Beyond Abstraction: Recent Works by Six North Texas Artists
David A. Dreyer, Vincent Falsetta, David McCullough, Michael Osbaldeston, Ricardo Paniagua, and Michael Tichansky
Curated by David McCullough

Andrew Douglas Underwood: The Fall of Bonnie and Clyde

Robin Ragin: Homage to a Mentor

An opening reception will be held Saturday, May 18 from 5:30pm – 8:00pm.

Large Gallery
Beyond Abstraction: Recent Work by Six North Texas Artists
Curated by  David McCullough

Beyond Abstraction: Recent Work by Six North Texas Artists, curated by David McCullough, is a group exhibition including David A. Dreyer, Vincent Falsetta, David McCullough, Michael Osbaldeston, Ricardo Paniagua and Michael Tichansky. McCullough brings together these six artists in order to explore their relationship to abstraction and the North Texas region. All have a history of exploring conventional and experimental approaches to the abstract art making process and provide an aesthetic study of abstract art work currently being created in North Texas. Beyond Abstraction includes new work by each artist, conceived from considerations of their place in the cultural operating system in which they have chosen to live and work. As a result, they have discovered an aesthetic means of expressing themselves that directly symbolizes what it means to be a North Texas artist.

Beyond Abstraction is curated by David McCullough. McCullough is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) working in the fields of Art and Technology and Aesthetic Studies. He received his MFA from UTD also in the fields of Art and Technology. McCullough has lived and worked in the North Texas region as a practicing artist, scholar and curator for many years. Most recent solo exhibitions include The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, the Mesquite Art Center, and Leedy-Voulkos Art Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Throughout his career, McCullough has completed over seventy solo exhibitions nationally and in Germany. He has completed two artist residencies, one in Australia and recently one in India. Awards and honors include the Moss-Chumley award for painting from the Southern Methodist University, Meadows Museum. Also, McCullough was the first Texas artist to receive the Adolph Gottlieb Award.

Michael Tichansky was born in New York, NY. Tichansky received his BFA from Sul Ross State University and earned his MFA from Stephen F. Austin State University. Tichansky recently presented Michael Tichansky: Works from 2000-2010, a solo exhibition at the Bradshaw Gallery, Dallas Public Library. Tichansky’s work is included in permanent collections of numerous museums and private collections including the Museum of East Texas, Lufkin, Texas and the Geometric/ MADI Museum, Dallas, Texas.

Michael Osbaldeston was born in San Jose, California and earned his BA and MA in Art from the University of Dallas. Osbaldeston is a founder and artist in residence at the Cumulus Studios in Irving, Texas. Osbaldeston’s diverse works include baroque abstract expressionist paintings, cumulus glass, and monumental sculpture. He has had a solo exhibition at the Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX. His work is in museum and private collections located in 24 states and 9 countries, including The Nasher Sculpture Garden, Dallas, Texas.

Vincent Falsetta lives and works in Denton, Texas as a professor of Painting and Drawing at the University of North Texas. Currently, he is the University of North Texas, Institute for the Advancement of the Arts, Faculty Fellow. Falsetta’s paintings in Beyond Abstraction will be the inaugural presentation of a number of works completed in this fellowship. After receiving his BA in Art from Temple University in his hometown of Philadelphia, Falsetta earned his MFA at Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA and Rome, Italy. Falsetta has recently exhibited nationally and internationally with the Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY, The Bluecoat, Liverpool, and The Reading Room in Dallas, Texas. Falsetta is represented by Conduit Gallery in Dallas, Texas.

Ricardo Paniagua was born in Dallas, TX. Paniagua is a self-taught artist, informing his own work through a keen observation of the world around him and questioning its history. Paniagua has exhibited throughout the state in more recent years. He recently presented CHAMP!, a solo exhibition with RE Gallery in Dallas, TX. This exhibition featured his latest experiments utilizing painting, casting resins and non-traditional mold-making techniques.

David A. Dreyer  was born in Dallas, and earned his BFA and MFA at Southern Methodist University. He was a recipient of the Moss/Chumley Award from the Meadows Museum and has had solo exhibitions at The McKinney Avenue Contemporary in Dallas and The Grace Museum in Abilene. Recently he had his fourth solo exhibition at Valley House Gallery and Sculpture Garden in Dallas.

