Good/Bad Art Collective: Fashionably Late
Dallas Museum of Art
June 21, 2013 | 7–9 pm
DFW ART EVENTS
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Ongoing
Dirty New Rococo
Last Chance - May 24 through June 21, 2013
Nine artists selected for their connection to the aesthetic sensibilities of 18th century France, and its correlation to contemporary art.
Sharon Louden: Simple Strokes
Last Chance - April 6 through June 22, 2013
Three animations: Carrier, The Bridge, and Hedge, and two wall sculptures based on Merge, a site specific installation inspired by the Frank Gehry designed addition Louden made for the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis.
Scene of the Crime II
Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery
Last Chance - April 20 through June 22, 2013
PDNB Gallery presents its second exhibition of crime scene photographs. Photographs of Mob characters, including Albert Anastasia, will be featured as well as actual crime scenes in visceral detail.
Frayed elements, Surface Tension and Eye Candy
Last Chance - May 18 through June 22, 2013
Cohn Drennan Contemporary presents three series of paintings from three artists, Giovanni Valderas, Michael McKenzie and Allison Gregory. Valderas incorporates mixed media to depict ambiguous objects in his paintings. Gregory uses found objects and toys from Hobby Lobby and Michaels in her work, while cultural symbols and dream imagery inform McKenzie's paintings.
Joey Brock, Heather Gorham and Danna Ruth Harvey
Last Chance - May 18 through June 22, 2013
SAID, Student Work from Abilene Christian University
Last Chance - May 18 through June 22, 2013
SAID (Student Artists in Dallas) is a selection of student work from Abilene Christian University (ACU), Art Department’s Professional Practices course. The artists represented in this exhibition are Hortencia Flores, Asja Leznina, Paris PLR and SM Tracy. This exhibition is the second in an annual series of gallery collaborations with university students and professors to advance the development of the next generation of artists and art professionals.
Anne Ferrer
Last Chance - May 18 through June 22, 2013
Red Arrow Contemporary features the inflatable sculptures of Parisian artist Anne Ferrer. Ferrer uses brightly colored sailcloth to create billowing forms that suggest undulating creatures. The exhibition also features several watercolor paintings.
Steve McCurry: The Unguarded Moment
Last Chance - May 18 through June 22, 2013
Laura Rathe Fine Art announces the Dallas debut of photographer, Steve McCurry, in a solo exhibition. Recognized for his works featured on the covers and pages of National Geographic, McCurry has captured worldly landscapes and drawn awareness to cultures abroad.
Jesse Morgan Barnett: Season
Last Chance - June 1 through 22, 2013
Photography, video and sculpture, make subtle connections between fishing, weather, food preparation, philosophy and artistic endeavors.
Beyond Abstraction: Recent Works by Six North Texas Artists
McKinney Avenue Contemporary (The MAC)
May 18 through June 29, 2013
The MAC presents an exhibition of works that test the boundaries of abstraction featuring six North Texas artists including David A. Dreyer, Vincent Falsetta, David McCollough, Michael Osbaldeston, Ricardo Paniagua and Michael Tichansky. The exhibition is curated by David McCullough.
Robin Ragin: Homage to a Mentor
McKinney Avenue Contemporary (The MAC)
May 18 through June 29, 2013
The MAC introduces Robin Ragin with her first solo exhibition. Twenty years ago, Ragin began working in the studio of artist David McManaway. Ragin presents her own interpretations of McManaway's assemblage works.
Andrew Douglas Underwood: The Fall of Bonnie and Clyde
McKinney Avenue Contemporary (The MAC)
May 18 through June 29, 2013
The MAC presents The Fall of Bonnie and Clyde, an exhibition by Andrew Douglas Underwood. The story of Dallas outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow is overlaid with symbolic imagery primarily relating to the fall of man.
That Mortal Coil: Rebuking the Ideal in Figurative Art
May 11 through June 29, 2013
CentralTrak presents That Mortal Coil: Rebuking the Ideal in Figurative Art, a group exhibition curated by Heyd Fontenot. The cultural preoccupation with beauty has led many contemporary artists to confront idealization of the human figure. This group exhibition examines the frailty of flesh. Rather than rejecting beauty, these artists search for beauty in the varied appearances of the human condition. Artists: Seth Alverson (Houston), R.E. Cox (Dallas), Brian K. Jones (Dallas), Denise Prince (Austin), Ari Richter (New York), Nina Schwanse (New Orleans/Los Angeles) and Taro-kun (Japan). Viewer Discretion is Advised - this exhibition features "adult content"!!!
Travis Iurato: Private Collection
June 14 through 29, 2013
Studio DTFU presents a solo exhibition by Brooklyn artist Travis Iurato. Private Collection combines drawing and collage. The exhibition follows a correspondence between Brooklyn and Dallas. Many of the artist's works specifically engage Studio DTFU. Conceived and curated by Justin Hunter Allen and Lucy Kirkman.
