Gallery III, Dallas Contemporary. Photo by Kevin Todora
Gallery I, Dallas Contemporary. Photo by Kevin Todora
Paola Pivi. Installation view of Ma'am, 2016
Polar Bear Yoga inside Paola Pivi's Ma'am, 2016
ABOUT
Dallas Contemporary is a non-collecting art museum presenting new and challenging ideas from regional, national and international artists. The institution is committed to engaging the public through exhibitions, lectures, educational programs and events.
Dallas Contemporary is committed to providing a seamless experience for all of our visitors. Accessible parking for vehicles displaying appropriate permits is available at our main entrance, adjacent to the museum’s entrance ramp. All of the museum’s galleries are accessible by wheelchair.
You are welcome to take personal photography and video in galleries. Please, no flash or tripods. Please take care not to touch any artwork by remaining two feet away at all times. Food and drink are not permitted in museum’s galleries. Smoking is not permitted anywhere in the museum.
Dallas Contemporary is a not-for-profit charity registered with the State of Texas and the Internal Revenue Service.
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Dallas Texas 75207
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Dallas Contemporary es un museo sin colección propia que presenta ideas nuevas y estimulantes de artistas regionales, nacionales e internacionales. La institución está comprometida a captar el interés del público a través de exhibiciones, charlas, programas educacionales y eventos.
Dallas Contemporary está comprometido a brindar una experiencia total para todos sus visitantes. Se ofrece estacionamiento de fácil acceso junto a la rampa de la entrada principal para todos aquellos vehículos que muestren los permisos correspondientes. Todas las galerías del museo son de fácil acceso para los visitantes en silla de ruedas.
Puede tomar fotografías personales y videos en las galerías. Por favor no utilice flash o trípodes. Tenga cuidado de no tocar las obras de arte, manténgase a dos pies de las mismas todo el tiempo. No se permite traer comida o bebidas a las galerías del museo. No se permite fumar en ningún lugar del museo.
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On 24 March, MTV Re:Define returned for its sixth year. Dallas Contemporary hosted this year’s auction and event featuring iconic and specially commissioned artworks by established and emerging talent; curated by Neville Wakefield.
The evening honored artist Eric Fischl and celebrated the achievement’s of fashion designer Johnson Hartig of Libertine. The night also included a intimate performance by 10-time Grammy Award winner, Chaka Khan and a special tribute film to the late George Michael. The evening concluded with an after party featuring DJ Chandra North and DJ Johnny Boy Hartig.
Proceeds from the evening benefit the MTV Staying Alive Foundation and Dallas Contemporary.
MTV Re:Define 2017 at Dallas Contemporary.
Photo by Sylvia Elzafon
MTV Re:Define 2017 at Dallas Contemporary.
Photo by Kristina Bowman
Honored artist, Eric Fischl, at MTV Re:Define 2017.
Photo by Kristina Bowman
MTV Re:Define 2017 at Dallas Contemporary.
Photo by Sylvia Elzafon
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MTV RE:DEFINE 2017
24 MARCH 2017
SCHOOL GROUPS
contact: learning@dallascontemporary.org
DC Educator with students in Dan Colen’s Oil Painting, 2016
Planning a field trip?
School tours at the Dallas Contemporary highlight our current exhibitions, with content that is age appropriate and that can be customized to benefit your classroom curriculum. Tours help teachers and students deeply connect with the artwork being showcased. Are you planning on bringing your class to Dallas Contemporary soon? Check our dates page for upcoming exhibitions.
A minimum of 10 students are required to schedule a school tour.
Register your class for a 2017–2018 school year field trip by clicking here.
Tours and admission for school visits is always free. Guided tours require a two-week minimum advance reservation. Teachers are always welcome to preview exhibitions prior to a visit.
Tour not required! Exhibitions at Dallas Contemporary rotate three times per year; see it all! A self-guided field trip is always a good option. Email learning@dallascontemporary.org to make your free reservation. Self-guided field trips are always available, and do not sell out.
