MKG Art Management Information

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MKG Art Management

As Houston’s oldest and largest art advisory firm, MKG Art Management offers the most comprehensive services available in the country. With over 50 years of combined art market expertise, MKG clients benefit from our extensive knowledge base and network. Our clients are private collectors, corporations, and institutions, whose collections MKG Art Management has located, negotiated, purchased, framed, and installed on their behalf. By buying art from galleries, print publishers, auction houses and artist studios throughout the country and abroad, MKG offers our clients the best quality selection work in their price range. Adhering to strict IAPAA guidelines and standards, MKG Art Management works with our clients to establish, develop and maintain an art collection that suits each client’s needs. Below please find more information about MKG Art Management’s services.

• MKG Art Management will locate, negotiate, purchase, frame, and install artwork tailored to the needs and budget of our clients.

• MKG will advise on placement of artwork in your space. If desired, MKG will

commission artist(s) to create site-specific artwork to suit your new interior. We are able to work on any size project, from a single reception area piece to multiple pieces throughout the office space.

• MKG Art Management is a fee-for-service firm. This allows us to provide

completely impartial recommendations. MKG does not carry an art inventory, so we can select work best suited to our client’s individual needs.

• MKG does not mark-up artwork or framing. All discounts are passed to our

clients. These discounts significantly offset our fees and range between 10% and 25%.

• MKG also offers art leasing options for clients who want to have artwork in

their space without initial capital outlay. MKG Art Management welcomes the opportunity to assist your company with any art-related needs. We invite you to visit our website at www.mkgart.com to see further samples of our completed projects.

MKG Client List

MKG Art Management 2825 Colquitt, Houston, TX 77354

Phone: 713.526.4146 Fax: 713.526.4158

E-Mail: [email protected] Web: www.mkgart.com

AON Service Corporation

Adelphia Business Solutions

Amerex Natural Gas & Power

Baker & McKenzie

Bank of Montreal

Boston Consulting Group

Brennan’s of Houston

Bristow Group, Inc.

Broadfield Management

CBRE-Melody

Chaswil, Ltd.

City of Houston Housing Authority

Direct Energy

Design Continuum, Atlanta

DLD Family Investments

Dominion Exploration & Production, Inc.

Dynegy Inc.

El Paso Energy

Entergy-Koch

EPCO, Inc.

ExxonMobil Global Real Estate

ExxonMobil Exploration

Friedkin Companies Inc.

Fugro Consultants LP

Fulbright & Jaworski LLP

Gulf States Toyota, Inc.

Harris County Children’s Protective Services

The Houston Exploration Company

Houston Marriott Westchase

Houston Texans

Integrated Electrical Services

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

Jenkens & Gilchrist

Jones Lang Lasalle

Kroger, Myers, Frisby & Hirsch

Liskow & Lewis

Lyondell Chemical Company

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Natco Group, Inc.

NRG

PHK Associates Inc.

PM Realty Group

Puffer-Sweiven

Rey de la Reza Architects, Inc.

Rice University

Rice University Jones Graduate School

RS Property Management

Schlumberger Technology Corporation

Sidley Austin LLP

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Floom L.L.P.

Sumitomo Corporation of America

Summit Capital Group LLC

TexasGenco

Teppco

Torch Energy Advisors

Transwestern Commercial Services

Universal Computer Systems, Houston

The University of Texas System

UT Health Science Center School of Nursing

UTMD Anderson Cancer Center

Vanco Energy Company

Veritas DGC Inc.

Yancey-Hausman and Associates

The Woodlands Development Company

MKG Art Management Partners MKG Art Management’s consultants have earned advanced degrees in art history and arts administration and bring an academic perspective into the process of building art collections. Before joining MKG Art Management, our consultants have acquired varied experiences in the art world: in academia, museums, non-profit organizations, galleries, auction houses, and other consulting companies. MKG Art Management has the largest art advisory staff in the city of Houston. MKG’s depth of talent makes MKG Art Management well suited to handle the largest and most complex projects. In addition, MKG Art Management is uniquely equipped to provide clients with certified fine art appraisals with two members of the International Society of Appraisers www.isa-appraisers.org on staff. MKG Art Management’s scope is not limited by specialization in types of clientele – healthcare, institutional, hospitality, private or corporate clients. Instead, we bring our broad experience, innovative energy, and client-centric approach to each of our projects.

