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D Magazine writes about our 15th brthday
Hendrix College article about our September New Works Space artist:
Lopas exhibits in Dallas gallery
previous press releases:
2008
October 28, 2008 - The MAC's 2008 Blue Yule Fundraising Party
September 6 - October 10, 2008 Exhibition: Laray Polk, Simeen Ishaque, and Sasha Dela.
JUNE-9- 2008- June/July Exhibit: "Academia: Pushing The Boundary"
2009
JANUARY 9 – FEBRUARY 14, 2009: RUSTY SCRUBY - Playing in the Sand and PAUL ABBOTT & CHARLOTTE SMITH – The Synthetic LandscapeMay 9 - June 20 2009 Romero Tigersprung CG Ingram
September 5th - October 10th, 2009 BLUEPRINT &Matthew Lopas: Panoramic Interiors
2010
May 22 – June 26 Michelle Murillo, Leigh Anne Lester/Kana Harada/Megan Adams/DISD Art
2010 16th Anniversary MAC Membership Exhibition: "Border"
September 19 - October 23, 2010: Mexico
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THE MAC ANNOUNCES FOUR NEW EXHIBITIONS. The grand opening will be on Saturday, September 11 at 5:00 to 8 PM and will be on view through October 9, 2010.
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The McKinney Avenue Contemporary is pleased to announce its participation, along with other Dallas art institutions, in celebrating Mexico’s Independence from Spain. This bicentennial celebration will include exhibitions in all three of The MAC galleries. The two large galleries will focus on The Cult of Death/La Santa Muerte and Los Olvidados/The Forgotten Ones. The third gallery will feature an exhibit entitled Los Colores del Cielo/The Colors of Heaven, a video created by Quin Mathews.
The grand opening will be Saturday, September 11 from 5:00 - 8:00 PM at our galleries located at 3120 McKinney Avenue, in the Uptown District of Dallas.
In the large galleries
Los Olvidados/The Forgotten Ones
Exhibitions in the large galleries will explore the relationship between the increasingly popular cult of death and its correlation with the country’s forgotten citizens within a system that has no other sanctuary for them. These two shows are collaborations between the McKinney Avenue Contemporary and Hank Lee, owner and director of San Ange, al gallery in the Blue Star complex in San Antonio, Texas.
Third gallery
Quin Mathews: Los Colores del Cielo/The Colors of Heaven
The focus of this video is on the unusual baroque churches and their preservation by the local communities protecting their historical integrity.
In the summer and fall of 2008, still photographer Carolyn Brown, documentary filmmaker Quin Mathews and author/historian Richard Perry visited many small villages in the Lake Pátzcuaro area in the state of Michoacán in order to document the unique churches located there. These unusual faux-baroque churches have become paramount in providing solace to the community in a time where drug violence has persisted as a serious issue for the people of Mexico.
This solace is especially relevant because over the last ten years, it had become apparent to visitors that the Michoacán people are facing incredible hardships due to violence. In the state capital Morelia, soldiers can be seen stationed all over the center of the city where deadly bombings occur. Despite the brutality that surrounds them, the people of Morelia worked relentlessly to maintain the integrity and beauty of these unique churches.
The restoration and preservation of these incredible structures have helped create a safe haven within the sea of drug violence that has consumed much of the state.
About the MAC
Established in 1994, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary (The MAC) is a nonprofit organization that stands as a Dallas advocate for creative freedom offering the opportunity for experimentation and presentation of art in all disciplines. It supports the emerging and established artist roll in society providing a forum for critical dialogue with their audiences. This relationship is cultivated through education and innovative programming. The MAC is a member of Dallas Art Dealers Association and The Uptown Association.
Call 214-953-1212 for information or visit www.the-mac.org. The MAC is open Wednesday - Saturday 11 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. For more information, visit www.the-mac.org
Interviews and images related to this exhibition are available upon request.
Contact(s):
Lisa Hees
McKinney Avenue Contemporary
3120 McKinney Ave. Dallas, TX 75204
+1.214.953.1212
www.the-mac.org
McKinney Avenue Contemporary”
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This announcement is provided to you solely for information purposes. Many factors can materially affect The MAC exhibit plans. The MAC specifically disclaims any liability with respect to this information.
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The MAC announces its 2010 Annual August Membership Exhibition,
Border
DALLAS, Texas, March, 8-2010 The MAC announces its 2010 Membership Show theme: Border.
Border: [1]
bor·der /ËÂÂÂÂbÉÂÂÂÂrdÉÂÂÂÂr/ Show Spelled[bawr-der] Show IPA
–noun
1. the part or edge of a surface or area that forms its outer boundary.
2. the line that separates one country, state, province, etc., from another; frontier line: You cannot cross the border without a visa.
3. the district or region that lies along the boundary line of another.
4. the frontier of civilization.
5. the border,
a. the border between the U.S. and Mexico, esp. along the Rio Grande.
b. (in the British Isles) the region along the boundary between England and Scotland.
6. brink; verge.
7. an ornamental strip or design around the edge of a printed page, a drawing, etc.
8. an ornamental design or piece of ornamental trimming around the edge of a fabric, rug, garment, article of furniture, etc.