Video + the City Tour
Four weeks only! One tour. Two museums. Multiple videos. Bring your high school students to experience Invisible Cities, an exhibition and screening series that showcases more than twenty contemporary video works by renowned and emerging artists from countries in Asia. Like the exhibition, the Video & the City Tour takes places at both the Crow Collection of Asian Art and Dallas Contemporary.
Tours last approximately 2 hours. Maximum group size: 40
Learn more: crowcollection.org/learn/school-tours.
Bus Scholarships
Bus transportation is available for schools designated as Title I on a first-come, first-serve basis. Teachers please note that Title I school sponsored transportation is limited to one bus per year. For more information, please contact learning@dallascontemporary.org.
To apply for a Title I Bus Scholarship, please send this form to learning@dallascontemporary.org. The subject line of your email should be “Bus Scholarship Application.” All requests must be made 3–4 weeks in advance of your preferred visit date.
Funding is limited and subject to availability.
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Las excursiones escolares al Dallas Contemporary resaltan nuestras exhibiciones actuales con contenidos apropiados para cada edad y que pueden ser adaptados según el programa de estudios de su clase. Las excursiones ayudan a los maestros y a los alumnos a conectarse profundamente con las obras de arte que se muestran. ¿Planea traer a su clase al Dallas Contemporary pronto? Consulte la página para obtener información sobre las fechas de las próximas exhibiciones.
Se necesita un mínimo de 10 alumnos para programar una excursión escolar.
Inscriba a su clase para una excursión durante el período 2017–2018 pulsando aquí.
Las excursiones y las entradas para las visitas escolares son siempre gratuitas. Las excursiones guiadas requieren una reservación realizada con un mínimo de dos semanas de anticipación. Los maestros son siempre bienvenidos para ver una exhibición antes de la excursión.
¡No se necesita una excursión! Las exhibiciones del Dallas Contemporary rotan tres veces por año; ¡véalas todas! Una excursión autoguiada es siempre una buena opción. Envíe un correo electrónico a learning@dallascontemporary.org para reservar gratuitamente. Las excursiones autoguiadas están siempre disponibles y no se agotan.
BECAS de AUTOBUSES
Transporte de autobús es disponible para escuelas designadas Título I por orden de llegada. Profesores por favor tomen nota que se patrocina el servicio de autobús a las escuales designadas Titulo I solo una vez por año. Para más información, contacte learning@dallascontemporary.org.
Para aplicar para el patrocinio de autobús Titulo I, favor de mandar esta forma a learning@dallascontemporary.org. El sujeto de leer "Bus Scholarship Application". Todas solicitudes deben ser hechas de 3–4 semanas antes de la visita.
Fondos son limitados y según disponibilidad.
SUMMER PROGRAMS
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Street Art Camp, 2016. Photo by Kevin Todora
Summer Institute for Young Artists
10 - 14 JULY 2017
Looking for an alternative to traditional summer camps? Enroll your middle or high school-aged artist in the Dallas Contemporary Summer Institute for Young Artists and give them the opportunity to work with artists Keer Tanchak, Ambreen Butt, and Dallas Contemporary staff. Participants will join our DC team, experiment with exciting art-making techniques, and discuss art both in our galleries and around the neighborhood.
Supply fee: $175 per camper, $150 per camper for multiple registrations from one household. Ask us about scholarship opportunities!
Download the registration form here. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Space is limited, so sign up today!
For more information, contact Angela Hall at learning@dallascontemporary.org.
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¿Busca una alternativa al tradicional campamento de verano? Inscriba a sus artistas de escuela media o secundaria en el Instituto del Verano para Jóvenes Artistas y déles la oportunidad de interactuar directamente con artistas profesionales y el personal de educadores del Dallas Contemporary. Los participantes se unirán a nuestro equipo del Dallas Contemporary por una semana, experimentarán con técnicas de realización artística y discutirán sobre arte contemporáneo y callejero tanto en nuestras galerías como en el barrio circundante.
