The first takes a look at Houston art from the early 1990s and features a lot of images from the past that you will like to see if you lived in this fine city back then.
The next is odder. In fact someone who worked at the school had to show us what to do. Basically there is a red room off the hall that has some kind of large inflatable object in it without air. You must step over it and stand on a painted 'x' on the floor. Once you do, the lights come on and the object starts inflating. This thing is big and as it starts to get air, it basically begins to take over the room trapping you in it. That is until you step of the 'x' and leave the room.
Here is more from the Press:
"Wesley Heiss: Suburban" Wesley Heiss has used just about every square inch of the Glassell School of Art's upstairs project space for his installation Suburban. Stuffed in the red-painted room is a big gray inflatable figure, partially inflated. To experience the installation, you squeeze past it and stand on an "X" along one wall. Suddenly the flaccid figure begins to inflate, crowding you into the space. Move off the "X" and it stops. Step back on and it starts again. The figure is of a dog, lying on its side, its head in the corner next to you. While the act of stepping on and off the "X" is comic, there's also something pathetic about the rising and falling dog with its face hidden in the corner. In Suburban, Heiss has made used-car-lot decor poignant. Through November 22. 5101 Montrose, 713-639-7500.
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