9. Horticulture.
a. a long, narrow bed planted with flowers, shrubs, or trees.
b. a strip of ground in which plants are grown, enclosing an area in a garden or running along the edge of a walk or driveway.
c. the plants growing in such a strip: a border of tulips along the path.
10. Theater.
a. a narrow curtain or strip of painted canvas hung above the stage, masking the flies and lighting units, and forming the top of the stage set.
b. border light.
–verb (used with object)
11. to make a border around; adorn with a border.
12. to form a border or boundary to.
13. to lie on the border of; adjoin.
–verb (used without object)
14. to form or constitute a border; be next to: California borders on the Pacific Ocean.
15. to approach closely in character; verge: The situation borders on tragedy.
The MAC Board of directors requests all members to submit works of art in all media from visual to performance art and literary reading. This exhibition will open Saturday, July 31st with a festive Sweet Sixteen theme reception from 5:30 to 7:30pm. The exhibit will run through August 28.
This year’s Membership Exhibition is a celebration of the MAC’s sixteenth anniversary. Since its inception in 1994, The MAC has remained true to its mission of supporting freedom of creativity and promoting a dialogue between the artists and the audience. Over the last sixteen years, The MAC has exhibited work by more than three hundred artists.
Eligibility
All persons with memberships valid through September 2010 are eligible to submit a work. Entrants must be or become members of the McKinney Avenue Contemporary at the time of submission. Membership applications and information about Membership Benefits can be acquired at the MAC – 3120 McKinney Avenue, Dallas, TX 752040 or www.the-mac.org. A One (1) Year Artist / Student Membership is $30.
Member Artist Submissions & Requirements
Each artist can submit only one (1) work either visual, performance art or literary reading, but could also participate in one (1) collaborative work.
Visual Art
Visual Art (2-D, 3-D and Electronic Media) cannot exceed 2 feet in any dimension and must be ready to install on date of delivery.
Performance Art / Literary Readings
Performance Art and Literary Readings will be presented during the opening reception.
Collaborative Works
Please contact the MAC to obtain the criteria for participation and guidelines for Collaborative Works. ( 214.953.1212 or macmembership@the-mac.org)
Submission Criteria
Work that does not comply with these requirements will not be accepted. The MAC will not refund membership fees to those that have not complied with the submission guidelines.
1. All works must be labeled with the following information:
- Artists first and last name
- Title and date of work
- Indication of top of image if necessary for visual art
- Work must have been produced within the 12 months prior to the show.
- Work must not have been previously shown at the MAC.
- Dimensions of work, completed size, not to exceed 2’ in any dimension.
- Work must be ready to hang
2. Caption Sheet
Include a copy of a caption sheet with your name, address and contact information at the top left of the page. Do not use any staples on caption sheets.
The Caption Sheet List should include:
- Title
- Date of Work
- Dimensions of Finished Work
- Medium
- Brief Captions or explanatory notes of work
- Price if the work is for sale
- Phone number of the artist
Drop Off Dates & Deadline
Drop off dates are the 26th and 27th of July. All entries must be received no later than Tuesday July 27th (11 a.m. – 5 p.m.)
Notification and Return of Work
The MAC will provide a time and date after the closing of the exhibition for all works to be collected. The MAC requests that artists who sell their work as a result of the show arrange separately for the delivery of the work to the buyer.
Liability
The MAC is not responsible for the loss or damage of works while in transit. MAC reserves the right to reproduce accepted works to Membership Exhibition on the MAC website and in any Membership Show advertising or collateral associated with the exhibition. Submission of work to the exhibit indicates acceptance of conditions stated above.
About the MAC
Established in 1994, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary (The MAC) is a nonprofit organization that stands as Dallas advocate for creative freedom offering the opportunity for experimentation and presentation of art in all disciplines. It supports the emerging and established artist roll in society providing a forum for critical dialogue with their audiences. This relationship is cultivated through education and innovative programming. The MAC cultivates this relationship through education and innovative programming. The MAC is a member of Dallas Art Dealers Association and The Uptown Association.
More information can be found at: www.the-mac.org
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THE MAC ANNOUNCES FOUR NEW EXHIBITIONS: Michelle Murillo and Leigh Anne Lester: Palimpsest, Kana Harada: The Way Home and Megan Adams: Interiorscapes. In addition, The MAC, in collaboration with Laura Sohm, Secondary Visual Arts Coordinator at the Dallas Independent High School District, will present Transparency, in the Lobby. The Mac has taken the initiative in conjunction with the DISD to host the works of young students’ talent in our community. These exhibitions open on Saturday, May 22 at 5:30pm and will be on view through June 26, 2010.
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The MAC is proud to present four new exhibitions, Leigh Anne Lester and Michelle Murillo: Palimpsest, Kana Harada: The Way Home; and Megan Adams: Interiorscapes. In addition, The MAC, in collaboration with Laura Sohm, Secondary Visual Arts Coordinator at the Dallas Independent High School District, will present Transparency, in the Lobby. The Mac has taken the initiative in conjunction with the DISD to host the works of young students’ talent in our community. The opening reception will be Saturday, May 22 from 5:30 - 7:30 pm at our galleries located at 3120 McKinney Avenue, which is in the Uptown District of Dallas.