Tarifa de materiales: $175 por participante, $150 por participante en caso de múltiples inscripciones de un mismo hogar. ¡Preguntar sobre oportunidades de becas!
Descargue el formulario de inscripción aquí. La inscripción es por orden de registro. El espacio es limitado. ¡Inscríbalos hoy!
Para más información y por preguntas sobre el Campamento de Verano, contacte a Angela Hall escribiendo a learning@dallascontemporary.org.
2016 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MAXINE TROWBRIDGE president
LAREE HULSHOFF vice president
RODGER KOBES secretary
JOHN CLUTTS treasurer
ADAM ABDALLA
REBECCA BRUDER
CHRIS BYRNE
MARK GIAMBRONE
JOYCE GOSS
KENNY GOSS
GEOFF GREEN
TAMMY COTTON HARTNETT
Kelle Jackson
JIM LAZAR
MUFFIN LEMAK
JO MARIE LILLY
Karla McKinley
MICHELLE MOUSSA
PATRICIA DEDMAN NAIL
RICHARD PHILLIPS
HARRIS POLAKOFF
JOHN POMARA
Barry Rosenberg
JOHN SUGHRUE
ASHLEY TATUM
Ben Trowbridge
SHELBY WAGNER
JOBS
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There are no job openings at this current time.
INTERNSHIPS
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RENAISSANCE PROGRAMME
The Renaissance Programme Internship targets emerging museum and art professionals who want to develop their knowledge in a supportive, progressive, and creative environment. Interns will acquire practical experience in a non-collecting museum by working closely with staff on special projects and daily operational duties. The Renaissance Programme is geared towards developing an interdisciplinary approach to museum practice. Interns will collaborate with exhibitions, education, development, and event departments from planning to project completion during the nine-month internship.
Check back during April 2018 for details on the 2018–2019 Renaissance Internship program.
For questions, please contact Angela Hall, learning@dallascontemporary.org.
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El Programa de Pasantía Renaissance apunta a los profesionales de museos emergentes y de arte que quieren desarrollar sus conocimientos en un ambiente de apoyo, progresivo y creativo. Los pasantes adquirirán experiencia práctica en un museo sin colección propia trabajando de cerca con el personal en proyectos especiales y tareas operacionales diarias. El Programa Renaissance tiene como objetivo desarrollar un acercamiento interdisciplinario a las prácticas del museo. Los pasantes colaborarán con los departamentos de exhibiciones, educación, desarrollo y eventos desde la planeación a la compleción del proyecto durante los nueves meses del programa.
Si tiene alguna pregunta, contáctese con Angela Hall, learning@dallascontemporary.org.
VOLUNTEER
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April Opening at Dallas Contemporary with special guest FriendsWithYou, 2015.
Photo by Heather Ray
Volunteers play a crucial role in allowing the Dallas Contemporary to fulfill its mission of providing access to all and connecting our community to contemporary art and artists. Hours are flexible, and volunteers have the opportunity to receive professional development, get to know Dallas Contemporary staff, attend DC events, and spend time with fellow art lovers. Whether you’re into exhibitions, development, education or volunteering at special events, we’ll work hard to find the right opportunity for you.
To join our volunteer mailing list, please complete the volunteer form below or email volunteer@dallascontemporary.org.
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Los voluntarios juegan un papel crucial permitiendo al Dallas Contemporary cumplir su misión de ofrecer acceso a todos y de conectar a nuestra comunidad con el arte y los artistas contemporáneos. El horario es flexible y los voluntarios tienen la oportunidad de recibir desarrollo profesional, conocer al personal del Dallas Contemporary, asistir a los eventos del DC y pasar tiempo con otros amantes del arte. Ya sea que le gusten las exhibiciones, el desarrollo, la educación o el voluntariado en eventos especiales, pondremos todo nuestro esfuerzo para encontrar la oportunidad correcta para usted.