Melissa Kepke Grobmyer, M.A. Founding Partner, President After eleven years of academic and practical experience in the art world, Melissa Kepke Grobmyer founded MKG Art Management in 1998. She earned her Bachelor of Arts and her Master of Arts degrees at the University of Texas at Austin, where she graduated with high honors. Before becoming an art advisor, Mrs. Grobmyer worked with 9th through 18th century Decorative art at Sotheby's in New York. Later she worked with Contemporary art at Robert Miller Gallery and 19th century American art at Richard York Gallery, both in New York. After returning to Houston, Mrs. Grobmyer was Senior Associate at an art-advising firm for three and one half years, where she edited American Images: The SBC Collection of Twentieth-Century American Art, published by Abrams in 1996.

In 1998, Mrs. Grobmyer founded MKG Art Management. Through her career as an art advisor, Mrs. Grobmyer has assembled collections focused on topics such as American Impressionism, American photography, Contemporary art, African-American art, Latino-American art, Asian-American art, and Texas Regionalism. Mrs. Grobmyer has also taught classes on various aspects of the history of art and architecture, most notably on Gulf Coast Vernacular architecture for the Rice University School of Continuing Studies, and the history of early Christian art at St. John the Divine. She has also researched, assembled and administrated collections of Modernism, Abstract Expressionism, 19th century Realism, and Impressionism. Mrs. Grobmyer currently serves on the Modern and Contemporary Acquisitions subcommittee of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and is an emeritus board member of Lawndale Art Center. She is a member of ArTTable www.arttable.org, and the Association of Professional Art Advisors www.artadvisors.org. Mrs. Grobmyer is an approved educator for the ASID, IIDA and AIA.

Cecily E. Horton, M.A., I.S.A. Partner Cecily Earhart Horton joined MKG Art Management in 1999, bringing an expertise in both fine and decorative arts. Trained initially at the Inchbold School of Design in London, England, Ms. Horton received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History from Wellesley College and her Master of Arts degree and Master of Philosophy degree in the History of Art from Yale University. Ms. Horton directed sales of contemporary art at Hiram Butler Gallery and, later, prints and drawings at Moody Gallery, both of Houston. Ms. Horton has been a member of the International Society of Appraisers since 2000, specializing in fine art. Ms. Horton is a past trustee of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (2001-07), serving on the Accessions committee. She currently serves on the Davis Museum Advisory Council at

Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, and chairs the University of Houston school of Art Partners committee. Ms. Horton also serves of the board of Art Lies, a quarterly publication dedicated to contemporary art in Texas.

Tabitha Caldwell Doby, M.A., I.S.A. Partner

Tabitha Caldwell Doby received her Masters of Fine Arts Degree in Museum Studies/Museum Exhibition Planning and Design from the Philadelphia College of Art and Design at The University of the Arts. Before joining MKG in 2004, Ms. Doby has worked with such venues as the Library of Congress, The Barnes Foundation of Merrion, Pennsylvania, The Philadelphia Arts Alliance, and The Academy of Natural Sciences. Her experience includes conceptualization, research, organization, design, and production of exhibits and educational presentations, utilizing a variety of techniques and media. After joining MKG, Ms. Doby obtained her appraisers certification from the University of Maryland. In addition to major private collections, Ms. Doby has managed and completed large scale appraisal projects for Torch Energy Advisors, the Holocaust Museum Houston, and The University of Texas System in Austin.

Janet McDonald Hobby Partner

Janet McDonald Hobby received her Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Texas at Austin. She later went on to create the streaming video fashion website, Virtual Runway, featured in Women’s Wear Daily and Harpers Bazaar. Mrs. Hobby and her partner ultimately sold to Los Angeles based Real TV in 2003. Mrs. Hobby has made a significant impact in the non-profit sector in Houston. She co-chaired the Menil Collections’ twentieth anniversary gala, which raised over two million dollars, and the Glassell School’s VIVID art auction and 25th birthday, which raised a record amount for the event. Mrs. Hobby was instrumental in Houston Habitat for Humanity’s Angel Lane Project in collaboration with Oprah Winfrey which built 65 new homes for Hurricane Katrina evacuees. She also co-chaired Campaign for the Future, the recent $50 million capital campaign for St. John’s School. Throughout her career, Mrs. Hobby has been a collector of modern and contemporary art. Before joining MKG, Mrs. Hobby chaired the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts’ Visual Art Committee. Under her leadership the committee commissioned two significant public artworks – Wall Drawing by Sol LeWitt and In Minds, a cast bronze two-part sculpture, by Tony Cragg. Shortly thereafter, Mrs. Hobby consulted with a private equity firm in commissioning a large scale, public water sculpture by Jene Highstein to anchor the development of a 17- acre urban mixed-use campus. Mrs. Hobby’s experience includes research, artist/institution collaboration, logistics and site-specific installations. Mrs. Hobby is Chair of the Collections Committee on the Board of Trustees at The Menil Collection, on the Board of Directors of Houston Arts Alliance, served as a board committee member at The Museum of Fine Arts’ Glassell School and is active with the Contemporary Arts Museum. She is also vice-chair of the Board of Trustees at St. John’s School.

