Chivas Clem: Shirtail Kin
17 October 2024 - 26 January 2025
A native of Paris, Texas, Chivas Clem returned to his hometown more than a decade ago after an illustrious early career in New York. After completing the Whitney Independent Study Program and being an essential part of august institutions such as Artforum and American Fine Arts, Clem made the radical move back to Texas. While his earlier art practice explored the psycho-sexual underbelly of American pop culture, Clem turned his attention to his native landscape, its forgotten population, and the mythos of the Southwest. His voracious camera began documenting a male subculture he encountered in Paris.
Patrick Martinez: Histories
03 April 2024 - 05 January 2025
The expansive solo exhibition will present a collection of brand-new works alongside a survey of pieces representative of the artist’s distinctive multidisciplinary practice. Histories draws attention to often overlooked and ephemeral city scenes embedded with elements reflective of intergenerational cultural exchange. Featuring sculpture, dynamic installations, large-scale multimedia paintings, and the artist's iconic neon works, the exhibition transports the collective artifacts, sentiments, memories, and energies of Los Angeles and comparable Latinx, Filipinx, and BIPOC communities into the Dallas Contemporary space.