OUR PREVIEW PICKS FROM DALLAS ART FAIR’S 11TH EDITION

Can Yerebakan, Osman, “OUR PREVIEW PICKS FROM DALLAS ART FAIR’S 11TH EDITION”, Cultured. April, 2019

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DallasArtFairreturnstothesouthernmetropolisforitseleventhiterationwithaninternationalexhibitorlist,reachingasfarasAsiaandMiddleEastinadditiontoawiderangeofTexangalleries.TheglobalaffairwillonceagainoccupytheFashionIndustryGallerylocatedattheDallasArtsDistrictwithclosetoonehundredbooths,showcasingarangeofartists—includingestablishednamesandinternationaldiscoveries.ThefairplaysakeyroleasagatheringhubduringabusyculturalweekinDallasthroughcollaborationswithlocalfixtures,likeSOLUNAInternationalMusicandArtsFestivalandThePowerStation.Thefair’skick-offwillcoincidewiththeannualPreviewBenefit,whichbenefitstheDallasMuseumofArt,NasherSculptureCenter,andDallasContemporarythroughitsticketsales.

“ThereisaTexancharmandhospitalityherethat’shardtofindelsewhere.Ithinkthat’spartofthereasonwhypeopleenjoycomingback.GalleriesfromaroundtheworldfeelwelcomeinDallas,”fairdirectorKellyCornelltoldCultured.

OurcontributorOsmanCanYerebakanselectedhishighlights.

TONY MATELL I , BUST (W WATERMELON S ) ( 2 019 ) . CONCRETE , PA INTED URETHAN .

MarlboroughGalleryAgalleryhailingfromChelsea,Marlboroughjoinsthefairwithalargeselectionofartistsfromthegallery’sroster.TonyMatelli’sstrikingsculptures,inwhichtheartistpairspiecesofperishingfoodwithhumanform,spillsoutsidethegallery’sbooth and takes over the lobby of The Joule Hotel. Slices of ham draping from a bronze headless figure, or bananas gracing the head of a crumbling female sculpture, filter emblematic yet equally generic figures of art history through a humorous lens. Marlborough booth furthers its light-hearted accent in their selection with Keith Mayerson’s rendering of Jane Fonda in her iconic Western character Cat Ballou in an eponymous oil on linen painting.

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albertzbendaAnotheradditionfromNewYork’sgalleryhubisalbertzbenda,withathree-personpresentationofZoëBuckman,TimothyCurtisandBrieRuais,whoseclaywallpiecesofburstingenergyareequaltoherownbodyweight.ContainingadustycolorpaletteinreferencetothetopographyoftheAmericanSouth,theCaliforniandeepensherrelationshipwithhertactilemediumthroughmountainousformationsandsmearsofcolorsonsurface.Ruais,whoseenergetic,earthysculpturesreminisceJayDeFeo,wasamongsttheartistsincludedinthepermanentcollectionoftheDallasMuseumofArtbythefair’sAcquisitionProgramlastyear.ThefairalsoservesapreviewfortheworksRuaiswillexhibitinherupcomingexhibition,Ways,atthegallery’sChelsealocationinearlyMay.


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GalerieLelongTheParisandNewYork-basedgallerywillintroduceamuseumqualityartistlist,bringingtoDallashistoricworksbyAnaMendieta,HélioOiticica,andMildredThompson,aswellasrecentworksbyAlfredoJaar,JaumePlensa,SamuelLeviJones,andUrsulavonRydingsvard.Jones’stapestry-likepaintingofdeconstructedprintportfoliosoncanvas,titledIntercalate(2018),willcomplimentMendieta’sheartbreakingphotographofhersilhouettelyingonghostlyIowalandfrom1978.


ARCMANORO N I LE S , WHEN YOU G I V E YOUR LOVE AWAY ( 2 018 ) . O I L , A CRY L IC AND GL IT T ER ON

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RachelUffnerGalleryLowerManhattanisrepresentedbyagroupofgalleries,amongwhichtheneighborhoodveteranRachelUffnerGallerybringsamulti-genreselection,includingframedglassworksbySaraGreenbergerRafferty,BiancaBeck’sbiomorphicpapier-mâchésculpturesofneonhues,andamusinglycolorfulandcharminglygeometricoiloncanvasportraitsbyLeonhardHurzlmeier.Astandoutisamixed-mediapaintingbyArcmanoroNiles,titledWhenYouGiveYourLoveAway(2018).Niles’sbittersweetdepictionofalittlegirloffersaglimpseoftheartist’songoingsoloexhibition,MyHeartisLikePaper:LettheOldWaysDie,showcasinghisequallyvibrantpaintingsatthegallery’sLowerEastSidelocation.“WearehopingthispiecewilljointheesteemedcollectionoftheDallasMuseumofArt,”saidUffnertoCulturedoveremail.

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HarlanLeveyProjectsBrussels-basedgalleryHarlanLeveyProjectstestedthewatersinDallaswithanexhibitionofyoungBelgianartistEmmanuelVanderAuweraatDallasArtFair’sextensionspace214Projectslastmonth.ThegallerysavesitsboothforFrance-bornartistAmélieBouvier’sPickering’sHaremandMovementsandDisruptionsseries,composedofcurtain-likedrapingcanvasescoveredinIndianink.Theartist’sworkturnsresearcheddataintoabstraction,commentingonephemeralandtransientstatesofinformationandmemory.

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Carbon.12BridgingtheAmericanSouthwiththeMiddleEastisDubai’sCarbon.12,locatedat the Emirati city’s gallery district Alserkal Avenue, where the gallery currently exhibits a solo exhibition of paintings by Austrian artist Bernhard Buhmann. The artist’s lustrous geometric abstractions make their way to Dallas alongside other artists from the gallery’s roster, including Sara Rahbar with her war gear assemblage, Be tender with me (2018), and Amba Sayal-Bennett, who makes equally architectural and corporal pastel-colored graphites on paper. California-based painter André Butzer, who will open a solo exhibition at New York’s Metro Pictures in early summer, joins the booth with two cartoonish drawings, borrowing innocent and eerie cues from children’s drawings. Dallas Art Fair runs through April 14, 2019.


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