NRG

MKG Art Management

2825 Colquitt Houston, TX 77098 Phone: 713.526.4146 Fax:713.526.4158 E-Mail: [email protected] Web: www.mkgart.com

Function: NRG is a wholesale energy provider with offices throughout the US. The function of their art is to reflect the idea of “energy” in terms of color, light, and movement. Throughout the space, the art highlights this parameter. Aesthetics: NRG’s LEED Gold certified architecture is full of light punctuated with bright color. Every floor has a color theme. In keeping with the hard architectural lines of the space, the art reflects these parameters and communicates boldness and energy. Site Specificity: The textile by artist Sarah Morris in the lobby seating area requires a strong piece which holds its own without competing with the intensity of the fabric design. The painting by Houston artist William Betts picks up the color of the fabric and adds a sense of energy and movement. Similarly, the first artwork that customers see in the lobby is the constantly changing light piece by New York based Leo Villareale. Villareale’s work interprets energy into an artistic expression of color and light.

NRG

MKG Art Management

2825 Colquitt Houston, TX 77098

Phone: 713.526.4146 Fax:713.526.4158


Function: NRG is a wholesale energy provider with offices throughout the US. The function of their art is to reflect literally the idea of “energy” in terms of color, light, and movement. Throughout the space, the art highlights this parameter. Aesthetics: NRG’s LEED certified architecture is full of light punctuated with bright color. Every floor has a color theme. In keeping with the hard architectural lines of the space, the art reflects these parameters and communicates boldness and energy. Site Specificity: A gallery space on the first floor features contemporary furniture and a terrazzo floor. The large wall construction on the left, by Berlin artist Dieter Balzer, is 20 feet long and 4 feet tall. It further energizes the seating area, while the print by British artist Daniel Buren on the far right points the way to the stair.

Gulf States Toyota

MKG Art Management


Function: The client on this elegant LEED certified job wanted to bring color that would compliment the veined marbles and deeply stained wood into the otherwise neutral architectural space. The colors and imagery of the six-part commissioned artwork needed to be in keeping with an organic Japanese-inspired aesthetic. Aesthetics: Hand-worked Sapele wood punctuates the North and South Tower lobbies; and marble, limestone and stainless steel run throughout the building. The art and interior design of the building balance the commercial context of competition and commerce, offering a soothing antidote to the pressures of daily business. The aesthetics of the collection focus on blending modern versions of traditional Japanese art forms with Texas art and artists, as well as art that references the automotive industry. Site Specificity: This commissioned work by Seiko Tachibana, a Tokyo born artist living in the U.S., includes layers of sumi ink, charcoal and acrylic on canvas to create the six-part plant inspired piece. Her tightly cropped landscapes bring the natural, organic world into formal spaces creating a mood that is uncluttered and evocative. Tachibana’s respect for the loveliness of detail merges easily with the Asian aspects of the interior architecture.

Gulf States Toyota

MKG Art Management


Phone: 713.526.4146 Fax:713.526.4158


Function: Gulf States Toyota desired their art collection to reflect parameters important to the company as a whole: particularly Japan, Texas, the automobile industry and their sensitivity to 21st century environmental issues. The collection compliments their newly designed, LEED certified corporate headquarters. Aesthetics: As a first principle, all artwork was to be aesthetically pleasing, complementing the interiors, and highlighting the natural materials used in the architecture. In homage to GST’s forty five year history with Toyota, the art collection includes many Japanese artists. Simultaneously, the art reflects Texas and its artists, including Joe Mancuso, Stephen Mueller, and Jesús Moroles, (illus.). Finally, the art refers to the automotive industry in a formal way in that many of the commissioned works were inspired by automotive components and design.