Medicine Show Peddlers Sale
May 30 through June 30, 2013
Bruce has been a'travelin!! He went on a big ole buying trip looking for great stuff throughout the Mid-west and the North-east; and HOT DAMN he brought back all kinds of great stuff!! So, here's your chance. We will be working on going through it all this next weekend (25th & 26th) before items are selected to go to Dolly Python, Uncommon Objects or remain here. If you want to come down to have a chance at buying, enjoy a cold beer, and listen to Bruce's travel tales; we will be open regular gallery hours for you. Saturday 1-5 & Sunday 1-5
Hot and Sweaty 2: Open Season
June 15 through 30, 2013
Announcing 500X's 2nd annual, legendary, unjuried Open Show! All of the work has been dropped off and, as always, it is a very diverse showing of DFW artists. All works were accepted and 500X is willing to leave it up for you to decide what you think.
Made in Oak Cliff
June 1 through July 1, 2013
Gray Matters Gallery presents Made in Oak Cliff, an exhibition featuring members of the Oak Cliff 5 who were instrumental in bringing national arts attention to Dallas in the 1970’s, and were influential in the development of many institutions that still exist today. The group of artists, George Green, Jack Mims, Jim Roche, Bob Wade and Mac Whitney worked in a loose community based in Oak Cliff, where cheap, spacious studios and living spaces could be found. Their work reflects the humor and free-wheeling spirit of the time.
Surface and Mark
H. Paxton Moore Art Gallery, El Centro College
May 31 through July 3, 2013
Surface and Mark is an exhibition exploring the basic elements of two-dimensional art making. There will be one work, or discrete installation, by each of the eight artists in the show. Artists include: Justin Hunter Allen, C.J. Davis, Timothy Harding, Nicholas Mathis, Jeff Parrott, Arthur Peña, Ben Terry and Michael Wynne
Ann Glazer: Underestimated Storage Issues
June 1 through July 6, 2013
Glazer returns to her roots in painting with a pared down, linear installation that includes a wall drawing of an imaginary space. Glazer combines elements from a wide variety of sources such as architecture, ancient textiles, circuitry and old manuscripts.
Michael Christopher Matson: Steel and Light
June 1 through July 6, 2013
The sculptural works featured in Steel and Light explore forms and structures through construction.
Karin Broker: Trouble in Paradise
June 1 through July 6, 2013
Karin Broker's exhibition entitled Trouble in Paradise features ornate sculptural works, as well as 2D works with nailed metal on wood. They deal with bad boyfriends, quirky family problems, death, optimism and tragedy.
Alfredo Scaroina: Quid Pro Quo
June 1 through July 6, 2013
Kirk Hopper Fine Art in conjunction with Deborah Colton Gallery presents Alfredo Scaroina: Quid Pro Quo. Alfredo Scaroina’s work explores abstraction and the difference in psychological expression from one culture to another.
214 TRANS4M
June 1 through July 6, 2013
When transgender models strike poses beside landmarks in Texas’ most conservative metroplex, the results can be both photogenic and ideologically conflicting. The team of Daniel Kusner and Bryan Amann hasn’t shied away from the challenge. 214 Trans4m is a photo series that aims to capture Dallas’ history, architecture and stereotypes while straddling the divide that separates the feminine and masculine.
Billy Zinser: Lil'
June 1 through July 6, 2013
Billy Zinser returns for Lil', a solo exhibition featuring 20 small scale paintings. At 5x5 inches, the paintings are much closer in size to his signature Macrodon sculptures, for which he has gained notoriety for over the last several years.
Devon Nowlin: Relationship Status
June 13 through July 6, 2013
Craighead Green Gallery presents the 4th installment of First Launch featuring the figurative paintings of Ft. Worth artist Devon Nowlin.
Summer At Camp Ashton
June 14 through July 6, 2013
Cohn Drennan Contemporary presents Summer at Camp Ashton, a group exhibition featuring Cande Aquilar, Michael Blair, Michelle Brandley, Ron Clark, Jesus De La Rosa, and Winter Rusiloski. June 14, 2013, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
The Ordinary and the Everyday
June 14 through July 6, 2013
RE gallery presents The Ordinary and the Everyday. This group exhibition examines artistic practices that re-use or re-present the ordinary and the everyday.
Impressions of Europe: 19th-Century Vistas by Martín Rico
Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University
March 10 through July 7, 2013
The Prado Museum and the Meadows Museum present the first-ever monographic exhibition on the work of Spanish painter Martín Rico y Ortega (1833-1908). Rico’s luminous, plein air landscapes enchanted some of the greatest American collectors of the era.
Pack a Wallop: Mark Todd, Fred Stonehouse, Thynon Sykes
April 28 through July 14, 2013
If you've never been to Webb Gallery in Waxahachie make the trek. It's fun, a little crazy and all Texas. This one should definitely be worth it as it features entertainment by Quintron and Miss Pussycat. Google 'em.
Chaos!: Ro2 Art Summer Small Works Show
June 15 through July 17, 2013
A group show of small works featuring over 80 Ro2 Artists and guests. Dallas folks will have a chance to check out Houston's own Mark Harold Ponder's portrait of Mark McCray and many others!