In the Large Galleries
Leigh Anne Lester and Michelle Murillo: Palimpsest
Leigh Anne Lester
Leigh Ann Lester layers drawings of botanical specimens both real and imaginary to create new plant hybrids. Her works reflect the adaptation of genetic modification and the biological impact it has had in our environment. Through her interweaving of transparent materials, she reveals the often complex and violent nature of evolution that redefines what is organic and beautiful. These fictional flora investigate scientific potential, fatality and ultimate responsibility we play as creationist in the new millennium. She has previously exhibited at the Institute of Texan Cultures in San Antonio, the Biennial Southwest in Albuquerque and has been published in the New York Arts Magazine. Solo exhibitions include the McNay Museum in San Antonio, the Institute of Texan Cultures, and Lawndale Arts Center in Houston.
Leigh Anne holds a BFA in painting from the University of Texas at San Antonio.
She lives and works in San Antonio, Texas.
Michelle Murillo
As Michelle Murillo’s pieces deals with memory, place and its influence on identity. Her hypothesis is that memory is a narrative of the past that can also function as a compass in the present. The show is a representation of the artist efforts to create catalytic structures for other’s recollections. In the artist own words: “the exhibition attempts to address how place informs identity in our cross-cultural interaction and exchange era”.
Michelle Murillo has been awarded grants from Proyecto’ace, SUB 30 Residency Grant, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Canada. The Canada Research Council. The Educational Bridge Project, St. Petersburg, Russia. In 2009, she finished a residency at Kala Art Institute at Berkeley, California. Her solo shows include the Haydon Art Center in Lincoln, Nebraska, Transverse Space Gallery in Buenos Aires Argentina, and the Fine Arts Building Gallery at the University of Alberta in Canada. She lives in Dallas, Texas.
Murillo received a MFA in Printmaking from the University of Alberta at Edmonton, Canada, and a BFA in Painting from Boston University at Boston, Massachusetts. She is Assistant Professor of Drawing and Printmaking at The University of Texas at Arlington, Texas.
Kana Harada: The Way Home
Kana Harada continually finds inspiration through her joy and gratitude towards life. Often directly inspired from nature, Harada is interested in expressing the awe and serenity which she feels in its presence. Using hand cut foam sheets, Harada creates a sense of light softness in her organic sculptural forms. Raised dually in Japan and the United States, Kana Harada studied design, Japanese fine art, and drawing at Ochanomizu School of Fine Arts in Tokyo, Japan. Harada has exhibited at The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art Museum, Texas Christian University, as well as galleries in Japan, New York City and Texas. She is a recipient of the Beth Lea and John L. Clardy Memorial Award presented at the "23rd Annual Exhibition, Art In The Metroplex" at Texas Christian University. She currently lives and works in Dallas, Texas. www.kanakanakana.com
In the New Works Space
Megan Adams: Interiorscapes
Megan Adams sheds light on materialism through fabric – the single thing modern civilization most commonly comes in contact with. The Dallas native’s work is a reaction to the fashion and interior design worlds’ mass production mentality.
Inspired by patterns and texture from nature, her designs are often organic with a spontaneous sensibility. The fabric’s unexpected repeat is inspired by the centuries-old ikat weaving process that produces imperfect patterns and edges.
First, she paints or draws earthy abstract designs then digitally prints the patterns on natural fibers including cotton, silk and linen. The limited-edition textiles are works of art that can be used in countless ways from wall hangings to lampshades and pillows.
Adams is a recipient of numerous scholarships including the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts Workshop Scholarship and the Barbara L. Kulman Foundation, Inc. Scholarship. Her work has been exhibited at the University of North Texas, Southern Methodist University and 1800 Main St.
Megan Adams is currently a candidate for a Masters of Fine Art in fibers from the University of North Texas at Denton. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Art degree in painting and drawing from Southern Methodist University. She lives and works in Dallas, Texas.
In The MAC’s lobby
Dallas Independent School District: Transparency
The Mac is proud to announce its initiative to reveal the works of young artists in Dallas in conjunction with Dallas Independent School District. The Mac is thrilled to host the young artists and looks forward to dialogue about the young talent in our community.
Seven High Schools from Dallas Independent School District will be installing some incredible works in the front gallery space of The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, which will be open for viewing May 22 through June 26.
Inspired by the theme of "Transparency” that marks the work of the Adamson, Conrad, Molina, North Dallas, Townview, and Thomas Jefferson students have been given complete creative license. Many have integrated subject matter, physical qualities, and contemporary environmental concerns into their works.
Together they have given "voice" to issues of self- transparency, justice, language, power, and even the transparency of water. One installation even focuses on video projections. The idea has been to experience both collaboration and to get the students involved in the MAC as a real world experience in an art space.
From its inception the idea has been that the works be constructed of recycled and recyclable materials - at least as much as is possible considering the designs/themes/ and to especially dispose of the works right after the show. However, as one of the Hillcrest High art students has commented, "Its going to be tough to throw this away after we are done." Instead, they propose to take their "Tree of Knowledge" back to school after the show and put it in their school courtyard where the break down of its elements can be observed and documented by the science department. This is one situation where the "Voice" of adults had better get out of the way, especially regarding the those creative "voices" who have put their hearts into the show.