Site Specificity: GST’s history, place, and industry provided guidelines for our art collecting strategy. Foremost were aesthetic concerns regarding complimenting and reflecting the natural materials of the interior spaces. Tied to this concern with material was a practical sense of appropriateness in an age of sustainability. The importance of environmental responsibility is highlighted by the LEED certification of the building, which in turns reflects Toyota’s ongoing commitment to building ever more fuel efficient vehicles. Sculptures of reclaimed wood, as in Donald Fortescue’s work, and of reclaimed metal, as in Paul Villinski’s butterflies, reflect this parameter. The GST art collection contributes to a beautifully integrated space that reflects the achievements and concerns of Toyota’s businesses.

The Woodlands Development

Corporation

MKG Art Management


Function The Woodlands Development Company wanted to enliven the view from one of the most heavily travelled thoroughfares in the subdivision. MKG Art Management was hired to implement the process of artist selection, commission, site preparation, and installation.

Aesthetics Made of native Texas limestone and mirrored glass, the five elements in Otto Regan’s Woodlands Passage punctuate the entry into Grogan’s Mill community. The roughhewn stone lines the forest edge and occupies the naturally landscaped perimeter of the roadway. The mirrored inserts reflect sunlight as well as car lights in the evening creating an interactive effect. Site Specificity Woodlands Passage reflects the stylistic tone of the Grogan’s Mill community which seeks to fit into the landscape as opposed to standing out from it. By selecting native Texas stone and placing the sculpture parallel with the tree line, Otto Regan reflects the surrounding landscape while welcoming commuters to the neighborhood.

MKG Art Management


Phone: 713.526.4146 Fax:713.526.4158


Function The Woodlands Development Company hired MKG Art Management to facilitate their public art program which included the maintenance and relocation of several large scale outdoor sculptures.

Aesthetics The project scope was to remove Millennium from a median in Town Center and to install it on “The Outlook” which is adjacent to the south entrance of the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. The goal was to make the work more accessible to the public. Site Specificity In the course of developing a relocation plan for the Woodlands, MKG Art Management produced several drawings for the committee during the planning phase, one of which is illustrated above. The new site required construction and installation of a concrete pad to accommodate the base for Millennium. MKG managed the sculpture removal, relocation, and site design for the new location. This over all plan included seating, hardscaping, and landscaping as well as electrical needs, because Millenniums structure is fitted internally with bulbs that are active throughout the evening.

The Woodlands Development Corporation

DLD

MKG Art Management


Function: For this refined interior, our client desired that the art works seamlessly complement the low key coloration of the space. Aesthetics: The colors within the space are generally in the cool tonal range, utilizing grays, blues, and creams. The fabrics are mohair and silk, and natural skins provide textural interest. Carrara marble, mother of pearl, and blond wood punctuate the space. MKG worked with DLD to select art reflecting their interest in nature and natural forms. In this seating area butterflies in cream, beige and gray line the wall on the right. The large painting on canvas over the mother-of-pearl credenza complements the color and furniture plan in the space. Site Specificity: The furniture layout of this seating area required large scale art which would hang adjacent to each other without completing with one another. By selecting large scale work with a quiet palette and textural application of paint, we were able to highlight the cool interior without diminishing the soothing aesthetic.

CHASWIL

MKG Art Management


Phone: 713.526.4146 Fax:713.526.4158


Function: For this custom interior, our client desired that the art works seamlessly complement the rich coloration of the space. The client also is interested in art that references the natural world with recognizable imagery. The space is masculine without feeling heavy or cliché, and the art needed to underline this general aesthetic. Aesthetics: The colors within the space are in the warm tonal range, utilizing umber, ebony, beige and cream. The fabrics are suede and wool. Wood and leather paneling, as well as bronze and shagreen accents punctuate the space. MKG worked with Chaswil to select art reflecting their interest in the outdoors and landscape. In this seating area a large-scale rural landscape floats over an ebony and shagreen credenza. At the end of the short hall is a painting on paper of an ibis, which is a bird that populates the gulf coast of Texas. The painting on the right incorporates maps and painted landscapes on a collaged surface. Site Specificity: The lobby and seating area is full of natural light and requires large scale art that does not compete with the rich finishes, but rather compliments the furniture layout. By selecting large scale work that focuses on natural imagery, we were able to complement the masculine aesthetic without becoming overbearing or expected.

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