Jim Harithas, who arrived in Houston in the 1970s to take a post as director of the Contemporary Arts Museum, died this week. He was 90.
CONTACT FILED: SALVATORE SCARPITTA 2/14/01--Art Car Museum director JIM HARITHAS works with artist Salvatore Scarpitta as they prepare his work 'Cot in Lock Step - 2000' for an exhibit at the Art Car Museum. In the background is another of Scarpitta's works, 'Lobster Sled' which includes a jacket which formerly belonged to rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
He bristled at the idea of comfort, frequently hosting provocative exhibitions and on at least one occasion, a famous food fight. Harithas brought in multi-disciplinary artist Antoni Miralda in the late-1970s, whose installation included photographs of food and video of food preparation and consumption at local restaurants. One gallery room included items connected to the Kilgore Rangerettes drill team, who were bused in for the opening night to perform their high-kicks routine.
Harithas didn’t last long at the CAM, about four years, but after a peripatetic existence, he had found his home in Houston. He and Ann married in 1978. They opened the Art Car Museum in 1998, offering a taste of the annual event year-round. Three years later, they introduced the Station Museum of Contemporary Art with the stated goal of making the museum “a resource that deepens and broadens public awareness of the cultural, political, economic and personal dimensions of art.”
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