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Gordon Robichaux is pleased to present two new exhibitions: recent sculpture and paintings by Otis Houston Jr. (Room 925), and an installation of new drawings by Miles Huston (Room 907). The artists have previously collaborated, and although their exhibitions at Gordon Robichaux are distinct, we are excited to honor their long-standing friendship鈥擧uston introduced Houston Jr. to the gallery in 2018鈥攚ith concurrent shows.

Miles Huston鈥檚 second solo exhibition at the gallery is an installation dedicated to his drawing practice, specifically his Verse drawings. For the ongoing series, Huston follows a system of rules to direct his application of marks with colored pencil鈥攁rcs, circles, or vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines鈥攖o create complex geometric compositions of infinite, irregular, repeating patterns. He fills the shapes with dense layers of velvety colored pencil over the course of many hours, and the palette for each work is inspired by art and design鈥攊n this case, Georges Braque and Miyoko Ito paintings, historical Soviet interiors, and Sanzo Wada鈥檚 1943 book, A Dictionary of Color Combinations (1). Standardized logic and limited parameters yield infinite variations, while optical patterns and color relationships create illusions of space and motion. Up close, the drawings reveal their handmade quality through earnest errors and revisions.

Huston began making Verse drawings in 2009, following his time studying with social ecologist Stephen Kellert at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Kellert 鈥渉elped pioneer the concept of biophilic design, an emerging field that promotes improved health and wellbeing by creating connections between people and nature in the built environment鈥� (2). These ideas shaped Huston鈥檚 interest in 鈥渟ystems thinking as it relates to the environment.鈥� He explains: 鈥淭he colors and patterns within the drawings are like layers of leaves on a tree, each fixed in its individual location, but also in flux鈥攊n growth cycles within an eco-system.鈥