Marcelyn McNeil’s first solo in Dallas and at Conduit Gallery by June Mattingly

Observing Marcelyn’s grouping of hard edge, happy paintings at the 2011Texas Biennial followed a month later while attending her opening at Conduit convinced this trained  tried and true “eye” of having found a new Texas talent.

Speed, 2010, oil on panel, 71×74 inches

Standing out and capturing attention are the voluminous yet caressing sensual  shapes rendered in a “punchy” but subdued, sophisticated color palette, living up to the artist’s wishes to possess a “strong personality.” more details >>

 

Caprice Pierucci – “Royal Grain”

This capable artist is well deserving of attention for her meticulously conceived and crafted abstract wall and floor hugging sculptures. Fortunately Caprice was in attendance at her opening since she is so articulate in sharing her art- making from all angles; it made her show even more enjoyable. Also, this  Houston’s gallery new space in Dallas definitely deserves serious consideration by the art crowd.

  “Undulating”

Her comments began with telling us about the multiple undulating linear forms  in front of the audience creating delicate, flowing and sensuous movement and  shadow. It shows why Caprice credits the images she continues to reuse to her mother’s and her own past careers as weavers. While she builds her sculptures she envisions herself in the act of weaving the wood. Wood is the material a  loom is made of which naturally led to her favorite medium out of which  to make her constructions. Comparable to weaving, her forms are planned to interlock, interact and repeat; she works on a curvaceous imaginative grid, quite distinct from a loom.

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ADELA ANDEA’s work stands out in a group show at Cris Worley’s Gallery

Special EYE to Watch

June Mattingly // regularmain.com

ADELA ANDEA’s
work stands out in a group show at Cris Worley’s Gallery
“We are a culture of technological embodiment. My art introduces conceptual analyses of the types of communications, referring to the field of cybernetics, and mediates betweenthe physical presence of electronics and hyper reality of information.

“Quantum Computer,” 2010, cold cathode florescent lights, computer case fans, dc adapter

My installations and artworks generate a dialogue about the interaction between people and new technologies, socio-political issues raised through the dynamic and rapid industrialization and globalization and analyze the consensus reality about the current stage of the ecology of electronics.”

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Susie Rosmarin + Liz Ward show at Dunn and Brown Contemporary through December 18

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June Mattingly // regularmain.com

Houston-based Susie Rosmarin’s show “New Work”, includes small, medium and large scale vibrating acrylic abstract paintings and Liz Ward’s show “Deep Time” consists of small, medium and large watercolors, intricate silverpoint drawings and a 40-fot long hand-painted scroll.

Susie Rosmarin – Installation View

 

Liz Ward - Ice Core Study IV 2009

Susie’s paintings literally light up and move in sync from their private space on the canvas. The perception of light exudes or jumps out from tight linear overlapping patterns designed in brilliant, clearly defined color combinations and sharp, synchronized glowing white backgrounds.

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The Tyler Museum of Art’s exhibit: “Form and Substance: The Art of George Tobolowsky

The Tyler Museum of Art’s exhibit:
“Form and Substance:
The Art of George Tobolowsky

Between family, former pursuits as an attorney and in business, Tobolowsky fits in time to compose large-scale metal sculptures drawing attention by the top drawer staff of the Nasher Sculpture Center. It was following his first, well-received show at Gerald Peters’ Gallery in 2006, Tobolowsky re-focused his life to making smaller scale as well as public art.

A crowded commitment to one-person museum exhibitions happily continues to face Tobolowsky. “Face and Form: Modern and Contemporary Sculpture,” a group exhibition at SMU’s Meadows Museum highlighted 2009. In 2010, the Grace Museum in Abilene gave him a show, inside the museum and outside on the grounds, accompanied by a catalog and an essay by Jed Morse. This exhibit traveled to the Tyler Museum of Art on through November 28. In 2011, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, a non-profit space in San Antonio will give him a solo show; for the same city Tobolowsky is commissioned to create a major public piece for the Botanical Gardens.  read Special “EYE” to watch >>

 

Dallas Artist, Joey Brock will unveil his new series, “Northwestern Exposure” with the opening of his new Studio | Gallery.

Brock Studio Gallery Opens
in Dallas’ Cedars District

Dallas Artist, Joey Brock will unveil his new series,  ”Northwestern Exposure” with the opening of his new Studio | Gallery.

An avid traveler, the collection was inspired by Brock’s recent travels to  the Pacific Northwest and  communicates the clash between  urban and natural environments using acrylic paint, conté crayon, pencil and paper on clayboard and canvas.  Brock incorporates concepts like layering, texture and proportion that  he learned while studying fashion.

“There is a unique balance that dances between the natural landscapes as they collide with the man-made environment,” said Brock. “I find that there is a certain beauty in the collision of these two worlds and the balance that will eventually emerge.”

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