, p. 32
2001 "Second Times a Charm," MacCash, Doug, New Orleans Times Picayune, LA
          "Life in the Limbo Zone," Bookhardt, Eric, D., Gambit 
Magazine, New Orleans, LA, May. 1, p. 29
           "Hot seven," Bookhardt, Eric, D., Gambit Magazine, New 
Orleans, LA, April 17, p. 33
2000 "Art on the Walls," Bookhardt, Eric, New Orleans,
1999 "Gallery of Greats, The Most Lasting Visions of 1999,"  MacCash, 
Doug, New Orleans Times  Picayune,
         LA p. Dec. 31, 17-18
          "Paintings Contain the Mysteries of Life and Death," MacCash, 
Doug, New Orleans Times  Picayune, LA, Nov. 5, p. 28
          "Pleasure Garden," Fisher, Christopher, N.O.A.R., New Orleans, 
LA, Nov./Dec. p. 34-35
1998 "Looking back at 1997; Waddington, Chris, New Orleans Times 
Picayune, LA, p. Jan. 2, p. 14-15
          "Trip to Galleries Should be on Everyone's List, Waddington, 
Chris, New Orleans Times Picayune,
          LA, p. Dec. 26, p. 14-15

contact: Dan Allison dan@nau-haus,com
phone: 281-615-4148
www.nau-haus.com



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Nau-haus Art Space is located at 223 E. 11th St.
in the Houston Heights. Phone: 281-615-4148

Gallery hours are from Noon to 6 pm, Wednesday
through Saturday or by appointment.

Owned and operated by Dan Mitchell Allison,
Nau-haus is  dedicated to the exploration of new
and emerging talent, as well as a venue for
established work by Houston's independent visual
artists. For more information about T.C.A.Projects
and Nau-haus e mailinfo@nau-haus.com  or visit
us on line athttp://www.nau-haus.com


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not interested anymore? please type "remove"  and return. THANKS!

Nau-haus Art Space is located at 223 E. 11th St.
in the Houston Heights. Phone: 281-615-4148

Gallery hours are from Noon to 6 pm, Wednesday
through Saturday or by appointment.

Owned and operated by Dan Mitchell Allison,
Nau-haus is  dedicated to the exploration of new
and emerging talent, as well as a venue for
established work by Houston's independent visual
artists. For more information about T.C.A.Projects
and Nau-haus e mailinfo@nau-haus.com  or visit
us on line athttp://www.nau-haus.com


-- 
not interested anymore? please type "remove"  and return. THANKS!

Nau-haus Art Space is located at 223 E. 11th St.
in the Houston Heights. Phone: 281-615-4148

Gallery hours are from Noon to 6 pm, Wednesday
through Saturday or by appointment.

Owned and operated by Dan Mitchell Allison,
Nau-haus is  dedicated to the exploration of new
and emerging talent, as well as a venue for
established work by Houston's independent visual
artists. For more information about T.C.A.Projects
and Nau-haus e mail info@nau-haus.com or visit
us on line at http://www.nau-haus.com