Exhibition Sponsors
Anne and John Mullen
Karen and Richard Pollock
Jo Sevin
Brenda Stubel
 
 
Square Gallery
Andrew Douglas Underwood
The Fall of Bonnie and Clyde

The MAC is pleased to announce The Fall of Bonnie and Clyde, an exhibition by Andrew Douglas Underwood. The story of Dallas outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow is overlaid with symbolic imagery primarily relating to the fall of man. Through a multi-dimensional realization, the work in sound, drawing, painting, text, and sculpture employs the classical artistic device of symbolism, to untether the familiar story of Bonnie and Clyde from historical specificity, allowing a new perspective on their story from an encompassing distance.

This project’s foundation is based on extensive research that is distilled to reveal only those details with the greatest potential to be charged with symbolic references. In classical religious depiction the use of symbolism was de rigueur. The image of a serpent was rich with meaning, referencing everything from Satan to sex. Allusions to art history and religion are a key element to this work, because in layering them on a contemporary narrative those associations reseat the narrative in a new context.

Imagery and text from the first few chapters of Genesis in the Bible and John Milton’s Paradise Lost turn up in various iterations through the exhibition, not only in what is being depicted but also in the medium in which an image is rendered. Materials such as ash, charcoal, and gunpowder used throughout the show tie into the content of the narrative.

In the larger cultural consciousness Bonnie and Clyde have entered a folkloric realm due to a romanticized retelling of their story. By playing into the larger than life status, The Fall of Bonnie and Clyde refocuses on the timeless theme of the doomed love story and on the larger forces at work on that story, visible or not.

Andrew Douglas Underwood was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1974. He lives and works in Dallas, Texas. One-person exhibitions include: Archive of Shadows at the Mildred Hawn Gallery at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 2011, and An Evening of Alchemy at The Reading Room, Dallas, Texas, 2010. Austin, Texas-based Pastelegram’s online issue #2 was built around Underwood’s web-based project, At the Weehawken Dueling Ground, July 11, 1804, 2012. In 2012 Underwood co-founded the Dallas artist collective The Art Foundation.

New Works Space
Robin Ragin
Homage to a Mentor  

The MAC is pleased to welcome Robin Ragin for her first solo exhibition, Homage to a Mentor.  Nearly twenty years ago, Ragin began working in the studio with artist David McManaway. McManaway is renowned for his use of assemblage and his ability to breathe new life into discarded objects. In honor of his memory and the bond that they formed while working together in the studio, Ragin presents her own unique interpretation of these iconic assemblage works, most of which were created in the last two years since McManaway’s passing. Her intent is to explore the profound influence that objects can have on us and challenge our perceptions of value and obscurity. The objects in Homage to a Mentor are immediately whimsical, mischievous and a true testament to what it means to be a mentor.

Robin Ragin is currently based in Dallas and has practiced art for the majority of her life. Ragin studied fine art at Harford College, Baltimore, MD, Richland College, Dallas, TX and the University of MD College Park, MD. She also studied interior design at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. Ragin began her apprenticeship with David McManaway in 1995 which continued until his passing in 2010. In 2009, Ragin participated in the group exhibition Art For The Bridge at the Women’s Museum in Dallas.

Homage to a Mentor
Exhibition Sponsors
Stephen J. Azola
Norma McManaway
Bob and Joan Smith

The MAC PAC’s inaugural sponsored exhibition

Saturday, September  14 | 6 – 8p

The MAC Professionals + Artists Collective (The MAC PAC) is a membership group of The MAC, made up of contemporary art enthusiasts. The group is pleased to present Tony Orrico’s Waning, in the New Works Space as the inaugural MAC PAC exhibition. The MAC PAC Sponsored Exhibition grants its members the opportunity to be active in programming exhibitions in the New Works Space gallery. This crucial component to the identity of The MAC PAC encourages engagement in contemporary art and its presentation.

Tony Orrico is a visual artist, performer, and choreographer, currently based in Chicago. The artist was a presenter at Poptech 2011: The World Rebalancing. He collaborated with choreographer John Jasperse on the visual Design for ‘Canyon’, presented at BAM’s Next Wave Festival (2011). He was also one of a select group of artists to re-perform the work of Marina Abramovic during her retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

The artist’s exhibition at The MAC will include live performances in response to the artist’s most recent body of work, CARBON. The artist will also conduct a two-day workshop to further engage the DFW artist and collector communities. The exhibition Waning and the workshops engage in the relevance of performance art in our cultural landscape, by involving DFW artists, curators, and educators to take part in the production of time-based works.

