Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Director Bill Arning, Jim Hodges, and Sisyphus (Sufjan Stevens, Serengeti, Son Lux) at the entrance to Jim Hodges: Give More Than You Take. All photos by Courtney Perry.
On February 14, lovers of all kinds — art lovers, music lovers, museum lovers, Sufjan lovers — came out to spend Valentine’s Day at the Walker. Assembled to preview our newest exhibition, Jim Hodges: Give More Than You Take, guests dressed up for a photo booth, drank heart-inspired cocktails, danced to DJ sets from Olga Bell and Angel Deradoorian, and let loose in Gallery 8 with Sisyphus, a supergroup/side project by Sufjan Stevens, Serengeti, and Son Lux. After opening remarks from Hodges and exhibition curators Olga Viso and Jeffrey Grove, the galleries were buzzing until past midnight.
Exhibition co-curators Jeffrey Grove of the Dallas Museum of Art and Walker Exectuive Director Olga Viso with Jim Hodges
“How do I look?”Former Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak with friends in the galleriesTrying on giant glasses for the photo booth set up in the Garden CaféLining up to walk through and still this, 2005–2008, an intricate work of 23.5k and 24k goldGetting a closer look at the glass sculpting of ghost, 2008Viewing their distorted reflection in Untitled, 2011, a 12-foot diameter mirrorGetting those Instagrams and selfiesThe view through You, 1997Gazing at the 24-foot-long denim sky that is Untitled (one day it all comes true), 2013Inspecting the various light bulbs of Another Turn, 1999Olga Bell starting the dance party before the dance partySon Lux and Olga Bell getting the crowd ready for SisyphusGlasses on, Stevens takes the stageAll Smiles SerengetiDouble-shades Son LuxSing-Along StevensThe best way to kick of Sisyphus’ new album: a maximum-capacity gallery dance partyThings quiet down on the special-edition Valentine’s Day After Hours
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