Before we start, a quick note that tonight is the Dallas Solstice Society?s ?Dallas Solstice Disco Rodeo? event at Chicken Scratch. Even if it might be a stretch of definitions to have a?solstice?society that stages year-round events, and even if the word ?art? is stuck to things in Dallas like birds are stuck to purses in Portland, I would never say anything negative about an event that promises disco and rodeo. If things go well, this might be the most art you see all week. Get inspired.
p2: Ronald Watson at The Moudy Gallery ? August 24 : 5:00 PM ? 7 p.m.?2805 S. University Drive (at Cantey St.), Fort Worth, TX 76129:
It?s time to head back to school, so look for a string of university gallery openings in the coming weeks. This show by retiring Texas Christian University art chair, Ronald Watson, is already up, but there is a reception Friday.
?where is the power,? by Alejandro Cesarco, Liam Gillick, Mona Hatoum, Robert Kinmont, Glenn Ligon, Josiah McElheny, Cornelia Parker, Kris Pierce, Chris Powell, Fred Sandback, Valeska Soares, Richard Wentworth, and John Wilcox; curated by Terri Thornton at Fort Worth Contemporary Arts ? August 25: 6-8 p.m. 2900 W. Berry St., Fort Worth, TX 76109:
The always light-handed Terri Thornton has brought together an impressive group of artists, including international art stars (Liam Gillick and Glenn Ligon) as well as local heavyweights (Chris Powell and the late John Wilcox). The show derives its title from a quote from the Bruce High Quality Foundation, ?Power will always reside where power is understood to reside.? I haven?t seen any of the works that will be on view, but with Thornton you can be sure that the subversive will take, at least in some iterations, the unlikely form of an elegant gesture.
?Ari Richter ? The Skin I Live In? at CentralTrak?? August 25: 8-10 p.m. 800 Exposition Ave. Dallas, TX 75226:
Featuring fingernails, hair, skin and other teeth-softening materials from current CentralTrak resident Ari Richter. To tide you over, here are some videos of a side of Richter you likely won?t see Saturday?s gallery exhibition, the artist?performing with the Bruce High Quality Foundation and hitting the streets of New York as part of a one-man stimulus program?in ?Jokes From the Great Recession.?
?Cura! Cura! Cura!? by Kim Alexander, Ashley Bryan, Bernardo Cantu, Sam England, Tim Harding, Sedrick Huckaby, Diane Sikes and Sunny Sliger, at the Bath House Cultural Center ? August 25: 7-9 p.m. 521 East Lawther, Dallas, Tx 75218:
This show kicks off what promises to be a new annual exhibition series that teams two curators, beginning with local fixture J.R. Compton and artist Terry Hays, who have brought together a handful of familiar names.Compton?s Dallas Arts Revue has some install shots here, and from the collection of artists ? from Alexander?s pristine naturalist renderings and Huckaby?s sumptuous quilt paintings to Cantu?s plush, sci-fi painting-creatures and Harding?s intricate paper wall sculptures ? expect the richly organic and baroque with an emphasis on meticulous craftsmanship.
?Art Conspiracy Presents RZN8??at Life in Deep Ellum ? August 25: 7 p.m. ? 12 a.m. 2803 Taylor Street Dallas, Texas 75226:
Don?t be fooled by the odd title, this is ArtCon?s annual ?Seed? event, which raises money for the main affair in the fall. And it?s an ArtCon event, which means something will be auctioned, and there will be live music, food, and fun. It?ll cost you ten bucks to get in, but you know it is for a good cause. As for the auction-able art, ArtCon promises ?curated speaker-based works.? That had me confused for a moment, but given the digital branding of the show, I believe they mean ?speaker? as in stereo speaker, not ?speaker? as in Pecha Kucha performer (though I?d like to see an event that offers some of those at auction prices).
?Artist?s Talk by Matthew Sontheimer? at the Tally Dunn Gallery ? August 25, 2-3:30 p.m. 5020 Tracy Street, Dallas, Tx 75205:
And speaking of speakers, Matthew Sontheimer is giving an artist talk Saturday afternoon in conjunction with his show at Tally Dunn (you can read my review of his work here).
?360 Artists, Critics & Curators Speaker Series Featuring Kathryn Andrews? at the Nasher Sculpture Center ? August 25, 1 p.m.
And?Kathryn Andrews is speaking at the Nasher Sculpture Center Saturday at 1 p.m. as part of the museum?s 360 speakers series. Says the release, ?Kathryn Andrews creates sculptures, prints, performances and other works that explore how materials exist in systems, or economies, of representational relationships.? Her highly finished forms draw from a minimalist language, and are often conceptually activated by the inclusion of found, acquired, and rented objects.? I might just borrow that statement and reapply it to 60 percent of the art being made today, so it should be interesting.
In other news:
- Power Station Launches video art retrospective: You?re going to have to wait until the end of the month for this one, but be sure to jot down on your calendar a series of video art programs being hosted by The Power Station called ?Four Nights, Four Decades.? Curators (including the suddenly everywhere Michael Morris, the FrontRow-contributing Benjamin Lima, New Media Art-professing Jenny Vogel, and UNT-visiting Nadav Assor) will present significant works of video art organized into blocks that track the four decade-long history of the medium. ?Given the increasing influence that video art has in the contemporary art world we felt that exposure to?important video works and artists would be of great value to the Dallas community,? says Danielle Avram Morgan, manager of The Power Station in the release. In other words, consider it a crash course in the medium. And let?s just say it is nice to see The Power Station finally launch a program in the space that isn?t sutured to the art Gatsbys.
- If you missed last week?s BEEF opening, they will be sitting gallery hours at Angstrom from 2 p.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.
- Maybe this is old news and I?ve just been sleeping, but here?s an update on a once-local gallery: Decorazon?was once the Bishop Arts District?s last connection to the word ?art,? before owners?MK Semos and Hugo Garcia Urrutia closed their space and began operating solely as dealers. Now, the gallery has popped up again, with locations in?New York and, for the summer, London. They still keep a handful of Dallas-based artists on their roster, so hopefully the dealer duo can forge one more bond between the Dallas bubble and the outside world.
- And remember that Fort Worth Avenue Development Group-sponsored public art project that sought usable projects built from reusable materials? The commission, Mobius Bench, has been installed.
Also opening:
?Kimberly Moore, Deborak Boelter, and Eric Hanson? at the Dear Clark Hair Studio ? August 23: 7-9 p.m.?3317McKinney,Suite 101,Dallas,Tx?75204.
?The Narrative? by Richard Ross at Kettle Art Gallery ? August 23: 7 ? 10 p.m.?2714 Elm Street,Dallas, Tx 75226.
?New Abstractions? by Adam Burkett and John Snyder at the JANETTE KENNEDY GALLERY of the Southside on Lamar ? August 25: 7-11 p.m.?1409 South Lamar Street,Dallas, Tx 75215.
?Interdictions and Extuitions? by Barnaby Fitzgerald at the Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden ? August 25: 6-8:30 p.m.?6616 Spring Valley Road (between Preston and Hillcrest),Dallas,Tx?75254.
Image at top: Robert Kinmont, ?127 Willow Forks (This is Who I Am),? 2010 (detail), included in??where is the power,??at Fort Worth Contemporary Arts.?
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