 *Join The MAC PAC and the DFW community in supporting Waning, the workshop, and The MAC. Learn more.

The MAC’s 2013 Annual Membership Show
Opening Reception Saturday, July 27 | 6-8pm
on view through August 31

Theme
The 2013 Annual Membership Exhibition theme is Δ (DELTA).

[The capital letter Delta, Δ, is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. The symbol is commonly used in subjects of science and mathematics, often to describe change. The triangle, the strongest of shapes, can also be a source of inspiration]

Eligibility
All persons with memberships valid through July 2013 are eligible to submit artwork. 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 75204 or www.the-mac.org. A One (1) Year Artist / Student Membership is $30.

Member Artist Submissions & Requirements
Each artist can submit only one artwork but could also participate in one 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.

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, media and date of work

- Indication of top of image if necessary for visual art

2. Work must have been produced within the 12 months prior to the exhibition.

3. Work must not have been previously shown at The MAC.

4. Dimensions of artwork, including the frame, should not exceed 2′ in any dimension.

5. Work must be ready to hang

6. Include a caption sheet with your name, address and contact information at the top left of the page.

The caption sheet should include:

-Name

-Title

- Date

- Dimensions

- Medium

- Brief captions or explanatory notes of work

- Price if the work is for sale

Drop Off Dates & Deadline
Drop off dates are July 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, and 23rd from 11am to 8pm. All entries must be received no later than Tuesday, July 23rd at 8:00pm. Please contact The MAC to set up an appointment to drop off your artwork if these dates/times conflict with your schedule. Out of town artists are welcomed to ship their artwork to The MAC before July 23rd. Please include paid return shipment or make alternative arrangements for the return of your artwork.

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 to 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 or left after the required pick up date. The MAC reserves the right to reproduce images of artwork in the 2013 Membership Exhibition on The MAC website and in any Membership Exhibition advertising or collateral associated with the exhibition.

Submission of work to the exhibit indicates acceptance of conditions stated above.

Sponsored by

Tony Orrico: Waning
The MAC PAC’s inaugural sponsored exhibition

Engaging in the relevance of performance art in our cultural landscape, Waning and The Workshop aim to involve DFW artists, curators, educators, and the community to inspire creation and presentation of time-based works.

LEVELS OF SUPPORT 

Title X
$5,500, Become a Presenting Sponsor of Waning + The Workshop

Your name and/or logo will be listed on The MAC’s exhibition/season sponsor wall, printed exhibition invitation*, press materials, documentation video, The MAC’s website, and weekly emails. Includes 4 spots in The Workshop and 10 invitations to the VIP reception.

Create X
$3,500 – $1,000, Become the Foundation of Waning

Your name and/or logo will be listed on The MAC’s exhibition/season sponsor wall, printed exhibition invitation*, press materials, documentation video, The MAC’s website, and weekly emails. Includes 2 spots in The Workshop and 6 invitations to the VIP reception.

Carry X
$999 – $500, Support the Art of Performance

Your name and/or logo will be listed on The MAC’s exhibition sponsor wall, printed exhibition invitation*, press materials, documentation video, The MAC’s website, and weekly emails. Includes 4 invitations to the VIP reception.

Influence X
$499 – $100, Provide a special opportunity

Your name will be listed on press materials, documentation video, The MAC’s website, and weekly emails. Includes 2 invitations to the VIP reception.

Pass X
Any amount, Here’s your chance to get involved and give what you can!

Your name will be listed on The MAC’s website and weekly emails.

Educate X
THE WORKSHOP

$2,000, Become a Presenting Sponsor of The Workshop

Your name and/or logo will be listed on The MAC’s exhibition/season sponsor wall, printed exhibition invitation, press materials, documentation video, The MAC’s website, and weekly emails. Includes 2 spots in The Workshop and 6 invitations to the VIP reception.

The two-day artist led workshop will investigate the origins of creative energy by using symmetry, voice, stillness and other potential points of entry. Tony Orrico will facilitate sensorial exercises and practices where artistic research will evolve from a place of constant invention and dismissal. 

