The MAC | McKinney Avenue Contemporary
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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: "Art into Landscape"; and Jacqueline Bishop: "Losing Ground: Imaginary Landscapes". "The Porcelain Reformation" and "Art into Landscape" 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: "Art into Landscape", curated by Richard Brettell, McDermott Chair in Arts and Humanities at the University of Texas at Dallas. The third exhibit, "Losing Ground: Imaginary Landscape", are the works of Jacqueline Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana. The opening reception will be Saturday, April 10 from 5:00 - 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.
Ginger Henry Geyer, "All In One", glazed porcelain
Kenneth J. Hale, "Carmel #14", 2008, print, collage
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.
Jacqueline Bishop, "Little Bromelia", 2004, oil on leather
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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exhibition sponsors:
The Eugene McDermott Foundation
Brettell Fund for Curatorial Research at University of Texas, Dallas
Cunningham Architects
The MAC is funded in part by grants from:
Cultural Projects Program
City of Dallas
Office of Cultural Affairs