The Journey to Everything, a solo exhibition of paintings by Neo-African Abstract Expressionist Danny Simmons at the Houston Museum of African American Culture is featured on Glasstire. The exhibition has traveled to Houston from the Reginald F. Lewis Museum in Baltimore, where it was curated by Westwood Gallery's James Cavello.
Glasstire quotes HMAAC curator John Guess, Jr.: "The title prepares us for the plenitude to come: collages on paper and canvas, with juxtaposed dots of paint and Ankara fabric, Bogolan mud cloth from Mali, paper cutouts of visible and partially visible faces, Congolese bark cloth, neon lace, gestural lines, and splashes of color on single frames and triptychs. From permutations of the song from a civil rights march in “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around,” to migration in “Take the Long Way Home,” and maps of a rainforest in “Ituri Forest”, Simmons has produced work that reflects his inner life and receptive mien."
August 29 – December 15
Houston Museum of African American Culture
4807 Caroline Street, Houston, TX, 77004
Organized by James Cavello and the Westwood Gallery NYC, curated by John Guess, Jr. and co-curated by Danielle Finnerman
