Draft:Phillip Pyle II

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  • Comment: As unless his works have been permanently collected by major art museums, there's simply nothing currently convincing for notability. SwisterTwister talk 21:27, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Comment: As previously mentioned when your article was declined before, you need to find more sources than just local Houston-based coverage of this individual in order to establish notability. RegistryKey(RegEdit) 07:24, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
  • Comment: Good use of inline citation, thank you, but you need more than local press coverage to indicate general notability. Has anyone outside of Houston taken notice of this artist? 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 03:54, 23 May 2016 (UTC)


Phillip Pyle, II is a visual artist, graphic designer, and photographer based in Houston, Texas. His primary interests are race, humor, advertising, sports, and popular culture. His art has been covered by CNN,Texas Monthly, the Houston Chronicle, Art in America, and the Houston Press.[1][2][3][4][5] His works have been exhibited at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, University Museum at Texas Southern University, The Museum of African American Culture, Project Row Houses, Art League Houston, the Blaffer Art Museum, and the FotoFest Biennial.[5][6][7][8][9]

Career[edit]

In 2013, Phillip Pyle II and Robert Hodge created "Beauty Box," a social sculpture.[2][10] They used furniture from thrift stores to recreate "a living room more or less in the image of their own grandparents' homes."[2] Pyle "wanted people to consider their own lives, their own history, their own grandmother's keen decorating sense as worthy of being declared art."[2] In 2014, they created an exhibition titled "The Black Guys" at the Art League, an homage to the Art Guys.[2] In 2015, Pyle's exhibition, "Black Panther Party Power" appeared at Fresh Arts, where he cast prominent members of the Black Panther Party as superheroes.[3][11][12] In 2021, Pyle's Broken Obelisk Elbows appeared at the 2021 Texas Biennial.[1] According to Texas Monthly, Broken Obelisk Elbows, "a satirical proposal for a public art intervention," was "the key to the entire show."[13] The work provided "an ironic, satirical commentary on who gets to do public monuments."[13] In 2024, his series "Forgotten Struggle," which featured photographs of the Civil Rights Movement edited so that the protestors are carrying blank signs, appeared at the FotoFest Biennial.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Petty, Kathleen (August 2021). "Texas Biennial Exhibition Lands in San Antonio". San Antonio Magazine.
  2. ^ a b c d e Binkovitz, Leah (December 13, 2014). "24 hours at a bus stop: It's art". Houston Chronicle.
  3. ^ a b http://www.houstonpress.com/event/phillip-pyle-ii-black-panther-party-power-7783793
  4. ^ Arning, Bill; Arning, Bill (May 23, 2016). "Up Close: Houston Loves Eccentrics".
  5. ^ a b c Palumbo, Jacqui (March 8, 2024). "What happens when history is erased? An artist edits Civil Rights images to eerie effect". CNN.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Houston Rockets x CAMH". MutualArt.
  7. ^ Kelly, By Sam González. "Houston Artists Aim to Preserve History of Third Ward with Exhibition at Texas Southern's University Museum". Houston Chronicle.
  8. ^ "Session G". Art League Houston.
  9. ^ "Phillip Pyle II". Blaffer Art Museum. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  10. ^ "Welcome Home: Houston Artists Transform Empty Lot into Third Ward Living Room". July 11, 2013.
  11. ^ Bishop, Amy (September 25, 2015). "Houston Artist Pays Tribute to Black Panther Party With 1980s Cartoons". Houston Public Media.
  12. ^ http://www.artshound.com/event/detail/441936607/Phillip_Pyle_II_Black_Panther_Party_Power
  13. ^ a b Agresta, Michael (September 8, 2021). "Can a Big, Texas-Wide Survey of Contemporary Art Tell Us Where We Go From Here?". Texas Monthly.

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