Para formar parte de nuestra lista de direcciones de voluntarios, complete el siguiente formulario de voluntariado o envíenos un correo electrónico a volunteer@dallascontemporary.org.
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Keer Tanchak thirteen, 2016. Courtesy of the artist
Students from Peak Elementary in Pia Camil's Bara, Bara, Bara, 2017
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Mon 28 August –
Thur 28 September 2017
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¡Bienvenido al Dallas Contemporary!
Desde 1978 el museo se ha dedicado a presentar nuevas exhibiciones de artistas de Texas y de todo el mundo. Explore nuestro sitio web y descubra los programas educativos del museo y sus exhibiciones. Regístrese como miembro del Dallas Contemporary y tendrá la oportunidad de ver las exhibiciones primero y de asistir a eventos especiales.
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Invisible Cities artist Yu Araki. Still from Wrong Revision, 2016. Courtesy of the artist
Invisible Cities artist Chim↑Pom SUPER RAT, 2006, 2011. Photo by Yoshimitsu Umekawa. © Chim↑Pom. Courtesy of the artist and MUJIN-TO Production, Tokyo
McDermott & McGough. Detail of Dandysmo, 1913, 1987.
Collection Bruno Bischofberger, Switzerland
Kiki Smith Winged Messenger, 2009. © Kiki Smith
Photograph by Kerry Ryan McFate. Courtesy Pace Gallery
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Invisible Cities artist Ho Tzu Nyen. Still from EARTH, 2009–2012
Courtesy of the artist
A collaboration between Dallas Contemporary, the Crow Collection of Asian Art, and the Moving Image Archive for Contemporary Art: MIACA (Hong Kong), Invisible Cities is an exhibition and screening series that showcases more than twenty contemporary video works by renowned and emerging artists from China, Japan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam.
At Dallas Contemporary, Japanese collective Chim↑Pom playfully tackles challenging experiences of everyday life and explores issues left unanswered in the former disaster zones of Hiroshima and Fukushima. Chim↑Pom is an artist collective of six formed in Tokyo, Japan in 2005. Members include Ryuta Ushiro, Yasutaka Hayashi, Ellie, Masataka Okada, Motomu Inaoka, and Toshinori Mizuno.
Learn about our Video & the City Tour for high school students.
McDermott & McGough. Detail of Time Balls, 1921, 1988
Collection Bruno Bischofberger, Switzerland.
Artists David McDermott and Peter McGough carry their artwork into their physical world. Seduced by the past, the couple experiments with time by living in a ‘time bubble’ evocative of the Edwardian period. The duo explores the historical present, homoeroticism and sexuality in their exhibition I’ve Seen the Future and I’m Not Going by pushing aside the present for the past, reviving unexpected dramas, and transcending historical traumas.
David McDermott was born in 1952 in Hollywood, California. He lives and works in Dublin, Ireland. Peter McGough was born in 1958 in Syracuse, New York. He lives and works in New York.
Kiki Smith Blue Rain II, 2016. © Kiki Smith. Courtesy Pace Gallery
Kiki Smith’s Mortal addresses universal aspects of the human condition. Titled after a series of woodcut prints that depict the final stages of her mother’s life, Mortal couples Smith’s own mortality, spirituality, and her unexpected sources of inspiration. Inspired by the 18th century silk embroidery by Prudence Punderson, Smith’s Pilgrim (an installation comprised of 30 glass panels) examines the narrative of a woman’s life—infancy, adulthood, and death. The work in Smith’s Mortal encourages viewer introspection for the transmission of meaning.
Kiki Smith was born in 1954 in Nuremburg, Germany. She lives and works in New York.
INVISIBLE CITIES
Moving Images from Asia
Chim↑Pom: Non-Burnable
McDERMOTT & McGOUGH
I've Seen the Future and I'm Not Going
KIKI SMITH
Mortal
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THE CONTEMPORARIES
The Contemporaries with Ange Leccia for Aurora, 2015
THE CONTEMPORARIES
DC's Young Professionals Group
The Contemporaries is a young professionals group of Dallas Contemporary supporters in their 20s and 30s that are interested in art, culture + community involvement.
