Images featured in solo photography exhibition at Catherine Couturier Gallery in Houston, Texas — October - November 2024
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This is a selection of images from my ongoing work -- a series called "Roadside Relics" -- in documenting old signage and other roadside sights throughout Texas and beyond.
Many of these images were featured in my first solo exhibition in Houston at Catherine Couturier Gallery in 2017.
Signed, editioned, fine art prints of these images can be obtained via Catherine Couturier Gallery. (The majority of editions consist of 10 or 25 prints; a few older editions total 45 prints.)
© 2024 Molly Block. All rights reserved.
Shipley Do-Nuts In Houston, Texas.
At the Pig Stand in San Antonio, Texas.
Both the sign and the bowling alley itself are now gone from where they once stood. Premiere Bowl in Santa Fe Springs, California.
At the still-operating Starlite Motel in Mesa, Arizona.
In Mesa, Arizona.
In Phoenix, Arizona.
In Metairie, Louisiana.
In Gallup, New Mexico.
On old Route 66 in Amboy, California.
In Gallup, New Mexico.
In McKinney, Texas.
Closed, in Mesa, Arizona.
In Santa Rosa, New Mexico.
In Albuquerque, New Mexico.
In Yucca, Arizona.
In Anaheim, California.
Still a working bowling alley. In Fort Morgan, Colorado.
In Tulsa, Oklahoma.
In Houston, Texas. Now the site of a Trader Joe's store.
In Houston, Texas.
In Houston, Texas.
At the now-gone Capitan Theater in Pasadena, Texas. (Just outside Houston.)
In the Oak Forest neighborhood of Houston, Texas.
The La Palma Chicken Pie Shop, which opened in the 1950s in Anaheim, CA, just up the road a bit from Disneyland, closed in 2016. Much of the sign was saved by the Museum of Neon Art in Glendale, CA, which is where it can be seen today.
In Los Angeles, California.
Still operating in Tarzana, California.
In Burbank, California.
Closed, and for sale, in Mesa, Arizona.
At the site of what was the Don-Mar Motor Court on S. Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas.
In Mesa, Arizona.
In Houston, Texas.
In San Leandro, California.
On Fremont Street in Las Vegas. Now a residential motel.
On Colfax Avenue in Aurora, Colorado.
When I took this photo, the buildings had been razed, but the sign was still standing.
Deano's Motel, now closed, in Culver City, California.
This sign, featuring Mobil's Pegasus symbol, is now gone, as of 2016. Formerly in Jacksonville, Texas.
Closed, and for sale, in San Bernardino, California.
Formerly in Newberry Springs, California.
In Yucca, Arizona.
Long vacant in Houston, Texas.
In Kosse, Texas.
In Gonzales, Texas.
In New Orleans, Louisiana.
In Palestine, Texas.
In San Francisco, California.
Installation views from exhibitions from 2015-present.
Credit and appreciation go to gallery manager Ileana, and to Catherine C. and her husband Arnaud for making this come together so nicely.
During the 2017 annual Atlanta Celebrates Photography Festival
During the 2017 annual Atlanta Celebrates Photography Festival
(canvas print)
My first experience participating in a juried show. (The print was purchased before I even arrived at the opening!)
This is a group of images from a series of favorite photos of vintage neon signs throughout the state of Texas; photos taken from 2011-present.
Additional photos can be seen on Instagram here and older ones on Flickr here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyblock/sets
This grouping includes photos of vintage motel signs in various U.S. cities.
© 2024 Molly Block. All rights reserved.
This is a handful of favorites.
Formerly in Newberry Springs, California.
A sampling of favorites.
In Fort Morgan, Colorado.
Miscellaneous favorite images from Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico.
© 2024 Molly Block. All rights reserved.
A series of photos of old theaters and their vintage neon signage.
In New Orleans, Louisiana.
Alternate title: Mr. Lucky's Luck Seems To Have Run Out. In Phoenix, Arizona.
