When You Invent the Ship, You Also Invent the Shipwreck

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Throughline is pleased to present its fourth two-person collective member exhibition “When You Invent the Ship, You Also Invent the Shipwreck,” with new work by artists Garland Fielder and Gabriel Martinez, opening Friday August 23, 2024, at 3909 Main Street, Houston, TX 77002. A reception will be held from 6 to 9pm the same evening.

The artworks in When You Invent the Ship, You Also Invent the Shipwreck address threats humanity faces and the fear they engender. Paintings, drawings, photography, and sculpture look toward the systems that have facilitated these naturally occurring and human-engineered dangers and the structures used to safeguard against them.

Garland Fielder works in painting, drawing, sculpture, architectural design, art writing and music. His current projects address mass anxiety and its amplification within our collective minds. Inspired by metaphorical imagery from fables, media headlines and other sources, Fielder’s work invites viewers to contemplate their own unique places in the universe along with inevitable questions such positions pose. Fielder earned an MFA at the University of North Texas and a Masters in Architecture from the University of Texas, Austin. He lives and works in Houston.

Gabriel Martinez’s art explores relationships produced by the built environment and the body's experience of history. His current work is drawn from historical research surrounding the detonation of the first atomic bomb near his hometown of Alamogordo, New Mexico. As cinema and the lens have developed alongside modern warfare, Martinez uses the term “exposure” to link photographic processes, radiation, and the revelation of top-secret material. Martinez graduated from Columbia University and attended the Whitney Independent Study Program before moving to Houston as a Core Fellow and artist-in-residence at Project Row Houses. He is the founding director of Alabama Song and author of A Student’s Guide to Stealing.

Scheduled Programs: 
Artist Talk: Saturday, July 13th, 12 - 1pm
Cocktail Hour: Saturday, July 27, 4-6pm
Workshop: Saturday, August 10, 12-1pm

Exhibition Dates:  June 7 - June 29, 2024
Opening Reception: Friday, June 7th, 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Gallery Hours: Fridays & Saturdays, 12-6pm  

*For private appointments email: throughlinecollective@gmail.com