*Printed invitation inclusion deadline is June 14, 2013.

Please contact The MAC directly for exact naming preference for acknowledgment.

Additional opportunities for sponsorship and underwriting are available upon request. Please contact LauraLee Brott at lbrott@the-mac.org for more information.

Michael Bise: Life and Death

Frank Rodick: Selections from the exhibition Labyrinth of Desire

Shannon Novak: Tonnetz

An opening reception with Michael Bise and Frank Rodick will be held Saturday, March 23 from 6-8p.

An Art Talk with Michael Bise will take place Wednesday, April 10 at 6pm. The MAC Art Talks are always Free and Open to the Public.

An Art Talk with Frank Rodick  and Katherine Ware will take place Sunday, March 24 at 1p. Guests will enjoy complimentary brunch bites and mimosas.

Exhibition Sponsors:
Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston
Trammell S. Crow
Camilla Cowan

Related Art Talks:
Frank Rodick with Katherine Ware
Art This Week video of the Rodick / Ware Art Talk
Michael Bise

Large Gallery
Michael Bise
Life and Death

Life and Death, an exhibition of drawings by Michael Bise, features a selection of works, some of which are new and previously unexhibited drawings, created within the last five years of the artist’s career. Bise is known for creating large scale graphite drawings that pull from personal experiences. The drawings in Life and Death deal with a range of subject matter from larger cultural realities to personal memories and hurdles. Also included in the exhibition will be Chapters one through three of Bise’s series Life on the List, an autobiographical comic about life on the heart transplant list. Life on the List was created in 2011 for the Glasstire Drawing Project.

Michael Bise currently lives and works in Houston, Texas. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in drawing and painting at the University of North Texas in 2001 and his Masters of Fine Art in drawing and painting at the University of Houston in 2005. In 2012, Bise received the Hunting Art Prize and was nominated for the Texas Contemporary Award. Recently, Bise exhibited Epilogues at Fort Worth Contemporary Arts at Texas Christian University, curated by Christina Rees. Bise has had numerous solo exhibitions at Moody Gallery, Houston since 2005. Bise has work in the public collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Piggozi Collection in New York, New York. Michael Bise is represented by Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas.

Exhibition Sponsor:
Camilla Cowan

 Square Gallery
Frank Rodick
Selections from the Exhibition Labyrinth of Desire

The MAC is proud to exhibit selections from Labyrinth of Desire, an exhibition of photographs at the Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston in 2010 by Canadian artist Frank Rodick, curated by Katherine Ware. Labyrinth of Desire consists of a series of photographs created from 1991 to the present. Known for creating powerful, evocative, and sometimes controversial pictures, Rodick alters images into sequenced compositions that explore the complex realm of the human psyche. The juxtaposition of images mimics the imprecise and non-linear workings of our private thoughts, memories and desires. The photographs selected from the Labyrinth of Desire for exhibition at The MAC examine five bodies of work: Liquid City (1991-1999), sub rosa (1995-1997), Arena (2002-2005), Faithless Grottoes (2006-2008), and Revisitations (2009-current). Rodick says of his work, “what I’m looking for are images that feel more intimately real than our cursory experience of everyday life, images that give a voice to the worlds that live inside us and which somehow demand witness.”

Frank Rodick’s work has been exhibited widely throughout North America, Latin America, and Europe. His work is in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Kinsey Institute. Internationally, his work is in the collections of the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography in Ottawa, the Musée de la Photographie à Charleroi in Belgium, the Museet for Fotokunst in Denmark, and the Museo Nacional de Bella Artes de Buenos Aires in Argentina. Frank Rodick is represented by Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, Texas.

Katherine Ware is Curator of Photography at the New Mexico Museum of Art and has served as Curator of Photographs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Assistant Curator in the Department of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum. She is the author of numerous works on photographic art and its history.