About the MAC
Established in 1994, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary (The MAC) is a nonprofit organization that stands as a Dallas advocate for creative freedom offering the opportunity for experimentation and presentation of art in all disciplines. It supports the emerging and established artist roll in society providing a forum for critical dialogue with their audiences. This relationship is cultivated through education and innovative programming. The MAC is a member of Dallas Art Dealers Association and The Uptown Association.
Call 214-953-1212 for information or visit www.the-mac.org. The MAC is open Wednesday - Saturday 11 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. For more information, visit www.the-mac.org
Interviews and images related to this exhibition are available upon request.
Contact(s):
Emily Cheek
McKinney Avenue Contemporary
3120 McKinney Ave. Dallas, TX 75204
+1.214.953.1212
www.the-mac.org
McKinney Avenue Contemporary”
Trademarks / Copyrights
The MAC, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, its name and logo are registered Copyrights of The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt corporation. Other names may be trademarks and or copyrights of their respective owners.
This announcement is provided to you solely for information purposes. Many factors can materially affect The MAC exhibit plans. The MAC specifically disclaims any liability with respect to this information.
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The MAC | McKinney Avenue Contemporary
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE MAC CONTACT:
Emily Cheek at 214.953.1212 / emily@the-mac.org or macmembership@the-mac.org
THE MAC ANNOUNCES THREE NEW EXHIBITIONS: Ginger Geyer: The Porcelain Reformation and Kenneth Hale: Landscape into Art; and Jacqueline Bishop: Losing Ground: Imaginary Landscapes. The Porcelain Reformation and Landscape into Art are both curated by Dr. Richard Brettell. These exhibit open on April 10 and continues through May 15, 2010.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
The MAC is proud to present three new exhibitions, Ginger Geyer: The Porcelain Reformation and Kenneth Hale: Landscape into Art, curated by Richard Brettell, McDermott Chair in Arts and Humanities at the University of Texas at Dallas. The third exhibit, Losing Ground: Imaginary Landscape, exhibits the works of Jacqueline Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana. The opening reception will be Saturday, April 10 from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm at our galleries located at 3120 McKinney Avenue, which is in the Uptown District of Dallas.
In the Large Galleries
Ginger Geyer: The Porcelain Reformation
Kenneth Hale: Art into Landscape
Richard Brettell, McDermott Chair in Arts and Humanities at the University of Texas at Dallas, has been a long time friend of two Austin-based artists, Ginger Geyer and Kenneth Hale, who have each made fascinating uses of works of museum art in both conceiving and making their works. Brettell will curate two separate exhibitions of their work, but the links between the two lie in their creative cannibalization of past art-- one (Ginger Geyer)embodied in glazed porcelain forms with links to quotidian life, the other (Kenneth Hale) cut-up, digitized, and distorted to form new images based in actual and illusionist collage. Each exhibition will have a catalogue with a critical essay by Dr. Brettell, full biographies, exhibition histories, and a catalogue of the works in the exhibition. Installation design is by Gary Cunningham of Cunningham Architects.
Ginger Geyer exhibition is possible by the generous contribution of The Eugene McDermott Foundation.
In the New Works Space
Jacqueline Bishop: Losing Ground: Imaginary Landscapes
The New Works Space will show the works of New Orleans based artist Jacqueline Bishop. Bishop is recognized for paintings, drawings and installation that focus on environmental issues, with over thirty years of traveling third world countries, Latin American forests and her Louisiana swamps. The artist deals with extinction and eco-political injustice in our planet today.
Bishop holds a B.A. University of New Orleans at New Orleans, Louisiana and an MFA from Tulane University at New Orleans, Louisiana.
A catalog with an introductory essay by Elizabeth Howie, PhD will accompany the exhibition.
About the MAC
Established in 1994, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary (The MAC) is a nonprofit organization that stands as a Dallas advocate for creative freedom offering the opportunity for experimentation and presentation of art in all disciplines. It supports the emerging and established artist roll in society providing a forum for critical dialogue with their audiences. This relationship is cultivated through education and innovative programming. The MAC is a member of Dallas Art Dealers Association and The Uptown Association.
Call 214-953-1212 for information or visit www.the-mac.org. The MAC is open Wednesday - Saturday 11 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. For more information, visit www.the-mac.org
Interviews and images related to this exhibition are available upon request.
Contact(s):
Emily Cheek
McKinney Avenue Contemporary
3120 McKinney Ave. Dallas, TX 75204
+1.214.953.1212
www.the-mac.org
McKinney Avenue Contemporary”
Trademarks / Copyrights
The MAC, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, its name and logo are registered Copyrights of The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt corporation. Other names may be trademarks and or copyrights of their respective owners.
This announcement is provided to you solely for information purposes. Many factors can materially affect The MAC exhibit plans. The MAC specifically disclaims any liability with respect to this information.
