Anya Tish Gallery

Sexually appealing but down to earth male gallery assistant who seemed like an actor giving an interview for GQ magazine — check.
Trendy polished oil paintings of plastic guns in candy colors — check.
Fantasy of being a rich Rice sorority girl and of buying something fluffy and insignificant — check.

This by far was my favorite gallery of the 4 that reside in the same building. Anya Tish herself is here and welcomed us around. She gave us a tour of her gallery and gave us a bit of history to the artist she had on show. Since we seemed very interested she even allowed us to look around her office area and kitchen where there was some other pieces. Great lady who was very nice!
The content here was something called Lenticular photographs mounted on aluminum by Begona Egurbide. This was nothing I had ever seen before. It was basically a collection of 10 – 20 photographs crafted so that from each different angle a different image was viewable and if you walked from side to side it told an amazing story through pictures.

Shows here are hit and miss in terms of good exhibitions. Even when the shows aren’t great, they’re pretty good. The current show, Maxim Wakultschik’s, Closely Watched Trains, is outstanding. Get yourself over to it!
The gallery itself is like the other spaces in this sextet of galleries situated at 4411 Montrose. What this comparison translates to is a bunch of white walls. Nothing wrong with that, it is about the art after all! Or getting schnockered and talking in front of a piece an art lover took time out of their evening to come see. Yes.. . I’m a bitter, bitter person.
Moving along. Whether you’re an art lover, an art boozer or both – Anya Tish is definitely a stop you should make in your journey. Just don’t spill your drink on the art – it’s not cheap!