Sunday, April 23, 2006
Dallas Openings
Lorraine Tady had a beautiful show of 15 gouache drawings (all 22 x 15″) at Barry Whistler Gallery. They build up with opaque and transparent marks (some distinct, others erased) to make suggestions of structures she describes as “ship-like” spaces. All of these little drawings (while obviously serious) looked so effortless and elegant. I particularly liked her toned paper that provided a unifying atmosphere and made every color important, including white.
Also interesting was SMU’s Master’s Exhibition (above). As an addition to their normal gallery space, they were able to secure a huge unrented space at Mockingbird Station. Students had 2 weeks to complete their installations, so there was no time for fuss. On the left is a detail of Karen Davenports compulsive photo installation. And on the right is a shot of Michael O’kieffe’s figurative install. I hope SMU will be able to keep the space not only because it inserts students into the public sphere effectively, but also the station is a perfect place for a contemporary work space.
I became a little jealous visiting the show because some part of me would love to try something large, sculptural, and different than anything I have ever done. Hmm.
posted by chrisjag at 07:30am
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1. Lisa Hunter | April 23rd, 2006 at 10:18 pm
I can see why the installations would make you jealous. That’s a lot of space!
I’ve always wished that designer showhouses would earmark one or two rooms for art installations. I think it would be interesting to both artists and visitors. (If I had as much space as most of these showhouses, I’d probably try to steal The Earth Room one shovelful at a time).
2. Christopher Jagers »&hellip | February 17th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
[…] Not only are these drawings wonderful, but I found Eve to be a very kind and generous person as well. She and her husband, John Yau, welcomed me for dinner at their house, along with two of my friends, Philip Van Keuren and Lorraine Tady. I had never met John before, but was impressed with his encyclopedic knowledge of anything that has ever happened in the artworld. He and Philip talked the most, discussing poetry as well as their first hand experiences of historical figures - I felt lucky to be sitting there, drinking wine, and hearing all of their wonderful stories. […]
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