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The MAC | McKinney Avenue Contemporary
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE MAC CONTACT:
Emily Cheek at 214.953.1212 / emily@the-mac.org or macmembership@the-mac.org
THE MAC ANNOUNCES A NEW EXHIBITION: Depravities of War, featuring the works of Sandow Birk in the large gallery, barquitos de papel and other stories by Muriel Hasbun in the square gallery, and of Wrath and Proxy Wars featuring Jessica Benjamin and Sirajski in the New Works Space. The exhibit opens March 6th and continues through April 10, 2010.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
The MAC is proud to present three new exhibitions: Sandow Birk, The Depravities of War, Muriel Hasbun: barquitos de papel and other stories; Sirajski and Jessica Benjamin: of Wrath and Proxy Wars in the New Works Space. The opening reception will be Saturday, March 6 from 5:30 - 7:30 pm at our galleries located at 3120 McKinney Avenue, which is in the Uptown District of Dallas.
Sandow Birk: The Depravities of War
The Depravites of War is a series of 15 large-scale woodblock prints inspired by the series of etchings by Jacques Callot's "The Miseries of War” in the 17th century, which in turn were the inspiration for Goya's "The Disasters of War" in the 19th century. The works were published by HuiPress in Hawaii in 2007. A series of paintings completed the project.
Los Angeles artist Sandow Birk is a well-traveled graduate of the Otis/Parson's Art Institute. Frequently developed as expansive, multi-media projects, his works have dealt with contemporary life in its entirety. With an emphasis on social issues, frequent themes of his past work have included inner city violence, graffiti, political issues, travel, war, and prisons, as well as surfing and skateboarding. He was a recipient of an NEA International Travel Grant to Mexico City in 1995 to study mural painting, a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1996, and a Fulbright Fellowship for painting to Rio de Janeiro for 1997. In 1999, he was awarded a Getty Fellowship for painting, followed by a City of Los Angeles (COLA) Fellowship in 2001. In 2007, he was an artist in residence at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC, and at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris in 2008.
Sandow is represented by the Koplin Del Rio Gallery in Los Angeles, Catharine Clark Gallery in San Francisco, and P.P.O.W. Gallery in New York City. He lives and works in Los Angeles.
Muriel Hasbun: barquitos de papel and other stories
I come from peoples in exile.
I became an adult with an extreme sensitivity to the irreconcilable…
Muriel Hasbun
Muriel Hasbun explores the intricacies and emotional reverberations of identity through art, and uses photography and personal histories as vehicles for exchange. Through an intergenerational, transnational and transcultural lens, Hasbun constructs contemporary narratives and establishes a space for dialogue where individual memory and collective memory spark new questions about identity and place.
Muriel Hasbun’s photographic and video work is a process of re-encounter, synthesis, and re-creation. Through it, past and present become interlaced in a renewed configuration; in Santos y sombras/Saints and Shadows, the Palestinian desert and Eastern European ash sift, shift and blend in the volcanic sands of El Salvador, to form the texture of the path on which she defines and expresses her experience. With barquitos de papel/paper boats, she draws from the autobiographical as a point of departure, and alludes to the role of lens-based media in the telling of our stories. The installation beckons to the public to add their own paper boats inscribed with their family history and stories of migration. Hasbun will conduct a workshop to encourage participation in the barquitos de papel collective archive.
Muriel Hasbun’s work has been exhibited at the American University Museum (2008), Museum of Photographic Arts (2007), Centro Cultural de España de El Salvador and FotoFest (2006), the Corcoran Gallery of Art (2004); the 50th Venice Biennale (2003); the Centro de la Imagen (1999); and the 29ème Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie d”Arles (1998). Her photographs are in numerous private and public collections, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
Muriel Hasbun is a 2006-08 Fulbright Scholar. She is Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Photography at the Corcoran College of Art + Design in Washington, DC.
New Works Space: of Wrath and Proxy Wars
SIRAJSKI and Jessica Benjamin
Milorad Stanojev aka SIRAJSKI
Born in 1963 in Opovo, Serbia, ŠIRAJSKI lives with his wife Nataša, son Miloš, and daughter Andriana in ÄÂÂÂÂÂelarevo, Serbia in the agriculturally-rich province called Vojvodina. ŠIRAJSKI started painting at age twelve and had a first public exhibition of his work in high school in 1978. The artist is custodian of the Museum of Applied Arts of Vojvodina which is housed in a castle formerly owned by the wealthy DunÄÂÂÂÂÂerski Family from the times of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. ŠIRAJSKI works are in private collections of prominent collectors including the humanitarian Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King Paul KaraÄÂÂÂÂÂorÄÂÂÂÂÂeviÄÂÂÂÂÂ (an important patron of the arts). In his many artist colony communities, SIRAJSKI is respected as “an artist’s artist.”
ŠIRAJSKI is a self-taught artist, influenced by masters such as Dali, Peter Brueghel, Hieronymus Bosch, and Richard Dadd . An important literary influence is a book by the Serbian author (who died last November) Milorad Pavic entitled Dictionary of the Khazars. Pavic's innovative book treats the history of a people known as the Khazars whose empire, known as the khaganite, disappeared in the tenth century shortly after the Khazars converted from their faith (about which little is known) to Judaism. There is an archaelogical site by the Danube River in the town of Celarevo where SIRAJSKI lives that is recognized as the gravesite of the Khazars. SIRAJSKI's works are in part his inquiry into the history of the Khazars. SIRAJSKI is fascinated by the questions raised surrounding the so-called Khazar polemic. A genuine interest in all faiths fuels SIRAJSKI's works of fantastic realism.
