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The pictorial space and visual fissures of Dorothy Hood's large-scale paintings and works on paper recall a profound mind scape that echoes her early Surrealist influences from her time spent in Mexico in the 1940s-1960s. Having moved back to Houston in 1962, the impact of the space age and the fathoms of the cosmos were a further profound influence on Hood’s paintings. A beautiful trove of Hood’s lesser-known collages, rich in material experimentation, reveal a more intimate look at the artist’s process and inspirations.

By focusing on an edited group of collages, our presentation …