It Looks Something Like This. Opening night

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"It Looks Something Like This" November 3rd

Solo Show at Van Every Gallery, Davidson NC

Resistance Press Release

Hagit Barkai: "Resistance"

opening reception Saturday June 4, 6 to 9 PM
exhibition runs through June 25, 2011

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

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

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

Good painting is always sincere. Great art is always honest, and artists arrive at greatness by channeling a burning desire. They take what is known and what is felt, and place it before us for our consideration so that we may stop a moment to think and feel a little more. Their original mark is as singular as a fingerprint and needs no comparison to the others for any reason other than historical reference. Originality is never the intent, but rather the result when the work has evolved from the inside out, from the heart of the individual and the burning desire that leads them.

We find Hagit Barkai and the evidence of her journey nearer the beginning than the end, but can still see an evolution from her earlier body of work. .........  Barkai's work is truthful and smart. She reminds us that we are not always pretty but sometimes just vulnerable, unaware and exposed. " I construct a space that is inhabitant by lives that are not fully there anymore, lives that are not fully there yet, and lives that are there but for one reason or another are not considered to be there."  We need smart artists to challenge our preconceptions so that we might overcome the prejudice of our perspective and allow ourselves the happiness that comes from a wider view.  Hagit Barkai demonstrates all the skill and desire she needs to share her vision, and the intelligence, honesty and heart to see it all. (view complete essay "Elegance and the Incomplete Idea" at link below)
                                                                                                                         DMA - Nau-haus 2011


read more about Hagit Barkai, reviews, images, essays, and biography here: http://www.texascollaborative.com/HagitBarkaiHTMLPage.html

Resistance. Solo show. June 4th, Nau-haus Art

Resistance. Nau-haus Art. June 2011

Opening: June 4th, 6-9pm

Nau-haus Art 

303 & 223 E. 11th St. Houston Texas, 77008 Houston Texas

With text by Surpik Angelini and Dan Allison

Gallery contact: info@nau-haus.com

The Seven At Canal

Canal Street Gallery located at 2219 Canal St., Houston is proud to present seven local artists in a group
exhibition on August 6, 2010, 6-9pm.

A group exhibition featuring local Houston Artists working in different media: Painting, Printmaking and
Sculpture.

Please join us at the opening reception August 6. 6-9PM. 2219 Canal Street Houston, TX 77003
Artists include: Emily Sloan, Patrick Masterson, Armando Rodriguez, Merilee Minshew, Carlos
Hernandez, Hagit Barkai and Lenard Brown.