The Contemporaries offers exclusive opportunities to learn about local, national and international contemporary artists in a social setting with other young professionals, graduate students, and art professionals.
PAST EVENTS
The Contemporaries Holiday Party at Arteriors Dallas Showroom, 2016
Art Tour of Forty Five Ten with Art Advisor, John Runyon, 2017
Walk through of September 2016 exhibitions with DC's Justine Ludwig, 2016
Tour of the Dallas Art Fair with Art Advisor, Jennifer Klos, 2017
The Contemporaries Happy Hour at Wheelhouse, 2017
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DATES
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
13 MAY - 26 NOVEMBER 2017
BORIS MIKHAILOV
Parliament
for the 57th International Art Exhibition—La Biennale di Venezia
29 SEPTEMBER - 17 DECEMBER 2017
INVISIBLE CITIES
Moving Images from Asia
Chim↑Pom: Non-Burnable
McDERMOTT & McGOUGH
I've Seen the Future and I'm Not Going
KIKI SMITH
Mortal
UPCOMING
SUNDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2017 @ 2.00 PM
THURSDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2017 FROM 7.00 - 10.00 PM
SATURDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2017 @ 2.00 PM
JANUARY 2018
ENOC PEREZ
VALERIE KEANE
ONGOING
CITYWIDE MURAL PROJECTS
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SHEPARD FAIREY
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UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
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ENOC PEREZ
VALERIE KEANE
JANUARY 2018
PAST EXHIBITIONS
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Ambreen Butt’s What is left of me addresses current political oppression and violence globally through large-scale resin installations and collage-based works. The creation of each piece is labor intensive and built upon meditative repetitive forms. Butt studied traditional Indian and Persian miniature painting at the National College of Art in Lahore and has built a unique visual language based upon that training.
Throughout her practice, Butt continually engages with themes of feminism, globalization, and identity. Earlier works on paper from the Dirty Pretty series present direct visual quotations from historical miniaturist works intermingled with images pulled from news media. Butt’s more recent works are comprised of resin casts of fingers or locks, chains, and hooks, brought together to create ornamental patterning that is reminiscent of sacred geometries. In contrast, her collage works are created from shredded dollar bills and socially charged texts. For the series In God We Trust, Butt reinterprets the iconography of US currency in swirling lines of paper. In her text-based works, the source material is obscured beyond recognition, leaving only the title and single words to give insight into its original meaning. In the
diptych, Pages of Deception, the text seen in the two mirrored panels was taken from both the defense and prosecution transcripts of a trial on terrorism. Manipulated through dyes and painstaking deconstruction, the content of the trial is lost and the ability to discern which side is which is all but impossible.
Butt was born in Lahore, Pakistan and is currently based in Texas. Among the many institutions that have exhibited her work are the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn; the Heard Museum, Phoenix; the Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena; the Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel; the National Art Gallery, Islamabad; and the Sunshine Museum, Beijing.
Curated by Justine Ludwig, Director of Exhibitions / Senior Curator
Presenting Sponsors:
Nancy C. + Richard R. Rogers
Supported by:
The Joule Hotel, Creative Live Agency, Community Beer Company, Ben E. Keith, ROXOR Artisan Gin, Hugo Boss, ZOM Living, Tammy Cotton Hartnett
Media Sponsor:
PaperCity Magazine
Ambreen Butt. Installation view of What is left of me, 2017
Photo by Kevin Todora
Ambreen Butt. Installation view of What is left of me, 2017
Photo by Kevin Todora
Ambreen Butt. Installation view of What is left of me, 2017
Photo by Kevin Todora
Ambreen Butt. Installation view of What is left of me, 2017
Photo by Kevin Todora
Ambreen Butt. Installation view of What is left of me, 2017
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Ambreen Butt. Installation view of I am All What is Left of Me, 2015. Courtesy of the artist
AMBREEN BUTT
What is left of me
8 APRIL - 27 AUGUST 2017
Through a wide variety of media ranging from installation to performance and ceramics, Pia Camil explores themes of art history, consumerism and the Mexican urban landscape. Investigating urban ruin through interpretations of abandoned billboards, dollar stores, and iconic works of art, Camil addresses the aesthetic language of modernism and its relationship to retail and advertising.
