Untitled Art Finds Its Footing in Houston With Its Second Edition

    ...Also in Nest, Houston gallery Seven Sisters mounted a whimsical solo booth by Houston-based artist Emily Peacock that unfolds as a fragmented, diaristic account of everyday life in Texas. Hovering between playfulness, humor and a nostalgic, often disenchanted contemplation of the fleeting nature of every moment, this constellation of variously framed photographs examines family relationships and domestic life while reading the Texas landscape and lived experience through the lenses of womanhood and motherhood. Moving fluidly between seemingly disjointed frames—portraits, staged symbolic still lifes and fragments gathered while traversing the mundane landscape—Peacock’s semiotic and narrative strategy recalls Wolfgang Tillmans, whom she cites as a major reference, filtered here through a distinctly feminine perspective. She stages different ways of seeing and feeling at once, exploring how images acquire meaning through context, intimacy, scale, repetition and circulation, much like the shifting frames of memory itself. On opening day, the gallery placed three photographs with established collectors at $1,200-8,000, alongside playful artist-designed merchandise, including postcards and small objects priced at $10-175....