Sirajski is represented by Vesna Rafaty in Dallas, Texas.
Jessica Benjamin
“My work focuses on the process and visual impact of contemporary technology on personal and geopolitical perspectives. As technological innovations develop we are continuously introduced to information and images that influence perspectives, decisions, and identity. These influences are delivered to us by media sources such as the Internet and in the advancing ways we document our lives.”
Jessica Benjamin was born in 1974 in Bloomington, Illinois. After graduating from Illinois State University, she moved to Snowmass Village, CO, to work as a summer resident at Anderson Ranch. In the spring of 2000, Benjamin moved to New York.
In 2006, Benjamin moved to Sag Harbor, New York where she currently lives and works.
Recently, Jessica completed two album projects with Wynton Marsalis, “From the Plantation to the Penitentiary”(2007) and “He and She”(2009). In April, her paintings were shown at the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton, New York.
About the MAC
Established in 1994, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary (The MAC) is a nonprofit organization that stands as a Dallas advocate for creative freedom offering the opportunity for experimentation and presentation of art in all disciplines. It supports the emerging and established artist roll in society providing a forum for critical dialogue with their audiences. This relationship is cultivated through education and innovative programming. The MAC is a member of Dallas Art Dealers Association and The Uptown Association.
Call 214-953-1212 for information or visit www.the-mac.org. The MAC is open Wednesday - Saturday 11 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. For more information, visit www.the-mac.org
Interviews and images related to this exhibition are available upon request.
Contact(s):
Emily Cheek
McKinney Avenue Contemporary
3120 McKinney Ave. Dallas, TX 75204
+1.214.953.1212
www.the-mac.org
McKinney Avenue Contemporary”
Trademarks / Copyrights
The MAC, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, its name and logo are registered Copyrights of The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt corporation. Other names may be trademarks and or copyrights of their respective owners.
This announcement is provided to you solely for information purposes. Many factors can materially affect The MAC exhibit plans. The MAC specifically disclaims any liability with respect to this information.
# # #
The MAC | McKinney Avenue Contemporary
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE MAC CONTACT:
Emily Cheek at 214.953.1212 / emily@the-mac.org or macmembership@the-mac.org
THE MAC ANNOUNCES A NEW EXHIBITION: Mixed Media, curated by Phillip E. Collins, featuring the works of Sedirck Huckaby and Anita Knox in the large galleries and Jack White in the NEW WORKS SPACE. The exhibit opens January 9th and continues through February 13, 2010.
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The MAC is proud to present its first exhibition in 2010: Mixed Media, curated by Phillip E. Collins. The opening reception will be Saturday, January 9th from 5:30 - 7:30 pm at our galleries located at 3120 McKinney Avenue, which is in the Uptown District of Dallas.
Mixed Media exhibits the works of Sedrick Huckaby, Anita Holman Knox, and Jack White. The title Mixed Media is a metaphor to present each artist’s work in a separate gallery and collectively view all three galleries as one exhibition. All three artists explore African and African American textiles independently as a means to express their search for aesthetics, identity, position and humane value of African American art in a global culture context. The exhibition reflects the sustainability and adaptation of African textiles in the “New World” and its impact on American culture. Beginning with its rhythmically arranged geometric shapes translated into colorful scraps of cloth stitched together to create quilts for cold winter nights, later expressed in jazz as improvisation, and currently being explored by artists, quilt making remains a vital and creative part of African American culture. Not only has it been a conservative means for providing economic family needs, it has provided an avenue for African Americans to advance their social status. Mixed Media examines and elevates the concept of quilting to an iconic level as works of fine art.
A LOVE SUPREME
Sedrick Huckaby
“When content and form combine completely, it allows the viewer to believe the painting is something other than what it actually is or mean something more than the sum of its media. This process of transformation is the magic of painting.”
- Sedrick Huckaby
Sedrick Huckaby Fort Worth artist Sedrick Huckaby exhibits his magnum opus, A Love Supreme, for the first time since he received a Guggenheim Fellowship Award to complete this 80 foot long painting that he began in 2003. His grandmother’s quilts are the subject of this installation of four large paintings which envelope the viewer. Each painting is 20 feet long and almost 8 feet tall. Each bears the title and palette of one of the four seasons: Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer. The paintings convey the seasons through the rhythmic patterns, colors, and textures of the quilts that are analogous to their musical namesake, John Coltrane’s jazz composition, A Love Supreme.
Huckaby’s inspiration comes directly from his family, his faith, and his African-American heritage. For example, not only are his paintings of quilts a reflection of African-American heritage in general, they are also ‘portraits’ of specific quilts that his paternal grandmother made for the family. Huckaby sees the quilts as the African-American women’s form of “jazz”, a different kind of improvisational “jam session” that happens when women gather to quilt. Also, the seasons are more than metaphors for the rhythm of life; they represent his deep convictions about love, marriage, family lineage, and God.
