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COMPOSITION Art seekers flocked to Laura Rathe Fine Art's second Houston gallery, where excitement swirled around the reveal of the new jewel box — a gleaming white cube encompassing 1,200 polished square feet, with 19-foot ceilings and a prime Uptown address: BLVD Place, next door to Elaine Turner. (It's Rathe's third Texas space; there is a gallery in Dallas, and the first Houston location is a three-story aerie along Colquitt's Gallery Row.) SUBJECT MATTER Miz Rathe greeted clients and welcomed artists whose works were showcased in the opening group exhibition, including abstract painter Christopher Martin, in from Dallas; Austin-based Karen Hawkins, who has a way with paper (ask to see her totemic sculptures formed from vintage volumes); Gil Bruvel of the futuristic figurative sculpture (also the leading man of the gallery owner); and Mister Ab Ex himself, Tony Magar, who has great tales about the New York scene back in the day. Also working the crowd were gallery director Hannah Reuter, new associate director Casey Baden and colleague Chris Carrillo. Art lovers: collector Ken Christie, Theresa Roemer of the famous closet, Marcia and Joe Alexander, Marilyn and David Guion, Ki Adams, Scott Mason, Mary and John Eads, Polly Bowden, designer Selena Mackay, Jordan and Dylan Seff, Edward Ondarza and wife Kendall (he gifted her with a dramatic resin painting by Gian Garofalo), Kathy Dimmitt, Larina Chen and Ila Sodhani admiring a Jason Young canvas with a fractal-like surface, Christopher Martin collector Libby Cook, Amy and Mark Hammer, Obinna Nwadike, Wulfe & Co.'s Terri Moran, and Christin and Ugo Tombolini. INSIDE THE WHITE CUBE CATHERINE D. ANSPON PAINTS THE TOWN. PHOTOGRAPHY JAY TOVAR. LAURA RATHE FINE ART UNVEILS AT BLVD PLACE Mise en scène Chris Carrillo Dylan Seff Jordan Seff Ken Christie Laura Rathe Kendall Ondarza Edward Ondarza Karen Hawkins Tricia Richards Annie Cain Kari Smith Christin Tombolini Ugo Tombolini Gil Bruvel Marla Aurly Karen Gentilini Maddie Pipitone Mary Ann Hebrank Selena Mackay Greg Reid Obinna Nwadike Tony Magar Maura Parro Linda Wilson Neal Wilson Elise Weatherall Casey Baden Christopher Martin Libby Cook Hannah Reuter Janelle Reid Grand OpeninG! designer Suitings, Casual and evening Luxurious Fabrics. elegant Styling. 1965 West Gray · Houston · 832.918.2664 New York, Aspen, Vail, Chevy Chase, MD, Atlanta, Nantucket, Palm Desert, Seattle, Scottsdale, San Francisco, Birmingham, MI, Cleveland, Chestertown & Easton, MD www.ninamclemore.com River Oaks Shopping Center 2040 West Gray St., Suite 120 Houston, TX 77019 713.523.9090 www.casadenoviabridal.com Premiering Fall 2016 November 19 th-21st