Verdi's Nabucco @ The Dallas Opera, 2006
photo by Nan Coulter
DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART
October 8, 2009–March 21, 2010
Barrel Vault and Hanley, Lamont, Rachofsky, and Stoffel Galleries
In celebration of the opening of Dallas’s new AT&T Performing Arts Center, the Dallas Museum of Art is proud to present the work of six international and American artists who have used the forms and ideas surrounding theater, opera and performances starting points for an exciting array of paintings, sculpture, films, and installations.
Drawn from Dallas Museum of Art and important private collections , this extensive presentation will include British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare’s film Un ballo in maschera(A Masked Ball), based on Giuseppe Verdi’s opera of the same name that is a brilliant reimagining of dance, costume, and narrative; Finnish artist Eija-Liisa Ahtila’s quietly intense and atmospheric evocation of an ill-at-ease mind, the three-screen film work Talo/The House; a new installation work by Dallas-based artists Frances Bagley and Tom Orr based on the spectacular sets and costumes they designed for a 2006 Dallas Opera production of Verdi’s Nabucco; and a selection of Argentine artist Guillermo Kuitca’s powerful paintings and drawings based on album covers and seating charts of major theaters and opera houses; and David Altmejd’s spectacular sculpture, The Eye, that he created in conjunction with a recent Metropolitan Opera production of John Adams’ Doctor Atomic.
costume and set design by
FRANCES BAGLEY & TOM ORR
Verdi's Nabucco @ The Dallas Opera, 2006
photo from article in Dallas Morning News
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