Conduit Gallery -- Dallas, TX

July 28 - September 2, 2006

Steven Hull & Garland Fielder

opening reception for the artists:
Friday, July 28, 2006 6 to 8 PM

In a two-person show in the gallery's main exhibition space, Denton based Garland Fielder and Oakland artist Steven Hull delight in a push and pull relationship between strong, quiet abstraction and colorful tie-dyed surrealism.

Oakland based artist Steven Hull has become internationally known for his high concept collaborative multi-artist projects as well as his own work that includes fantastical narratives thickly painted on board and small-scale drawings that depict hybrid figures both dreamlike and nightmarish.

Recent exhibitions include; Rosamund Felson Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; Steven Wolfe Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA; Galerie Rolf Ricke, Köln, Germany; The San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA; Gazon Rouge Gallery, Athens, Greece and Roger Smith Gallery, New York, NY.

Starting with the Necker Cube as a metaphor for interpretation, Garland Fielder's serene encaustic paintings develop instances of absurdity, reflection and humor stemming from the exploration of mathematical and geometric principles.

Garland Fielder is a recent MFA graduate from The University of North Texas in Denton. Recent exhibitions include; an artist residency at the Red Gate Gallery in Beijing, China; The Focus and Azalea galleries in San Francisco, CA; The University of Art and Design in Helsinki, Finland; The Commerce Street Artist's Warehouse, Houston, TX and Rudolph Projects/Art Scan Gallery, Houston, TX.

Andrew Long

For his first Dallas exhibition, Austin artist Andrew Long will show a series of mixed scale paintings on Baltic birch panel. For the past twenty years, Andrew Long has worked in a variety of media including photography, collage and installation. These most recent works are a return to painting using color and thick layers of paint resulting in wonderfully clumsy shapes suspended within a field of ambiguous space.

Andrew Long received his BFA from The University of Texas at Austin in 1986 and has since exhibited in Austin as well as McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX; Sidebar, Denver, CO; Brycliff Art Colony, Woodstock, NY and Collyer Bristow Gallery, London, UK.

PROJECT ROOM

David VanNess
The Stackable Cow

David Van Ness' Stackable Cow project is a meditation by the artist on the genetic alteration, the manufacturing world of commodities, packaging, shipping and marketing. Drawing from industrial and car design, Van Ness sculpted the original stackable cow and developed a digital file version that was sent to China to be mass-produced.
The end result is a three and a half inch plastic "cow unit" that can be stacked into a box, a pyramid or a sixteen until arch.

David Van Ness received his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2003 and his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2001. David Van Ness lives and works in Dallas, Texas.



			July 28 - September 2, 2006 Steven Hull & Garland Fielder opening reception for the artists: Friday, July 28, 2006 6 to 8 PM In a two-person show in the gallery's main exhibition space, Denton based Garland Fielder and Oakland artist Steven Hull delight in a push and pull relationship between strong, quiet abstraction and colorful tie-dyed surrealism. Oakland based artist Steven Hull has become internationally known for his high concept collaborative multi-artist projects as well as his own work that includes fantastical narratives thickly painted on board and small-scale drawings that depict hybrid figures both dreamlike and nightmarish. Recent exhibitions include; Rosamund Felson Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; Steven Wolfe Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA; Galerie Rolf Ricke, Köln, Germany; The San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA; Gazon Rouge Gallery, Athens, Greece and Roger Smith Gallery, New York, NY. Starting with the Necker Cube as a metaphor for interpretation, Garland Fielder's serene encaustic paintings develop instances of absurdity, reflection and humor stemming from the exploration of mathematical and geometric principles. Garland Fielder is a recent MFA graduate from The University of North Texas in Denton. Recent exhibitions include; an artist residency at the Red Gate Gallery in Beijing, China; The Focus and Azalea galleries in San Francisco, CA; The University of Art and Design in Helsinki, Finland; The Commerce Street Artist's Warehouse, Houston, TX and Rudolph Projects/Art Scan Gallery, Houston, TX. Andrew Long For his first Dallas exhibition, Austin artist Andrew Long will show a series of mixed scale paintings on Baltic birch panel. For the past twenty years, Andrew Long has worked in a variety of media including photography, collage and installation. These most recent works are a return to painting using color and thick layers of paint resulting in wonderfully clumsy shapes suspended within a field of ambiguous space. Andrew Long received his BFA from The University of Texas at Austin in 1986 and has since exhibited in Austin as well as McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX; Sidebar, Denver, CO; Brycliff Art Colony, Woodstock, NY and Collyer Bristow Gallery, London, UK. PROJECT ROOM David VanNess *The Stackable Cow* David Van Ness' Stackable Cow project is a meditation by the artist on the genetic alteration, the manufacturing world of commodities, packaging, shipping and marketing. Drawing from industrial and car design, Van Ness sculpted the original stackable cow and developed a digital file version that was sent to China to be mass-produced. The end result is a three and a half inch plastic "cow unit" that can be stacked into a box, a pyramid or a sixteen until arch. David Van Ness received his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2003 and his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2001. David Van Ness lives and works in Dallas, Texas.