The exhibition Bara, Bara, Bara draws its name from the rythmic cry of street vendors in Mexico City. Short for the Spanish word barato, which means cheap, the exclamation is aimed to draw people’s attention to a wide variety of low-cost goods available for sale. Furthering the exhibition’s connection to consumer culture, Camil is inspired by the aesthetic of outdoor markets and discount retailers. Slat paneling, market awnings, and jewelry displays all function as inspiration.
Camil’s massive site-specific installation Divisor Pirata is comprised of t-shirts acquired from the street markets of Iztapalapa, Mexico City. The shirts were originally produced in Latin America, sold to retailers and organizations in the United States, and then illicitly found their way to the bargain markets of Mexico. Camil furthers the transit of the t-shirts by bringing them back to the United States and displaying them at Dallas Contemporary. In doing so, she brings attention to contemporary trade routes and the permeability of borders. The artist
deconstructs the shirts and then sews them together, creating large stretches of fabric. In Bara, Bara, Bara, the work is installed to reflect the markets at which the shirts were purchased. The work formally draws inspiration from Lygia Pape’s seminal 1968 performance Divisor, in which community members of Rio de Janerio, Brazil were invited to walk together through the city connected by an enormous piece of white fabric which each participant popped their head through. The work illustrates the tension between the identity of the individual versus that of the collective.
Bara, Bara, Bara brings attention to shared experiences with commerce and the mechanisms of globalization. The works together present the breadth of Camil’s practice over the past five years. Camil lives and works in Mexico City, where she was born. She has exhibited at the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati; the New Museum, New York; Frieze Projects, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; and NuMu, Guatemala City.
Curated by Justine Ludwig, Director of Exhibitions / Senior Curator
Presenting Sponsors:
Nancy C. + Richard R. Rogers
In Partnership with:
SOLUNA Festival
Supported by:
The Joule Hotel, Creative Live Agency, Community Beer Company, Ben E. Keith, ROXOR Artisan Gin, Hugo Boss, ZOM Living, Blum & Poe, Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs, Consulate General of Mexico in Dallas, Interjet, Topo Chico, Anonymous, Tammy Cotton Hartnett, Laree Hulshoff + Ben Fischer
Media Sponsor:
PaperCity Magazine
Dallas Contemporary is supported by the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs
Pia Camil. Installation view of Bara, Bara, Bara, 2017
Photo by Kevin Todora
Pia Camil. Installation view of Bara, Bara, Bara, 2017
Photo by Kevin Todora
Pia Camil. Installation view of Bara, Bara, Bara, 2017
Photo by Kevin Todora
Pia Camil. Installation view of Bara, Bara, Bara, 2017
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Pia Camil Espectacular Tempestad, 2015. Courtesy of the artist
PIA CAMIL
Bara, Bara, Bara
8 APRIL - 27 AUGUST 2017
Keer Tanchak’s site-specific exhibition embodies the idea of time travel through art history and focuses on the last two years of the artist’s studio practice. Tanchak’s approach to painting demonstrates how the medium is always operating in a web of tradition and cultural references. The exhibition serves as a metaphorical X-ray machine that exposes the building block of the language of painting: brushwork, color, and light.
Tanchak is drawn to the smooth surface, malleability, and neutral color of aluminum—revealing phenomena of reflection, distortion, and absorption. Using tin snips and a manual shear/press brake, the artist cuts aluminum sheets into irregular shapes, which expand beyond the rectangle of a classical painting. The base is sanded and cleaned with rubbing alcohol before paint is applied. Tanchak’s technique is intentionally diverse: ranging from loosely sketched forms to expressive scraping of paint with a palette knife.
