Pete Gershon: 2 books
Collision
The Contemporary Art Scene in Houston, 1972–1985
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2018
Winner, 2019 Ron Tyler Award for Best Illustrated Book, sponsored by the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)
In this expansive and vigorous survey of the Houston art scene of the 1970s and 1980s, author Pete Gershon describes the city’s emergence as a locus for the arts, fueled by a...
Painting the Town Orange
The Stories behind Houston's Visionary Art Environments
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
Houston's sprawl has come with controversy, but it has created a blank canvas for the public art community. It all started in the Telephone Road Place subdivision, where retired mail carrier Jefferson Davis McKissack built the Orange Show, an extraordinary and eccentric monument to self-reliance, hard...