Past Exhibitions

On March 13, 2021, Five Points Museum of Contemporary Art opens a new exhibition featuring award-winning photographer Daniel Kramer in: “Giddy Up!! A Decade of Documenting the Houston Rodeo.” Originally shown at the Art Car Museum in Houston, and curated by Noah Edmundson, this exhibition will be shown in an expanded form for Five Points Museum.

As a young boy, Kramer was exposed to the culture of the cowboy during summers on his father’s ranch in Idaho. Relatives Bud & Bobby Kramer ran one of the largest ranches in the U.S. and provided stock to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo from the early 1950s until the late 1970s. Bobby Kramer is in the Cowgirl Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas.

When Kramer moved to Houston he was naturally drawn to the Houston Rodeo, which calls itself the world’s largest entertainment event. The 2019 Rodeo had more than 2.5 million attendees. The sprawling 3-week spectacle includes the Rodeo, live music performances, a barbeque cook-off, a carnival, a livestock show, a parade and trail riders. He has documented the various aspects of the Houston Rodeo since 2007.

In 2014, he photographed the event for Smithsonian Magazine’s Instagram account. Later that same year, the project was selected by the American Society of Media Photographers as one of the Best Projects of the Year. Additionally, one photo was included in The National: Best Contemporary Photography 2014 exhibition at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art.

Daniel Kramer: GIDDY UP!! A Decade of Documenting the Houston Rodeo opens Saturday, March 13th, 2021 and runs through June 27th, 2021. Dates are subject to change.

Please note that at this time, we are not planning a reception for the opening, but will post notifications if a reception becomes feasible later in the run of the exhibition.

Extended through October 18: Five Points Museum of Contemporary Art presents a new exhibition by Houston artist Jesse Lott and Louisiana artist Travis Whitfield called The Road So Far. The exhibit will feature an installation by Whitfield that includes a full-size “Shotgun House” containing artifacts and photographs from Northern Louisiana, where Whitfield lives and has a studio. Lott’s featured artworks explore how line creates form and utilizes found objects from near his Houston studio to create dynamic sculptures.

From the smallest detailed figurine to the life-size shotgun house, Lott and Whitfield provide social, historical and political commentary via their respective observations of the world around them. Watch the two artists discuss their work with the Victoria Advocate in the video below.

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The exhibit features video and multimedia that bring visitors into the artists’ process and provide insights to the cultural and fundamental backgrounds that led each artist to their current place.

This exhibit is curated by Ann Harithas, the museum’s founder and executive director.