Review: Gerardo R
Gerardo R: Un Día a La Vez Start Gallery Dallas March 3–April 15, 2012 Terrible things are still happening in Mexico. Your preferred news organizations may not cover it anymore and you may not think of it often, but the drug cartel violence continues to claim the lives of our neighbors [...]
Review: The Age of Impressionism
The Age of Impressionism: Great French Paintings from the Clark Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth March 11–June 17, 2012 Regardless of one’s opinion about Impressionism, the Kimbell Art Museum’s latest special exhibition — emphasis on special — might render even the most vociferous opponent [...]
Review: “Word Spirit”
“Word Spirit” Crow Museum of Asian Art, Dallas February 25–May 5, 2012 There may be larger exhibitions at the Crow Collection of Asian Art but none will expand your heart more than the works now showing of Chaco Terada. She chose the word “Kotodama” as the title for her small [...]
Review: Michael O’Keefe “Continuum”
Michael O’Keefe: Continuum Valley House Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Dallas February 25–March 31, 2012 Figurative artist Michael O’Keefe returns to the venerable Valley House Gallery for his second solo show. If you know O’Keefe for his gorgeous white figure sculptures, you [...]
Review: “The Lighthouse”
“The Lighthouse” Dallas Opera March 16-18, 2012 “Opera” is one of those terms, like “classical music,” that poorly serves to describe an entire world of artistic endeavor. Writers strive in vain to define the difference between opera and Broadway shows when opera companies produce [...]
Review: Joseph Glasco
Joseph Glasco: Paintings from the Estate Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas March 2–April 14, 2012 Joseph Glasco, an American Abstract Expressionist painter who died in 1996, was tutored by the likes of Jackson Pollock, George Grosz and Jean Dubuffet. He must have been an apt pupil; his piece, Big Sitting Cat,” was collected by the Museum [...]
Review: “Dark Play or Stories For Boys”
“dark play or stories for boys” Out of the Loop Festival, Addison March 1–11, 2012 You start from a place of terror. As far as the LGBT community has come, there are still so many submerged in subcultures that believe their gay members are pariahs: degenerate, disturbed, confused, repugnant. More than a decade now since [...]
Review: Elliott Hundley
Elliott Hundley Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas January 28–April 22, 2012 While ancient Greek texts are being jettisoned for “economically viable” collegiate fare, they still offer trenchant material for artists. “Elliot Hundley: The Bacchae” at the Nasher Sculpture Center is a case in point. It’s a glammed-up hybrid of layered and complex visual texts that [...]
Review: “Border”
“Border” Photos Do Not Bend Gallery, Dallas February 18–May 5, 2012 When artworks evolve into emotional narratives, it’s a rare event that shouldn’t be missed. Consequently, head with all due speed to witness Missy Finger’s finely curated show at PDNB. However, be forewarned: “Borders” is anything but a pleasurable stroll through idyllic landscapes. The [...]
Review: Giant
“Giant” Dallas Theater Center January 20–February 21, 2012 There’s an opportunity waiting for you, mythically in Texas and specifically in Dallas at the Wyly Theatre. It’s “Giant” and it’s giant. This co-production between New York’s Public Theater and the Dallas Theater Center sets out to stage the story that graced the screen and, for [...]