Exhibition Sponsor:
Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston

WATCH THE ART THIS WEEK INTERVIEWS
BETWEEN FRANK RODICK AND KATHERINE WARE HERE

Lobby
Shannon Novak
Tonnetz

Sound is a part of all of us and all that exists. Shannon Novak’s exhibition, Tonnetz, is based primarily on research in the field of harmonic science that suggests there is an unseen biological lattice that underlies visible cellular structures, a lattice that generates and responds to sound. Tonnetz seeks to reveal the invisible sound network in space by visually manifesting this lattice through a series of points located in The MAC lobby and galleries. These points, or “nodes”, can be viewed through an application available on various mobile devices*. By taking an interdisciplinary approach that blends fine art with music and harmonic science, Tonnetz will seek to contribute new ideas to sound and color research, particularly in the area analyzing synesthetic color to sound experiences. An introduction for the exhibition will be available and written by Martin Rieser, author of The Mobile Audience: Media Art and Mobile Technologies (Architecture Technology Culture).

Shannon Novak is an artist based in Auckland, New Zealand. He works in painting, sculpture, and installation, with a focus on using geometric forms to explore his deep and abiding interest in the interrelationships between sound, color, form, time, space, and social context. In 2012, Novak exhibited Acoustic Synergy at Ro2 Art. He completed a residency at CentralTrak, The University of Texas at Dallas Artists Residency, in 2011, has been engaged in public commissions in Auckland, New Plymouth, and Denver, and co-founded West gallery at The University of Auckland in 2012.

Introductions by Danielle Georgiou and Professor Martin Rieser.

THE MAC GOES CABARET! AN EVENING OF FILM, MUSIC AND MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE
SATURDAY, MAY 11TH, 2013, 6:00-9:00PM

Come join The McKinney Avenue Contemporary in exploring the Middle East through music, food and film. Accompanying the final screening of Egyptian artist Wael Shawky’s marionette films Cabaret Crusades: Horror Show File and Cabaret Crusades: The Path to Cairo, The MAC will feature live music from Jamal Mohamed and Jonathan Jones with Mediterranean cuisine that will prepare film goers to travel back to the Middle East at the time of the Crusades. The evening will conclude with a casual discussion with Heather Hunt, Medieval Studies and Arabic language specialist.

Acclaimed Hand Drummer Jamal Mohamed joins Virtuoso Clarinetist Jonathan Jones to create Dallas’s hottest new instrumental duo “Drum’n Wind”. Ancient Rhythms combined with Futuristic Improvisations will transport you to Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Electronic music and beyond!

Live music and reception: 6:00-7:00pm
Films: 7:00-8:30pm
Discussion: 8:30-9:00pm

THE FILMS

Wael Shawky’s Cabaret Crusades: Horror Show File (2010), starring 200 year-old marionettes from the Italian Lupi Collection, retells the first crusades from the years 1096-1099. The film provides a precise description of the places in the Middle East and Europe that formed the backdrop for the early Crusades. Cabaret Crusades: The Path to Cairo (2012) uses hand crafted marionettes created by Shawky himself. A mythic interpretation of the second phase of religiously sanctioned military expeditions by Western Christianity toward Jerusalem and the Holy Land, the plot is based on the chronicles of the period between the First and Second Crusade (1099- 1149 AD). Concerning religion in the modern world ¬as a driving force of history, Shawky seeks to find a safe space for a dialogue about the cause and effects of religious wars and the impact that is made on European and Arab relations today. Cabaret Crusades: Horror Show File and Cabaret Crusades: The Path to Cairo has traveled internationally, both being screened at dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel, Germany.

ABOUT WAEL SHAWKY

Wael Shawky studied fine art at the University of Alexandria before receiving his M.F.A. from the University of Pennsilvania in 2000. His work has been included the dOCUMENTA(13), 50th Venice Biennial (2003) and SITE Santa Fe Biennial (2008). He has had numerous one-person exhibitions including Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut(2010), Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, Italy (2010) and most recently at Kunst-Werke, Berlin, Germany(2012). Shawky lives and works in Alexandria, Egypt, and is the founder of MASS Alexandria, a studio program for young artists.

ABOUT HEATHER HUNT

Heather Hunt recieved a B.A. with Departmental Distinction in History and a B.A. in Medieval Studies from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. She recieved a Gilman International Scholarship from the Institute of International Education in 2009. She was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for the 2011-2012 academic year. On her Fulbright in Egypt, Heather studied both Modern Standard and Egyptian Colloquial Arabic to further her knowledge of Arabic language, Middle Eastern culture, traditions, and religion. During the fall semester, she studied at the Arabic Language Institute at the American University in Cairo (AUC), transferring to Al-Diwan Center in Maadi for the spring semester. She currently serves the Institute of International Education as an Ambassador to both the Gilman and Fulbright programs.

