Painting the Town Orange

The Stories behind Houston's Visionary Art Environments

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, General Art, Collections, Catalogues, & Exhibitions, History, Americas, United States
Cover of the book Painting the Town Orange by Pete Gershon, Arcadia Publishing Inc.
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Author: Pete Gershon ISBN: 9781625849724
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc. Publication: February 18, 2014
Imprint: The History Press Language: English
Author: Pete Gershon
ISBN: 9781625849724
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Publication: February 18, 2014
Imprint: The History Press
Language: English
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 work and, yes, the fruit itself. McKissack's installation spawned more of its kind in the Bayou City, like the Beer Can House, the Flower Man's House, Pigdom--one woman's "shrine to swine"--and a flourishing art scene committed to preserving Houston's art environments. Author Pete Gershon tells the stories of these sites, their creators and the members of Houston's unique art community, all set against the backdrop of the city's quirky history..
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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 work and, yes, the fruit itself. McKissack's installation spawned more of its kind in the Bayou City, like the Beer Can House, the Flower Man's House, Pigdom--one woman's "shrine to swine"--and a flourishing art scene committed to preserving Houston's art environments. Author Pete Gershon tells the stories of these sites, their creators and the members of Houston's unique art community, all set against the backdrop of the city's quirky history..

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