We spent a pleasant afternoon visiting galleries in Dallas. The warehouse district between the city and the Trinity River has become a mecca for local artists and galleries. Dallas is pretty cheap for artists to live and there is (I imagine) a good source of support in the local wealthy community.
First up was the
Dallas Contemporary, which is a large old warehouse structure that has been converted into a flexible space.
Adriana Varejão from Brazil does tremendous work .. in three distinct series. I particularly loved the large landscape works, which are almost in 3D, with the surface of the earth projecting from the canvas. Very striking. There were a couple of other important exhibitions at the Contemporary, including striking photographs from
Synchrodogs.
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| Color Wheels |
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| Colored portraits |
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| Landscape? |
Photography from Synchrodogs
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| A series from the USA |
Then on to several galleries. Of particular interest was the exhibition at
Circuit12 Gallery. We were both taken with the work of
Matthew Zefeldt in a group exhibition. He is a young artist who brings together traditional art forms of oil painting and the digital. All is paintings are done by hand in oil, but seem on first view to be a digital collage. Just really funny and challenging. I was surprised that they had not sold.
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