ABOUT JAMAL MOHAMED AND JONATHAN JONES

Jamal Mohamed has been a featured artist in many international music and dance events. He has presented percussion workshops at venues worldwide, including Berklee College of Music; the National Institute of Fine Arts in Mexico City; the Tokyo School of Music in Japan; the American University in Cairo, Egypt; the Center for World Music in Bali, Indonesia; and the University of Hong Kong to name a few. He has performed with Sting, Mark O’Connor, Giovanni Hidalgo and many other well known artists. In addition, his music has been featured in the television documentaries Ramses the Great, National Geographic’s Lions of Darkness (with D’Drum), and the film biography of bluesman Robert Johnson, Can’t You Hear the Wind Howl? starring Danny Glover and Keb’ Mo’. He is currently director of the “Meadows World Music Ensemble” at Southern Methodist University.

Jonathan Jones is an alumnus of the Meadows School of the Arts where he studied clarinet with Paul Garner of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Jonathan plays principal clarinet with the Dallas Chamber Symphony and the Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra. Jonathan is described in The Dallas Morning News as “a passionate and virtuosic musician responsible for all-out playing.” A frequent soloist, Jon has performed the European premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon’s Orpheus and Euridice and recitals at l’Accademia Santoro and the Matese Friend Festival in Italy. An award-winning clarinetist, Jonathan was awarded the Gold Medal by the President of Italy at the 2007 Concorso Musicale Internazionale in Castellaneta, Italy. He was also the first clarinetist in 52 years to win the Grand Prize of the Fort Collins Symphony International Artist Competition in Colorado. Jonathan currently works as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

 About
The Horror Show File
The Path to Cairo

Sponsored by
Claude C. Albritton III
Trammell S. Crow

Food Sponsor:
Baboush

previous screening: Saturday, April 6 at 4:30pm

6 – 7pm: Michael Bise will discuss his current exhibition Michael Bise: Life and Death

Life and Death, an exhibition of drawings by Michael Bise, features a selection of works, some of which are new and previously unexhibited drawings, created within the last five years of the artist’s career. Bise is known for creating large scale graphite drawings that pull from personal experiences. The drawings in Life and Death deal with a range of subject matter from larger cultural realities to personal memories and hurdles. Also included in the exhibition will be Chapters one through three of Bise’s series Life on the List, an autobiographical comic about life on the heart transplant list. Life on the List was created in 2011 for the Glasstire Drawing Project.

Michael Bise currently lives and works in Houston, Texas. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in drawing and painting at the University of North Texas in 2001 and his Masters of Fine Art in drawing and painting at the University of Houston in 2005. In 2012, Bise received the Hunting Art Prize and was nominated for the Texas Contemporary Award. Recently, Bise exhibited Epilogues at Fort Worth Contemporary Arts at Texas Christian University, curated by Christina Rees. Bise has had numerous solo exhibitions at Moody Gallery, Houston since 2005. Bise has work in the public collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Piggozi Collection in New York, New York. Michael Bise is represented by Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas.

The exhibition is on display at The McKinney Avenue Contemporary (The MAC) from 03/23/13 – 05/11/13

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Join us for our National Poetry Month Celebration with four Texas Poet Laureate reading their work during the wonderful DADA Spring Gallery Walk! The Poets Laureate include PAT STODGILL (1978), CLEATUS RATTAN (2004), ALAN BIRKELBACH (2005), and DAVE PARSONS (2011).

A special reception will take place from 4:30-5:15 (with book signings, and a talk and video about The Writer’s Garret). Space is limited and so you must R.S.V.P.

 LIVE READING will be at 5:30.  Limited seating.

 THIS EVENT IS FREE — BUT WE LOVE DONATIONS!!!

Saturday, April 6 | 11am – 12pm

The Goss-Michael Foundation is pleased to announce that British-born Dan Rees has been invited to be the first ‘resident’ artist to live for a selected period of time in Dallas and create original work for the Foundation.  In an effort to engage the local community and to develop a creative dialogue, members of the McKinney Avenue Contemporary’s Professional & Artists Collective (MAC PAC) will be the first audience invited to meet the artist and watch the process of production.

This exclusive event is open only to MAC PAC members.  For information about becoming a member and attending this event, please visit here.