September 8 - October 13, 2007

opening reception for the artists:
Saturday, September 8, 2007  6 to 9PM

James Sullivan
Variations

The Variations exhibition is a wide exploration of materials by well-known Dallas artist James Sullivan. Straw and plaster figural sculptures, a constant in Sullivan's oeuvre, sit among rock forms cast in various metals. Large-scale drawings and prints echo both the figure and stone three-dimensional works. Largely inspired by desert landscapes, the works are a study of the archeological and Paleolithic nature of his various subjects and materials. The end results are elemental, timeless and essential.

left: James Sullivan, Two Figures, 2007, plaster, steel, straw & pigment
right: James Sullivan, Kopf, 2007, spitbite aquatint, galvanized steel plate, 24x18










Joe Mancuso
The Flower Paintings

Joe Mancuso's new large-scale canvases of living and dead floral bouquets are delicate line studies of the residual impressions of his iconic subjects. Mancuso uses a restrained palette employing whites, grays, and blacks, with accents of muted reds. In these most recent paintings, Mancuso's penchant for the use of mathematical patterning gives way to a loose romanticism of mark making. With exacting restraint and considerable understatement Joe Mancuso proves again and again that less is indeed more.

left: Joe Mancuso, Dead Flowers, 2007, acrylic on canvas, 62x96"
right: Joe Mancuso, Still Life, Tulips, 2007, acrylic on canvas, 72x96"

PROJECT ROOM

Andy Holtin & Jim Burton
In Security

With In Security, Denton artists, Andy Holtin and Jim Burton collaborate on a sculptural "living" installation that not only inhabits the gallery's Project Room, but also infiltrates surprising areas of the common spaces. The piece is a comment on surveillance, privacy and the often forgotten line between the watcher and the watched.

image: Andy Holtin & Jim Burton, installation, various woods