Dan Rees
April 12 through July 27, 2013
The Foundation’s First Artist in Residence, British-born artist Dan Rees has been invited to live for a time in Dallas and create original work. Area art students will be invited to meet the artist and watch the process of production. For one of his works, A Good Idea Is A Good Idea, Rees reproduced famous oeuvres by Malevich, Mondrian, and de Kooning, among others, on several copies of the Beatles’ White Album covers.
Pleased To Meet Me
June 8 through July 27, 2013
Talley Dunn Gallery presents a group exhibition called Pleased To Meet Me of recent work by six artists, including Kristen Cochran, Rachel Cox, Laurie Frick, Jessica Halonen, Kelly O’Connor, and Michelle Rawlings. In Pleased To Meet Me, all of the artists presented explore underlying systems of knowing and understanding the world in which we live and the ways that we think about our most important relationships, both to others and ourselves.
Helen Altman: clear view
June 8 through July 27, 2013
Talley Dunn Gallery announces an exhibition of new work by Helen Altman entitled clear view. Altman expresses a respect for nature. Her interest in capturing minute detail based on close observation are found in her torch drawings, wire bird sculptures, tree paintings, and installation pieces. For her exhibition at the gallery, Helen has created a site-specific installation of six birds perched on branches of manzanita wood.
Creating Havoc, Ignite Change
June 7 through July 27, 2013
brand 10 + and x art spaces announce the exhibitions Creating Havoc with artists Patrick Kelly, William Lamson, Vincent Valdez, Tamara Zibners and Ignite Change with the collaborative team called G.A.S (Generic Art Solutions) Matt Vis and Tony Campbell. The artists in both shows use seduction to draw an audience closer, forming a deeper level of attention to a culture of violence.
Group Show
Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery
May 18 through August 3, 2013
The summer heat is around the corner which means it is time for the ubiquitous summer group shows. In the past, PDNB Gallery has presented themed group shows, however, the upcoming Group Show, simply stated, will illustrate the breadth of the gallery's offerings without a special theme.
John Pomara: Wipe Out
April 12 through August 9, 2013
Dallas legend John Pomara deconstructs social media through digitally altered tumblr pictures. Curated by DC Director Peter Doroshenko.
David Aylsworth: Five, Six, Seven, Eight
May 18 through August 10, 2013
Holly Johnson Gallery presents an opening of new work by H-Town's own David Aylsworth. To celebrate Aylsworth's fourth solo exhibition with the gallery a catalogue will be available. Pinks, yellows and whites dominate this group of recent oil on canvas paintings, which to reference the gaiety of Broadway numbers and choreographed performances.
Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey
May 18 through August 11, 2013
Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey is an exhibition of nearly 50 artworks by Romare Bearden (1911-1988). The collages, watercolors and prints in the exhibition are based on Homer's epic poem "The Odyssey." The exhibition is the first full-scale presentation of these works outside of New York City and is organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES). Admission is free - and that's how it should be!
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University of Dallas Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery
May 10 through August 18, 2013
The University of Dallas Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery presents 8, an exhibition of recent works by University of Dallas Art Department Graduate Students curated by Erin Cluley of the Dallas Contemporary. This exhibition will feature ceramic, painting, printmaking, and sculptural works. Artists: Mike Farmer, Rani Rautela, Maryssa Moczan, Rachael Anderson, Jessie Martinez, Eliana Miranda, Austin Deal, Seth Trent.
SONER
April 12 through August 19, 2013
Dallas graffiti artist SONER gets his first institutional show, curated by Dallas Contemporary’s director, Peter Doroshenko. Two major wall paintings and one interactive community art work where visitors will be able to create their own graffiti writing inside the museum.
Walter Van Beirendonck
April 12 through August 19, 2013
Belgian fashion designer Walter Van Beirendonck exhibits his spring 2013 collection of one-of-a-kind pieces on a series of motorized pedestals, allowing audience members to experience the garments from all angles.
Brad Tucker: Cell Series
June 1 through September 1, 2013
Austin-based Brad Tucker is an artist, musician, skateboarder, and teacher. He casually combines aspects of these varied disciplines to create work that is both sincere and humorous.
Lucien Abrams: An Impressionist from Texas
June 1 through September 1, 2013
This exhibition, drawn from both public and private collections, examines Lucien Abrams’s contribution to Texas Impressionism, as well as his links to the American and worldwide Impressionist movements. Archival photographs and ephemera accompany the paintings to lend context to his work.
Gold On Black: Japanese Lacquer from the Jacqueline Avant Collection
March 2 through September 15, 2013
Lacquerware, inlaid with tiny flakes of gold, silver, and mother of pearl, was one of the highest forms of art among aristocratic Japanese families; it was used in gifts and dowries, family heirlooms, and collections.
DallasSITES: Charting Contemporary Art, 1963 to Present
May 26 through September 15, 2013
DallasSITES: Charting Contemporary Art, 1963 to Present is an exhibition highlighting the history of North Texas’s distinctive art scene. Looking back over fifty years, DallasSITES examines the moments, people, and organizations that helped shape North Texas's relationship with contemporary art.
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