The aluminum installation at Dallas Contemporary also references the history of the building, which used to be a metal fabrication factory. This egalitarian product of the industrial age contrasts with Tanchak’s interest in manifestations of luxury such as extravagant contemporary home interiors, current concerns with consumerism, or the frivolous lifestyle of the 18th century French Rococo era elites. Tanchak explores representations of opulence throughout art history as well as cultural clichés by presenting interpretations of historic paintings. Shopkeepers from Antoine Watteau’s paintings, Jean-Honore Fragonnard’s aristocratic ladies, and Edouard Vuillard’s
seamstresses all function as the source material behind the figures in Tanchak’s works. On the one hand, Tanchak’s repetitive study of the same subjects with slight alterations of background or scale tests the limits of appropriation. On the other, her reoccurring characters emerge as a visual mantra suggesting that a work of art is never finished and its socio-political definition remains open to interpretation.
Originally from Vancouver, Canada, Keer Tanchak has moved to Dallas 5 years ago. She received an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2003 and a BFA with distinction from Concordia Univeristy in Montreal in 2000. Tanchak won the Artist Fellowship Award from the Illinois Arts Council in 2009. She exhibited extensively in Canada and the United States as well as in London, Switzerland, Dubai, Puerto Rico, and Mexico.
Curated by Lilia Kudelia, Assistant Curator
Presenting Sponsors:
Nancy C. + Richard R. Rogers
Supported by:
The Joule Hotel, Creative Live Agency, Community Beer Company, Ben E. Keith, ROXOR Artisan Gin, Hugo Boss, ZOM Living, The Bryant and Nancy Hanley Foundation Inc., Tammy Cotton Hartnett, Karla + Mark McKinley
Media Sponsor:
PaperCity Magazine
Keer Tanchak. Installation view of Soft Orbit, 2017
Photo by Kevin Todora
Keer Tanchak. Installation view of Soft Orbit, 2017
Photo by Kevin Todora
Keer Tanchak. Installation view of Soft Orbit, 2017
Photo by Kevin Todora
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Keer Tanchak Celine, 2016. Courtesy of the artist
KEER TANCHAK
Soft Orbit
8 APRIL - 27 AUGUST 2017
UPCOMING EVENTS
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McDermott & McGough Children in Kindred Worship, 1907, 1989
Collection Jérôme and Emmanuelle de Noirmont, Paris
CHIT CHAT with PETER McGOUGH
SUNDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2017 @ 2.00 PM
Artist Peter McGough, one half of the collaborative pair, McDermott & McGough, will discuss I’ve Seen the Future and I’m Not Going, the duo’s current exhibition at Dallas Contemporary. The discussion will be moderated by DC Adjunct Curator, Alison Gingeras.
*Please note: I’ve Seen the Future and I’m Not Going is currently mid-installation. Fall exhibitions will not be open to the public until Friday 29 September.
FREE + OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
For more info: learning@dallascontemporary.org
Supported by:
THE PATRICA DEDMAN FAMILY FOUNDATIONMARK GIAMBRONE
Invisible Cities artist Yu Araki. Still from Wrong Revision, 2016. Courtesy of the artist
Invisible Cities artist Chim↑Pom SUPER RAT, 2006, 2011. Photo by Yoshimitsu Umekawa. © Chim↑Pom. Courtesy of the artist and MUJIN-TO Production, Tokyo
McDermott & McGough. Detail of Dandysmo, 1913, 1987.