The quilt subject has continued to inspire new works such as the four smaller Seasons, each 72 inches wide. The quilts further serve as metaphors for his faith in Quilt for Christ II, a large painting of hanging quilts divided into three parts. The quilts on the left and right sides of the composition are veiled with translucent paper, while the center quilt has a cross that is boldly colored, alluding to the faith that is the foundation of his life. The strength of this painting, indeed all Huckaby paintings, is in the many metaphors that slowly reveal themselves.
The only portrait included, As I Am, is the unadorned face of his maternal grandmother, Hallie Carpenter, which is monumentalized at 6 feet tall. It was the final painting that summed up Huckaby’s two year focus on the reality of his aging grandmother’s life that culminated in the exhibition and catalogue, Big Momma’s House, in 2008.
Sedrick Huckaby earned a BFA at Boston University in 1997 and an MFA from Yale University in 1999. He is the recipient of both a Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant and a Guggenheim Fellowship Award. His work can be found in the collections of African American Museum, Dallas, Texas; Kansas African American Museum, Wichita, Kansas; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts; Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York; and the McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas. He is represented by Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
STITCHES IN TIME
Anita Holman Knox
“…I see myself as a facilitator for those who celebrate life and find joy in the beauty and strength of our cultural heritage and diversity.”
Anita Holman Knox
Anita Holman Knox is among many non-traditional contemporary artists who have chosen quilt making and wearable art as a medium of creative expression. Knox’s belongs to a movement of African American quilters, a growing number of professional women, such as doctors, attorneys, engineers, and university professors who have formed national quilting networks. Their objective is to create heirloom quilts to pass on to future generations. Knox’s work is rich with bright colors and drawings. She tells stories about her personal heritage and documents African American historical events. Knox received a B.F.A. from Howard University, Washington, D.C. and A M.F.A. from Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tenn. She has taught drawing and painting at Fort Worth ISD and as assistant professor of art at Talladega College, Knox is currently an instructor at Tarrant Count County College, Forth Worth, and Texas. She is a member of the Women of Color Quilter’s Network. Knox resides in Fort Worth, Texas.
ANCESTRAL MEMORY
Jack White
“I suppose I’m interested at this point in an identity. So with some information on my heritage I try to create exciting works with a connection to things of a black motif. After several attempts in various directions, a link to an African past seemed to emerge.”
- Jack White
Jack White assemblage paintings reflect penetrating insights into African textiles. His paintings look as of they are directly influenced by Cubism. However, they refer to the original African sources which inspired Western European artists. Spiritually, White searches for an identity with Africa’s ancient culture. Color, wood, metal, varied found objects and linear configurations come together to form “totems” in sharp, tension-filled compositions.
White received his B.S. (Art/Education) from Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD and Graduate Study (Museum Studies/African American Fellow) from Syracuse University; Syracuse, N.Y. White resides in Austin, Texas
About the MAC
Established in 1994, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary (The MAC) is a nonprofit organization that stands as a Dallas advocate for creative freedom offering the opportunity for experimentation and presentation of art in all disciplines. It supports the emerging and established artist roll in society providing a forum for critical dialogue with their audiences. This relationship is cultivated through education and innovative programming. The MAC is a member of Dallas Art Dealers Association and The Uptown Association.
Call 214-953-1212 for information or visit www.the-mac.org. The MAC is open Wednesday - Saturday 11 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. For more information, visit www.the-mac.org
Interviews and images related to this exhibition are available upon request.
Contact(s):
Emily Cheek
McKinney Avenue Contemporary
3120 McKinney Ave. Dallas, TX 75204
+1.214.953.1212
www.the-mac.org
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THE MAC ANNOUNCES THREE NEW EXHIBITIONS: Eminent Domain Paintings by Mark Messersmith, Fractured Form, by Philip Evett and Ansen Seale; and Collage of Coincidences by Dean Corbitt and Curtis Scott. All exhibits open October 17th and continue through November 7th, 2009
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(Dallas, Texas, September 9, 2009) The MAC is proud to present three new exhibitions. Eminent Domain, Paintings by Mark Messersmith; the second exhibition, Fractured Form, features Philip Evett and Ansen Seale in an installation of sculpture and photography curated by Kevin Vogel, owner of Valley House Gallery. The third exhibition, Collage of Coincidences, features a collaborative show by Dean Corbitt and Curtis Scott. The opening reception will be Saturday, October 17 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm at our galleries located at 3120 McKinney Avenue, which is in the Uptown District of Dallas. The show will run through November 7, 2009.
In the large gallery, Mark Messersmith: Eminent Domain show three-dimensional paintings by the Florida based artist. Messersmith’s works depict the density of wildlife subject matter in each of his Maximalist paintings, augmented by carved pediments installed above the canvas, mixed media dioramas attached below, and, occasionally, objects dangling in front of the canvas. He combines all of these elements in an inventive and powerful way to tell stories of environmental changes and their profound effects on wildlife along the edges of suburbia in the American South.
The square gallery will feature Kevin Vogel’s curatorial piece: Fractured Form, with the works of San Antonio based artists Philip Evett and Ansen Seale. Seale works with a special digital panoramic camera of his own invention. Instead of mirroring the world as seen around us, this camera records a hidden reality. Apparent distortions in the images all happen in-camera, as the image is being recorded without the use of digital manipulations. Evett’s organic wooden sculptures focus on the exploration of the unplanned and the final product emerges in fluid assemblages of poised and smooth austerity.