Collection Bruno Bischofberger, Switzerland
Kiki Smith Winged Messenger, 2009. © Kiki Smith
Photograph by Kerry Ryan McFate. Courtesy Pace Gallery
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MEMBERS ONLY OPENING CELEBRATION
SUNDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2017 @ 2.00 PM
INVISIBLE CITIES
Moving Images from Asia
Chim↑Pom: Non-Burnable
McDERMOTT & McGOUGH
I've Seen the Future and I'm Not Going
KIKI SMITH
Mortal
Invisible Cities artist Chim↑Pom SUPER RAT, 2006, 2011. Photo by Yoshimitsu Umekawa
© Chim↑Pom. Courtesy of the artist and MUJIN-TO Production, Tokyo
CHIT CHAT with CHIM↑POM
SATURDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2017 @ 2.00 PM
The Tokyo-based collective, Chim↑Pom, discusses their exhibition Non-Burnable, part of Invisible Cities at Dallas Contemporary. The discussion will be moderated by DC Assistant Curator, Lilia Kudelia, and Independent Curator, Jason Waite.
Jason’s recent exhibitions include co-curator of The Real Thing?, part of Nouvelles Vagues at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris. He holds an MA in Art and Politics from Goldsmiths College and was a Helena Rubinstein Curatorial Fellow at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, New York.
FREE + OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
For more info: learning@dallascontemporary.org
Supported by:
THE PATRICA DEDMAN FAMILY FOUNDATIONMARK GIAMBRONE
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McDermott & McGough Children in Kindred Worship, 1907, 1989
Collection Jérôme and Emmanuelle de Noirmont, Paris
CHIT CHAT with PETER McGOUGH
SUNDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2017 @ 2.00 PM
Artist Peter McGough, one half of the collaborative pair, McDermott & McGough, will discuss I’ve Seen the Future and I’m Not Going, the duo’s current exhibition at Dallas Contemporary. The discussion will be moderated by DC Adjunct Curator, Alison Gingeras.
*Please note: I’ve Seen the Future and I’m Not Going is currently mid-installation. Fall exhibitions will not be open to the public until Friday 29 September.
FREE + OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
For more info: learning@dallascontemporary.org
Invisible Cities artist Chim↑Pom SUPER RAT, 2006, 2011. Photo by Yoshimitsu Umekawa
© Chim↑Pom. Courtesy of the artist and MUJIN-TO Production, Tokyo
CHIT CHAT with CHIM↑POM
SATURDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2017 @ 2.00 PM
The Tokyo-based collective, Chim↑Pom, discusses their exhibition Non-Burnable, part of Invisible Cities at Dallas Contemporary. The discussion will be moderated by DC Assistant Curator, Lilia Kudelia, and Independent Curator, Jason Waite.
Jason’s recent exhibitions include co-curator of The Real Thing?, part of Nouvelles Vagues at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris. He holds an MA in Art and Politics from Goldsmiths College and was a Helena Rubinstein Curatorial Fellow at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, New York.
FREE + OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
For more info: learning@dallascontemporary.org
Chit Chat with Paola Pivi, 2016. Moderated by DC's Justine Ludwig
What is Chit Chat?
Chit Chats offer Dallas Contemporary visitors the opportunity to engage directly with contemporary artists. Chit Chat’s are meant to promote learning through conversation, to increase dialogue, encourage debate, and stimulate exchange in visual art and culture. Q&A sessions follow each Chit Chat discussion.
Supported by:
THE PATRICA DEDMAN FAMILY FOUNDATIONMARK GIAMBRONE
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El programa Chit Chats ofrece a los visitantes del Dallas Contemporary la oportunidad de interactuar directamente con los artistas contemporáneos. Los Chit Chats tienen como objetivo promover el aprendizaje a través de la conversación, aumentar el diálogo, alentar el debate y estimular el intercambio en las artes visuales y la cultura. Cada discusión de Chit Chat termina con una sesión de preguntas y respuestas.
PAST CHIT CHATS
Chit Chat with Keer Tanchak, 2017. Moderated by DC's Lilia Kudelia
Chit Chat with Ross Bleckner, 2017. Moderated by DC's Peter Doroshenko
Chit Chat with Mario Testino, 2014. Moderated by DC's Peter Doroshenko
Chit Chat with Ambreen Butt, 2017. Moderated by DC's Justine Ludwig with HRI's Bill Holston and SMU's Clyde Valentin
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