The new works space presents Dean Corbitt and Curtis Scott’s Collage of Coincidences. Friends of 45 years, they come together in artful friendship and collaboration. On the surface, they share a collage of coincidence-both same age, both same art school, both equally curious about the realm of expression capable by the human hand. Below the surface of their work are kindred yet distinct visions-an urban adventurer often rooted in Dallas, the other an urbanite gone rural.
About the MAC
Established in 1994, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary (The MAC) is a nonprofit organization that stands as a Dallas advocate for creative freedom offering the opportunity for experimentation and presentation of art in all disciplines. It supports the emerging and established artist roll in society providing a forum for critical dialogue with their audiences. This relationship is cultivated through education and innovative programming. The MAC is a member of Dallas Art Dealers Association and The Uptown Association.
Call 214-953-1212 for information or visit www.the-mac.org. The MAC is open Wednesday - Saturday 11 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. For more information, visit www.the-mac.org
Interviews and images related to this exhibition are available upon request.
Contact(s):
Emily Cheek
McKinney Avenue Contemporary
3120 McKinney Ave. Dallas, TX 75204
+1.214.953.1212
www.the-mac.org
McKinney Avenue Contemporary”
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THE MAC ANNOUNCES A NEW EXHIBITION: Philip Van Keuren: Works on Paper, 1969-2009, The Shape of Colors by Ivan Stoytchev and by Eric McGeheraty in the NEW WORKS SPACE. The exhibit opens November 14 and continues through December 19, 2009
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(Dallas, Texas, August 31) The MAC is proud to present three new exhibitions: Philip Van Keuren: Works on Paper, 1969-2009, The Shape of Colors by Ivan Stoytchev in the square gallery, and Eric McGehearty in the New Works Space. The opening reception will be Saturday, November 14 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm at our galleries located at 3120 McKinney Avenue, which is in the Uptown District of Dallas.
Philip Van Keuren: Works on Paper, 1969-2009 brings together for the first time a selection of the works on paper (collages, drawings, photographs) of Philip Van Keuren done over a forty-year time span. Now an Associate Professor of Art in the Division of Art here at Southern Methodist University, Van Keuren made many of the early works prior to any formal university study. The artist collected discarded blotters from the City of Dallas print shop where he worked to create small-scale studies influenced by poetry, direct observations of the world, and folk art—specifically 19th and early 20th-century American pieced quilts. Painstakingly pieced together, the earliest works not only reflect his patient and determined nature but perhaps more importantly a young artist’s first artistic thoughts as he responded to his world of places and things.
Later works shown here served as studies for large scale paintings done during his BFA studies at SMU between 1972 and 1974 before departing in January 1975 for New York City to participate in the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program. Van Keuren returned to SMU at the conclusion of his Whitney studies earning his MFA in 1977. Acceptance to the prestigious McDowell Artist Colony in 1978 and a lack of studio/storage space in necessitated the destruction of all the large paintings from the 70s. During his tenure at MacDowell, Van Keuren began writing poetry—an adjunct interest to art making that continues to this day. While he has worked in many media over his forty-year long artistic career, the early works remain important (even critical) to him and are central to understanding his work to date.
Panoramic Interiors features the works of Matthew Lopas. With over a decade of experience painting spaces in which he dwells, Lopas shares his life by welcoming you into an intimate part of his existence. Lopas’ use of line, light, and color captures physical and emotional qualities of each space. Distorted perspectives stretch the canvas farther than its dimensions and bring to life a vast space which one could seemingly walk into.
Lopas holds a B.A. in Arts and Ideas/Chinese Studies from the University of Michigan, a B.F.A. in Painting and Drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and an M.F.A from Yale School of Art. Lopas has taught at a number of schools and universities and is currently the Assistant Professor of Art at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, where he resides. Matthew Lopas is represented by Ober Gallery in Kent Connecticut.
About the MAC
Established in 1994, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary (The MAC) is a nonprofit organization that stands as a Dallas advocate for creative freedom offering the opportunity for experimentation and presentation of art in all disciplines. It supports the emerging and established artist roll in society providing a forum for critical dialogue with their audiences. This relationship is cultivated through education and innovative programming. The MAC is a member of Dallas Art Dealers Association and The Uptown Association.
Call 214-953-1212 for information or visit www.the-mac.org. The MAC is open Wednesday - Saturday 11 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. For more information, visit www.the-mac.org
Interviews and images related to this exhibition are available upon request.
Contact(s):
Emily Cheek
McKinney Avenue Contemporary
3120 McKinney Ave. Dallas, TX 75204
+1.214.953.1212
www.the-mac.org
McKinney Avenue Contemporary”
Trademarks / Copyrights
The MAC, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, its name and logo are registered Copyrights of The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt corporation. Other names may be trademarks and or copyrights of their respective owners.
This announcement is provided to you solely for information purposes. Many factors can materially affect The MAC exhibit plans. The MAC specifically disclaims any liability with respect to this information.
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